Walt's hands are tied......

by stltxfan on Jul 31, 2006 1:20 AM EDT

Walt's deals in off season and at the deadline over the last 10 years cannot be touched by any other GM. That said, the Cardinal MLB backup and AAA ready for majors talent is now so thin, he's got very little to play with. It's easy to do good deals when you have something to work with. Unfortunately, I think the Cards system is so thin, it's only gonna be minor deals at best. I don't know how to fix it, but to get good players, you have to give good prospects and the Cards are short. I live in DFW, so I follow the Rangers and their MLB and AAA prospect talent is light years beyond what the Cards can offer. They got Carlos Lee for guys that they'd given up on or were never gonna be's. Their best Minor League pitching is still intact, as well as others on the MLB roster that are expendable. I guess my point is, you can't make good trades unless you have something to offer. I'm afraid the Cards prospects in the minors is so empty, we're gonna have to live with what we got for a couple of years. And that sucks.

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New York Yankees

Tell that to Brian Cashman.

by aet15 on Jul 31, 2006 1:25 AM EDT reply actions

Their system is considered to be

improving. It's better than it has been in the last two years.

by Toddius396 on Jul 31, 2006 1:28 AM EDT reply actions

Nobody has Yankee money

The whole Abreu to Yankees deal is the Yankees took on all the money. Cards cannot afford to do that. Neither can anyone else, except the Yankees. Cashman is a great GM because he can outspend all others 2:1?

by stltxfan on Jul 31, 2006 1:30 AM EDT reply actions

I know.

No, I know they definitely have an advantage there. What I meant is that deals can still be made, and we do have some money to spend. It'd be nice to offer arbitration to all of our leaving free agents and get some nice draft picks. I heard somewhere that Weaver is a type A player. That makes that trade seem even nicer.

by aet15 on Jul 31, 2006 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Abreu to Yanks

ya they were the only team that had a shot at Abreu cuz they were the only ones willing to pay him thats why he chose to waive his no-trade clause for them. Thats how the yanks pretty much got him for garbage, cuz they were the only ones willing to pick up his tab and the Phillies had no choice but to dump him or theyd have to saddle the rest of his salary.

by drw13 on Jul 31, 2006 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Walt made the organizational bed

now we all have to sleep in it. He is the one who traded away the vast majority of the minor league depth and headed up the drafts that have not produced tradeable prospects or big league talent.

The latest example of their philosophy is the trading away of the youngster Luna for a two-month rental at 2B whose production will be an insignificant upgrade over the current platoon.

The one area where his hands have been tied was in cultivating Latin American talent. The Cardinals have finally opened some academies down there.

by bgh on Jul 31, 2006 10:41 AM EDT reply actions