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Dealt to StL for Jon Jay.
Love dumping Gyorko's salary. He'll never justify that contract and I was dubious of it when he signed it. Just never struck me as a guy with a high ceiling. Subpar defender with a sub-.300 OBP and struck out 25% of the time last year. That said, if anyone can get something out of him it's the Cards.
Jay is a glue guy. Very good defender, timely hitter who has great ABs late in games. Doesn't put up big numbers but is the kind of player every team needs to win. I've always admired his game bc he does the little things well. The one year deal is a concern, but his $ isn't going to be huge so a re-sign isn't a huge issue unless he just wants to play elsewhere.
Main thing is we got out from under a terrible contract. IMO a good deal, esp with some middle IF depth now. Spangenburg would appear set to get more PT in the interim so we can get a better look at him until some of the new arrivals are ready. Not sure what this means for Jankowski. He might be a candidate to be flipped, prob only because we're stuck with Upton.
It's a 'little' deal but one that makes a difference on a lot of levels.
Now I think we need to move Cashner. I want to hang on to Ross for sure and probably Shields. Would be nice to get a #2 and bump Shields to 3, but not sure we have the ammo. Not as flashy of an offseason, but an acknowledgement that we have made some poor investments in recent years. The best time to plant a tree was yesterday. The second best time is today. I think we're re-tooling in positive ways and we'll now get a real sense as to Preller's eye for talent.
Love dumping Gyorko's salary. He'll never justify that contract and I was dubious of it when he signed it. Just never struck me as a guy with a high ceiling. Subpar defender with a sub-.300 OBP and struck out 25% of the time last year. That said, if anyone can get something out of him it's the Cards.
Jay is a glue guy. Very good defender, timely hitter who has great ABs late in games. Doesn't put up big numbers but is the kind of player every team needs to win. I've always admired his game bc he does the little things well. The one year deal is a concern, but his $ isn't going to be huge so a re-sign isn't a huge issue unless he just wants to play elsewhere.
Main thing is we got out from under a terrible contract. IMO a good deal, esp with some middle IF depth now. Spangenburg would appear set to get more PT in the interim so we can get a better look at him until some of the new arrivals are ready. Not sure what this means for Jankowski. He might be a candidate to be flipped, prob only because we're stuck with Upton.
It's a 'little' deal but one that makes a difference on a lot of levels.
Now I think we need to move Cashner. I want to hang on to Ross for sure and probably Shields. Would be nice to get a #2 and bump Shields to 3, but not sure we have the ammo. Not as flashy of an offseason, but an acknowledgement that we have made some poor investments in recent years. The best time to plant a tree was yesterday. The second best time is today. I think we're re-tooling in positive ways and we'll now get a real sense as to Preller's eye for talent.
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