Who do you believe?
Nobody! John Mozeliak, the GM of the St. Louis Cardinals, now says that the Cards are not trading Nolan Arenado… and maybe they aren’t. However, don’t believe anything any MLB baseball executive tells you. PERIOD! Nolan has five years and $144MM remaining on his contract and…
Nobody!
John Mozeliak, the GM of the St. Louis Cardinals, now says that the Cards are not trading Nolan Arenado… and maybe they aren’t. However, don’t believe anything any MLB baseball executive tells you. PERIOD! Nolan has five years and $144MM remaining on his contract and could likely have beaten that deal if he opted out of his contract… but he did not! Arenado and the Cardinals seem to have a good relationship, and he seems happy there.
What about him allegedly waiving his no-trade clause? The report on the talks with the Dodgers indicated he was willing to accept a deal only to the Dodgers, having always wanted to play for them as a Southern California native. But Arenado told reporters last night that he had not been approached about his clause. Who do you believe?
John Mozeliak is no greenhorn. He wants to make the Cardinals better. In order to do that, if he trades Arenado, he needs to make sure he gets a substantial return. Evidently, he does not like what the Dodgers offered, so the simple thing is to say, “We are not trading Aernado.” If the Dodgers want him bad enough, they will pony up. If not, then he is not on the market. Right about now, you can believe no one. In fact, don’t even believe this, but the teams are still talking! Just to be clear, I am not saying that the deal is happening; I am just saying that they are talking. It’s also possible the Dodgers will trade for Montgomery or Flaherty, but that could be last minute.
This and That
- The Dodgers were two-hit last night, but those two hits were Big Flies by Mad Max! Max Muncy should only play against RHP! Sorry, Max!
- Who wants to send Emmet Sheehan back to AAA now? Emmet was the “Flavor-of-the-Week to send back to OKC, but that all changed!
- The Phillies and Cardinals are allegedly discussing a Paul Goldschmidt deal. That makes too much sense!
- Miguel Vargas and Michael Busch were both 2-5 last night. They could still play a big role in this team’s quest for a title this year!
- Gavin Stone threw four innings, allowing two hits and 2 runs.
- Ken Giles is starting to strike out hitters. He struck out 3 in his inning last night. He also allowed two hits and 1 one run, but it is progress!
- Diego Cartaya hit his 13th HR – a 2-run Blast!
- River Ryan – 4 shutout innings with 6 K’s.
- Thayron Liranzo may soon pass Diego as the Dodgers’ #1 catching prospect. At RC, here are his stats: 236 AB/16 HR/45 RBI/.263 BA/.389 OB%/.923 OPS.
A couple more days of rumors, and then it’s over!
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Discussion (193)
Disagree, not disagreeable
With the Mets in full sell-mode, Verlander will be moved by this Tuesday. The only question is who gets him.
I posted this earlier today but comments closed immediately after. I think it is a must read…lol.
I will make sure my voice is heard here loud and clearly.
I DO NOT WANT TO UNLOAD PITCHING PROSPECTS FOR NOLEN ARANADO.
I’m content with Marvelous Max. 27 HRs and 70 RBIs compares pretty nicely with 22 HRs and 77 RBIs. I know Arenado has a higher BA and OPS, but I’m telling you again…PITCHING WINS PLAYOFF GAMES. We have enough bats, including Max’s.
Don’t give up promising pitchers when most of your regular starters are damaged goods- Clayton, Walker, Dustin, Tony.
SAY NO TO AREN-ADO!
Please God, give Will the strength to catch today! 2 nice swings by Max last night. Still campaigning for Arenado though, defensively no comparison! Good luck to Phil Bickford, nice guy. He probably does a better job last night than Ferguson! Great to have Senor Joe back! Too bad we don’t play aaassstros. Again. Punky Brewster, err Bregman could use a shot in the ribs! Hope it’s just me , but Heyward looks lost at the plate last few at bats. Maybe if not Arenado then The Thomas kid for the outfield. All this platooning drives me crazy! Need to win today!
No on Arenado if the Cards insist on Bobby Miller as is rumored. Bobby has ace stuff and already has proven he can get major league hitters out consistently.
You just do not trade a potential ace pitcher with a 102 mph heater plus 4 other quality secondary pitches for a 32 year old 3b . Especially when your offense already is top 5.
Yes on Verlander. If you trade for another starter it should be someone who has the potential and resumee to make a big differnence. Montgomery, Flaherty do not fit that criteria.
Scherzer only cost the Rangers their Nr. 5 prospect in addition to the salary (and the Mets will absorb some of it) so Verlander should cost in t hat range too. Stone or Pepiot would fall in that prospect list looking at our top 30.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!