Goldschmidt to Cardinals

[Proven Veteran]

Getting tired of seeing the division rivals kinda fleecing other teams for kick ass players, meanwhile the Cubs basically have a bag of rocks and some old porn they found in the woods as trade assets.

Yep, and then Cubs fans pretending it's not bad news.

[Bertz]

The Cards were always going to make a big move on offense. This sucks, though it fortunately sucks way less than them getting a comparable player in Donaldson for only money or them getting much better players in Harper/Machado.

 

I expect them to end up with Kimbrel as well.

[Sammy Sofa]

Well, fortunately the Cubs can scoff since they'll surely take advantage of having more money than god and the baller FA class to outspend these goobers into oblivion.

 

Right?

 

Right?

[Cubswin11]

Getting tired of seeing the division rivals kinda fleecing other teams for kick ass players, meanwhile the Cubs basically have a bag of rocks and some old porn they found in the woods as trade assets.

Yep, and then Cubs fans pretending it's not bad news.

At least the Cardinals still aren’t better than us, even after this and assuming they only have some moves on the margins left this offseason (bullpen arm or 2, rotation depth FA move maybe and maybe a Martinez/Gyorko trade and back end bench/C FA addition). And at least they either only have Goldschmidt for 1 year or have to give a 32/33 year old 1B a monster deal.

 

But it is annoying seeing these teams in the division continue to acquire good talent for 60 cents on the dollar

Edited December 5, 2018 by Cubswin11

[Bryants Disco Ball]

FWIW Goldschmidt is only project by steamer to be .010 points better by wOBA and 10 points better than what José Martinez gave the Cardinals last year and I’m assuming that Martinez is going to be out now.

 

Jose Martinez is the most uncomfortable looking first baseman I've ever seen.

Oh he’s horsefeathering awful there and should be a DH somewhere. Goldschmidt definitely gives them a defensive bump at 1B but the defensive gain on him over Martinez might be negated by moving Carpenter to 3B over Gyorko/FA though. The offensive upgrade on Goldschmidt vs Martinez could be relatively nominal, was my main point.

 

Of course, this forces one to suddenly believe Nightengale knows what he's talking about, which doesn't seem to be the consensus.

[Sammy Sofa]

Getting tired of seeing the division rivals kinda fleecing other teams for kick ass players, meanwhile the Cubs basically have a bag of rocks and some old porn they found in the woods as trade assets.

Yep, and then Cubs fans pretending it's not bad news.

At least the Cardinals still aren’t better than us, even after this and assuming they only have some moves on the margins left this offseason (bullpen arm or 2, rotation depth FA move maybe and maybe a Martinez/Gyorko trade and back end bench/C FA addition). And at least they either only have Goldschmidt for 1 year or have to give a 32/33 year old 1B a monster deal.

 

But it is annoying seeing these teams in the division continue to acquire good talent for 60 cents on the dollar

 

Really can't get too worked up over what it means for the Cardinals after next season since the Cubs' window is now and they don't exactly have seasons to spare in it.

[soccer10k]

Don't like this trade because Goldschmidt kills us and we own Weaver. Sure would be nice to have an extra draft pick to trade because "reasons."

 

Career 1.170 OPS against the Cubs, which is his best against any NL team. Only one higher is the Angels (1.247 OPS).

[Cubswin11]

Don't like this trade because Goldschmidt kills us and we own Weaver. Sure would be nice to have an extra draft pick to trade because "reasons."

 

Career 1.170 OPS against the Cubs, which is his best against any NL team. Only one higher is the Angels (1.247 OPS).

So he's due for regression against us!

[Cubswin11]

[UMFan83]

My stomach is already in knots thinking about the first Carl-Goldschmidt matchup with the game on the line.

[Sammy Sofa]

My stomach is already in knots thinking about the first Cub-Goldschmidt matchup with the game on the line.

[NonProfitCow]

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[UMFan83]

Goldschmidt career against RHP: .899 OPS

Goldschmidt career against LHP: 1.022 OPS

Number of RHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 1

Number of LHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 4

[Brian]

Number of RHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 1

Number of LHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 4

 

Lester

Hendricks

Darvish

Quintana

Hamels

[UMFan83]

Number of RHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 1

Number of LHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 4

 

Lester

Hendricks

Darvish

Quintana

Hamels

 

Number of idiots needed to make my original post: 1

[Sammy Sofa]

To be fair, Darvish will probably only pitch about 5-6 starts.

[entbird79]

To be fair, Darvish will probably only pitch about 5-6 starts.

Over the life of his contract.

[Sammy Sofa]

To be fair, Darvish will probably only pitch about 5-6 starts.

 

Over the rest of his life.

[SouthSideRyan]

I just figured the left arm was the only one he could still throw with

[Brian]

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freakin hilarious brett, really owned them! the addition of a 6-WAR first baseman is so cardinal lol. DORKS.

[Cubswin11]

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freakin hilarious brett, really owned them! the addition of a 6-WAR first baseman is so cardinal lol. DORKS.

Yeah idk what he’s going for there. Other than I forgot Mozeliak is a bow tie wearing goober.

[Hrubes20]

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freakin hilarious brett, really owned them! the addition of a 6-WAR first baseman is so cardinal lol. DORKS.

Yeah idk what he’s going for there. Other than I forgot Mozeliak is a bow tie wearing goober.

 

He was clearly playing on the "Cardinals aren't fun" sentiment. Nobody in that picture looks happy.

[jersey cubs fan]

nerds