The Cardinals will find a way in the future with trading away some of their top prospects simply because they're the Cardinals. Somehow these two low-to-middle size payroll teams (Cards & Brewers) seem to stay competitive while we have to go into 3-4 year rebuilds after becoming competitive. the Cardinals draft & develop amazingly well Their 5th rounder from last year was basically called a plug and play 4th starter and is graded a 50. The HS SS they took in the 2nd in 2020 is a 50+, excelling in AA already. On top of that they landed a 60 3B after we took Wicks. That is what's most infuriating to me. They're just simply better than us at every turn.
Castellanos definitely sucks total ass this year and should be pulled off of the field forever if they're being honest. Happ would be a nice bump in defense. You're probably right but that would be a tire I would kick. Realmuto could make him available and he looks like a really good hitter and good defender.
Why wouldn’t this sour you on what has been to date, a very questionable front office, to put it mildly? It depends on what the contention is but I'm already not that hot on the new team at the helm
The most expendable of the top 30 is crazy pants horsefeathers to say. You want to say, most expendable of the top 10, make the argument; you won't find too many who agree, but whatever. Saying most expendable of the top 30 is simply a misuse of the term, expendable.
Low-key I've been wondering if the long game with him is to get him in a rotation. He throws 4 pitches and the sweeper could be a game-changer for him.