Comments on: Cards projected to pick 19th in the 2009 draft

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:12:03 +0000

Unless the Cards increase payroll by at least 5-7 million, I don’t see any way to sign Furcal or even Hudson, while upgrading the other middle infield position AND adding a solid bullpen lefty or two. But maybe my math is off….

But perhaps we could trade for Khalil Greene (good glove, lifetime road OPS over .800), leave Miles to play 2nd, and still get the bullpen southpaws we need.

Could the Yanks let Marte go without offering arby? After all, Damaso wasn’t good at all for Bombers this year. I’d love to see him in Busch next year. ;)

By: nms

nms — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:18:48 +0000

Roarke, thanks for fixing the economy. Each of us owes you a huge debt of gratitude!

I’m not sure there is a free agent out there worth sacrificing the first round pick. Furcal would be great but I have seen at least five other teams that may be targeting him as well.

By: AP5

AP5 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:53:21 +0000

I don’t see much available in the trade market. We could squeeze a starter from San Francisco or Minnesota using David Freese, but outside of that I don’t expect a whole lot of turnover from last year’s roster.

Ryan Dempster is the only intriguing Type A realistic guy, but would cost a pretty penny and was terrible as a closer before being great as a starter.

By: wachto26

wachto26 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:19:18 +0000

Just out of curiousity what are the rules on signing guys like Crow and Scheppers who were drafted but ended up signing with Independent ballclubs? Is it something worth pursuing?

By: arch support

arch support — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:37:53 +0000

‘Salright. I honestly think the Pinata signing is defensible if you look at context.

Carp’s outlook was pessimistic (back at the All Star break at the earliest).

Wellemeyer/Reyes/Thompson (at least one of whom was going to be in the rotation) were all question marks as far as durability and results.

Clement was touted as ready for Opening Day, but I can’t imagine the front office was 100% on that (I hope so anyway).

We needed to get innings from somewhere. We hadn’t yet signed Lohse. Giving two years to Jo-El was not the worst thing we could do. I’m not saying I agree with the defense, but it is defensIBLE.

Not giving Eck arbitration was silly, I think. And signing Izturis so early in the offseason was jumping the gun a bit. But Itzturis was the most reasonable of those moves, imo.

By: VolsnCards5

VolsnCards5 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:12:17 +0000

wow…why did i think piniero signed during the season…i take back what i said arch support…that was a dumb decision

By: backwater-bob

backwater-bob — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:56:57 +0000

Jocketty fired on Oct 3, and Pineiro was signed on Oct 15.

By: backwater-bob

backwater-bob — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:52:53 +0000

No, Pineiro was signed when Mo was acting as interim GM.

By: VolsnCards5

VolsnCards5 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:27:28 +0000

at arch support…Mo did not sign piniero, that was jocketty giving him an extension last season….and i personally didn’t mind the izturis signing, he did exactly what he was supposed to do for us all season

at gforce…from what i’ve heard, furcal is neither a type a or b because of the injury…i’ve also heard the dodgers really want to bring him back(but, if they bring manny back, they probably can’t afford furcal)…furcal is gonna be expensive, but i think we need to be willing to give a 3 or 4 year deal at 10-12 million per year…he would be the “impact bat” tony wants, would not be blocking any prospects(kozma and niko are at least 3 years away) and would free us up to trade our only other lead-off hitter type(shumaker)…it just makes to much sense methinks

of course i could be dead wrong

By: GForce

GForce — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:53:54 +0000

What about Furcal? Does the injury knock him out of Type A range? I know he will be uber-expensive, but if MO can work some magic — hello mr. lead-off!!!