Comments on: Cards Sign Five Int’l Free Agents http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Fri, 17 May 2013 00:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Vision http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42904 Vision Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:17:26 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42904 That was meant for Indiana, but it put it under the next response.

]]> By: Vision http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42903 Vision Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:16:47 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42903 I get the sarcasm. It’a ok my friend, I have my opinion, and you feel differently.

No worries.

]]> By: RichardRich http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42864 RichardRich Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:03:30 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42864 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/03/evaluating-international-signings-points-to-farm-system-health/

]]> By: Indiana Cardinal http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42860 Indiana Cardinal Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:36:41 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42860 Vision, I completely agree. The Cards have not done VERY MUCH to catch up. OBVIOUSLY they did very little signing Sanchez, Salas, Martinez and Taveras, along with the misfire on Mateo. They also CLEARLY have nothing else in the pipeline.

My question to you is can you name what other teams have had greater SUCCESS SINCE the Cards arrived at the party. The names of those teams escape me (I do not consider who signed players YESTERDAY as SUCCESS).

]]> By: PaperLions http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42836 PaperLions Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:16:52 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42836 That analogy works pretty well, but I would tweak it to say that every year is like knowing whether or not a number on your ticket is correct or not rather than knowing a correct number, per se. Every year you have more information about each ticket, but not necessarily more information about the “winning” number combination.

]]> By: PaperLions http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42835 PaperLions Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:12:31 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42835 Fourteen of the 20 players on the list are not even 20 yrs old yet…..all the list really shows is that bonuses have gone up the last 3 years.

]]> By: Clark http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42828 Clark Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:07:55 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42828 That was a pretty ugly list

]]> By: Mrs. TLR http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42820 Mrs. TLR Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:22:23 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42820 These 5 kids could have gotten bonuses that combine to approach $1MM. The birds will sign more Latin players this summer-winter.

]]> By: Vision http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42819 Vision Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:14:49 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42819 Considering the amount of money in a baseball economy, and the fact that these players are getting peanuts from that, I think the Cardinals should be one of the biggest spenders in the draft and international market each and every year. The Cards were late to this party, and still aren’t doing much to catch up at this point.

I’m slightly disappointed personally.

]]> By: Mrs. TLR http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/02/cards-sign-five-intl-free-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-42813 Mrs. TLR Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:02:30 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7649#comment-42813 Carlos Martinez was signed in March not July 2. The Cards can reserve budget to sign the next Martinez, if another pops up.

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