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last_stand said:
If that interview is their real plan and not some kind of ruse to get another big bat for a position player then good luck with that Mo. I am skeptical because it makes little sense.

How is it if you are willing to spend 200 million on one of two players and then since you don't get either you shut down your big FA money? When in fact you need it more than ever? When your franchise is the most profitable in all of baseball?

And I'm not talking for the sake of it. This team needs to make some moves for more power and more pitching. There are still a FEW viable guys out there. Buerhle would be a good addition. But how about Gordon? Holiday should not be in left field, he gets hurt all the time and he is terrible with his defense. Put him at first base and bring a Gordon on the team.

Cards barely played 500 ball after the all star break. We all saw the post season. So take that team and add another year of wear and lose 3 key players and hope for the best? That's plan B??

As for the cubs, not sure how you could be set up any better. And they are not done yet either. Hope it all blows up cause so far that appears to be Mo's plan.

And don't forget the Pirates. I guess they have to blow up too.

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Let me get this straight.....you want a guy with an IQ slightly higher than Forrest Gump, who has played exactly 1614 games at the MLB level, and ALL of them at LF........and now you want dude to play first base. He is too old and slow to learn that position. LF is tough enough for him. Ball hit to you. Chase ball down. Throw ball to infielder. I don't think Holliday is the dumbest guy in baseball, but I wonder who ties his shoes between innings. Holliday isn't going to play another position.

Then you want to go after Alex Gordon.......why? You get a guy who misses more time than Holliday, with a few less years on him, so he can play the outfield. Gordon can at least play the infield and has done it at the MLB level. Holliday hasn't played the infield since he was 8. If you want to go after a first baseman, go get one. Chris Davis is available. Go big or stay at home. Why get a half ass option. Get the best available.

And if you want an outfielder, go get Gonzalez in Colorado. Trade Adams, get Chris Davis and you trade one LH batter for a way better LH batter at first. Pick up Gonzalez from CO for another LH dude, and you get a guy who can hit and play any OF position. Alex Gordon is not the answer. He is a slower version of Heyward.

Perhaps you should check your stats on the 2nd half of the season also. Cards were 56-33 in the first half. An unbelievable pace. 2nd half they finished 44-29. 15 games above .500. It was a .603 pace in case you were wondering.

Take the team, add another year of wear, and lose 3 key players. The damn off season isn't over Francis......RELAX. Lynn is gone and Lackey is gone. Pick up Buerhle and that solves the old guy who eats up innings issue of Lackey. Find one more solid guy to give you innings and 10-15 wins. That replaces Lynn. Heyward is solved with the outfield we have. We get way more pop in our bats without him in the lineup. Piscotty and Grichuk aren't slow old dudes and hit with more pop than Alex Gordon for way less money. They aren't GG guys, but they aren't a liability out there either. OF guys have never been an issue in STL. They grow them on trees at the AAA level.

The Cubs are spending their way to win a championship. Lets see if Madden can make all of it work out. He has a ton of egos to deal with and are the favorites to win it all. Let some of his key guys go down and see how long it takes to get in the hot seat if he isn't in first place at the AS break.