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H2ODOG said:
I can agree with that.

Holliday at 1st doesn't work. It was never going to work. You either get a 1st baseman, or use Moss and Adams. Cards didn't spend the money they wanted to this winter. It hasn't hurt them. Could have used the starting pitching the last couple months, but happy Heyward left. His replacement is way better for way less.

A year or 2 down the road the cards will still have plenty of money to spend. The Cubs have doubled their payroll from 2 years ago. Next year, they add $13 million to it from Zobrist and Heyward. Arrieta will command $25+ Million a year minimum. Probably closer to $30 million. That puts them at $220-225 million a year minimum. !| it keeps getting heavier year after year. Cards have $35 million less on the books this year. Next year, only $93 million committed. The money is there to spend next year and make STL even better.

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With Wong playing center field here lately not sure you can say the failure of a FA signing this past year did not hurt them. RG and Phambino have, so far, failed to be consistent for one reason or another and it has hurt the team, particularly in CF. I will say last years FA class pretty much sucked anyway. So far, you are right about Jhey. Hope that stays right too because it really hurts the cubs no matter what they say.

All in all we are in the WC hunt and our starting pitching has not yet lived up to it's billing. If they come through, as some signs are encouraging, it should be a good second half. Enough with the all the down trends and poor play at home, time for some consistent ball.

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