Comments on: Rule 5 draft liveblog

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:30:53 +0000

Mo said: “It really just came down to, that’s one of our strengths, is right-handed relief. We didn’t really feel he was in that elite group that we have, so we felt we’d give him a chance. Plus, we think there’s some development still there.” …

The most frustrating part of this comment is then why did they trade Reyes for a person at a position of depth in the organization. That’d be the same as trading him for a AAA / AA outfielder.

Why not trade Reyes for a lower level prospect (high A perhaps – not near the service time to be eligible for rule 5) at a different position?

I wonder what kind of offers the Cards would have received if they put Reyes on the market following either the 06 or 07 season. Instead they yo-yo him around and trade him for a player they should have at least stuck on the 40-man roster in 08. Frustrating waste of talent.

By: theredbaaron

theredbaaron — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:47:27 +0000

If this team really does consider Matt Scherer to be an ‘elite’ arm, I may weep.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:28:52 +0000

@Tom … It’s the Giants, I think he has a good chance of sticking. I actually have no problem with us not taking anyone. Much of this discussion is the decision on not protecting Perdomo vs. Scherer. Mo said: “It really just came down to, that’s one of our strengths, is right-handed relief. We didn’t really feel he was in that elite group that we have, so we felt we’d give him a chance. Plus, we think there’s some development still there.” … So apparently Scherer fits in the elite group of righthanders in our system. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Perdomo is going to be a stud reliever, but I think he has a better chance of getting guys out than Scherer.

Plus, it’s the offseason … we need something to fuss about.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:35:00 +0000

If only the Giants had a faint hope of contending this year. They might fall in love with Perdomo and trade us one of their young A-ball lefties for him. That’d be fine by me.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:24:27 +0000

Aren’t a lot of you making much ado about nothing? Pedermo won’t stick with the giants. The cardinals don’t need a rule 5 lefty in the major league pen, they need a proven vet. Veal would have been interesting, but he was taken long before the cards had a pick. And losing Cody Haerther has absolutely no impact on any team in the entire organization. Am I missing some stud lefty that we passed over?

By: Cardinals645

Cardinals645 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:00:13 +0000

Alex-
As ridiculous as it is, that really seems like the most likely reason to me.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:20:54 +0000

@ greenback … the way I see it, Perdomo could have come in and been a middle reliever at least as good as good ol’ Kelvin Jiminez in the next year or two. Instead Scherer is added to the 40 man and will probably never (or should never) taste the majors. Holding on to a future mop-up, league minimum $ middle reliever is a better idea than someone who will probably be released.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:35:40 +0000

It’s almost as if they let Perdomo go just to keep the Reyes debate going. Or maybe it was to stick a proverbial middle finger to Reyes himself. “There. We traded you for nothing. We hate you.”

By: Hugo

Hugo — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:32:53 +0000

MLB.com’s top 50 list was released awhile ago but they just released their top 10 fans’ list

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081211&content_id=3714619&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_stl

Rasmus was 10th on the MLB list and 8th on the fan list. There are some very interesting disparities though. Such as Alvarez who cracked the fan top 10 but didn’t even make the MLB top 50. Porcello was 4th on MLB and 13th on the fan list.

By: Cardinals645

Cardinals645 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:10:20 +0000

“Perdomo seemed to be on everyone’s list; after the draft, multiple teams with picks after this one told me that Perdomo was the guy they wanted. He’s a little undersized and, while neither pitch is overpowering, both his fastball and slider are above average, and with better command he could survive in the big leagues this year in a junk role, with the future potential to pitch in the seventh inning of games.”

– Kevin Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus

Cool, so apparently the Cardinals knew that everyone wanted him, and just didn’t care. Awesome.
I kind of wish they would have traded up for the Pirates’ pick or something so we could have gotten Veal. I’d be satisfied if I could just hear that we tried to though.