They’ve acquired a lot of good talent since the trade deadline last year. Has led to them having tied the most top 100 prospects (6). A matter of developing these guys now. And they have I think like 5-6 picks in the top 100 of this coming draft too. Time to see if Chaim can continue to do what he’s known to do
They are acquired a lot of players, only time will tell if they got any diamonds in the rough, if a couple pan out, and become everyday players then it will be worth it. We were not winning this year with Gray, Nolan and the rest of them. I hated to see us move Donavan, but with this team, it made little or no sense to keep him.
Donny was a victim of circumstance. He’s the type of guy that the cardinals keep a hold of for an entire career
Normally he was a keeper, but not on this team, that is going to struggle for the next few years.
Because the team is not in a position to win and will not be in the next couple of years, and he was taking the spot of our highest ranked prospect at 2nd. Move him, take the players and hope we will be in a position to win in 2028.
This "We're not in a position to win (now)" idea seems like a change in philosophy for the organization. I don't like it. But we'll see.
They tried to sell that it was not a rebuild last year, and the team sucked. So this year they are doing what we all knew they should have started last season, and tore it all down and started to rebuild. They are not the Pirates here, in constant rebuilding mode, but clearing out for the young talent and restocking the farm system. You don't have to like it, but it was necessary to win in the future.
Reports indicated Shildt had strained relationships with his staff members with one incident almost leading to a physical fight with another Padres coach. Same thing came from the Cardinals. Intense pressure and micromanagement on other coaches. Being fired from teams that were in the playoffs might tell you something
Shildt looks pretty mild manner, but must be a prick to work for as a coach, you can excuse it happening once, just a poor fit between coaches, but when it happens a second time, you have to wonder if the guy will ever get another job in baseball again.
I guess the orioles hired him as a minor league coordinator
Maybe but some of the better arms are recovering from Tommy John surgery, or throw hard but lack control. You can only dumpster dive so much for quality arms, sooner or later you have spend money to bring someone in that can strike people out and just figure they are going to get hurt along the way.
Like he said. Tekoah Roby is really promising, but he’s out with Tommy John this year. Quinn Matthew’s was the MiLB pitcher of the year in all baseball in 24 and wasn’t as good in 25. Tink Hence has all the tools but he’s been injured wayyyyy more than he’s pitched and is probably a bullpen arm due to that. Same for Cooper Hjerpe who’ll pitch this year after missing last year to Tommy John. They just acquired a young pitcher from the Mariners who’s a legit 2-4 role arm. He’s a switch pitcher who’s naturally a lefty but he’s way more promising on the right side
As many pitchers as the Cards have go down with TJ injuries, you would think, and maybe they did, they would look at how they are training them, and look towards organizations like the Dodgers that do not have as many injuries to their pitchers and copy it. It's just be crazy how many quality pitchers the Cards have had coming through the system and then need TJ surgery.
I think that's part of the reason Chaim Bloom was brought in originally. The farm system and training staff at those levels was not in a good place before he was hired. That massive improvement is because of him. I'm hoping some of those promising young arms start to see the benefit from that sooner rather than later.
It all comes back to pinching pennies at the minor league level. The team had one of the fewest number of roving coaches in the league. No primary catching coach that could work with the players teaching them how to correctly play the position. It's why so many of the young players got to the majors and were still learning how to play and struggled when they got there. The George Kisle approach to the Cardinal way was lost, once he passed.
