is if the team plans to let glaus walk and re-sign both derosa and holliday to play third and left, respectively.

i guess i should have posted a fanpost when i saw it…its gaining steam to where it is now…up to 50-50 when thismorning they were just talking

I will snap and kill something if they trade Wallace. here is a cost-controlled guy that has “ripped” all the way through AAA in merely two years. I say we sign DeRo, put him in 2B, move Skippy back to LF and bring Wallace up for next season to play third for us. No to Holliday if it includes Wallace…

Mo has been extremely level-headed thus far in his tenure, and I hope he continues to shrewdly evaluate deals based on the dollars and years involved. This move just doesn’t make sense monetarily, and while I’m sure the field management would love it, their happiness is not Mo’s first priority.

not even close. We would have to at least work out an extension first to even consider it.

Personally, I hope this deal does go down, just as much as you guys probably hope it doesn’t. But if it does, you’re getting a real good hitter. His stats are down this year, but would you expect anything else from a hitter leaving Coors to play in the Coli?

And even though they have been down, they’re not that down. If you guys are following it on MLBTR, they’ve posted his stats. After May 5th, his slash looks pretty damn good, and a player leaving the AL to go to the NL and leaving the Coli to play at Busch, he’ll definitely help the team.

It’s not an awful deal from the Cards standpoint, though, because you guys would be getting a rental to hopefully make a playoff push and then two draft picks. There was a whole lot of speculation about whether Holliday would take arbitration if the A’s offered it or not, because he’s had such a down year. I find it difficult to believe he would have, but if he did, he’d probably be more likely to take it from the Cardinals, and then you’d have him for longer.

Anyways, have a happy few days leading up to the deadline.

As much props as Wallace gets, I’d make trade him for Holliday. Although they’re currently injured, we do have decent 3B prospects other than Wallace who have a shot next year. I understand that we also have OF prospects for next year, but there is value to winning this year, and I think Holliday would be a significant boost both to the offense and to club morale.

It is certainly a gamble, but I’d take it if it’s a straight Wallace for Holliday trade. That’s pretty good value coming back to St. Louis.