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I really wish I had an updated article for today's post, but I have a confession to make. I am exhausted. It was a very alcoholic weekend. Day after day to celebrate the 30th anniversary. I slept maybe 10 hours together. I don't have the energy to write this post.
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Luckily, when I was thinking about what to post here, a comment on a recent WEB post came to mind:
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The Cardinals always had a knack for getting players that I admired and never thought, "Oh, hey, I wish he was a Cardinal." Which is always a pleasant surprise. I admired such players as Rolen, Goldschmidt, Arenado. Even Holliday! And the Cardinals were definitely on the same wavelength. I'm glad they were smart enough to go out and make such big deals etc. And I feel like we're in for another one this season.
Dr. Howl v2.0 made this observation in a post about Scott Rolen. I interpret "I never thought about it, hey, I wish he was a Cardinal" because the likelihood of it happening was so low that it wasn't even on his radar that it could happen. Either that or it should never be there. Either way, the basic idea is that a desirable, established, and likable star player who was hard to imagine getting the tickets (although rumors about Arenado were constant until the actual trade, his contract certainly made it hard to imagine).
They seem to put more weight than most teams on what a guy's character is when deciding who to go with long term. Last year alone, they had three winners of the Roberto Clemente Award.
It's a country thing, and that adds to the fact that they all have the same feel, if you will. Why am I bringing this up?
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Well, if history suggests, they'll do it again. Goldie and Arenado are recent examples, but I think they really tried to do the same with Jason Hayward. He just didn't sign a long-term contract.
So... who's the next star to join this group? Who will the Cardinals trade, for whom it is unexpected, although not unrealistic. The obvious answer, I guess, is Shohei Otani, but it doesn't seem realistic to me. The Cardinals traded two months of Rolen (he later signed an extension), one year of Goldschmidt and Hayward, and Arenado's contract after the worst season of his career. None of them were even close to the value of a 7.7 VAR player (his Steamer projection!), who can hit and throw.
So we have the criteria. On the outside, he looks like a cardinal, whose character is (seemingly) fantastic, who is a star player and whose trade value is attainable? (Technically, I believe Otani is attainable, although it seems like Jordan Walker should be included. Perhaps more importantly, he doesn't feel like someone who's going to sign an extension, and there's no way the Cardinals could be the best candidate in free agency agency...)
I think even though every example was a hitter, it would make more sense if the answer was a pitcher. You have your own criteria. Who's next in line?
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