FHgrad99
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Post by FHgrad99 on Jan 30, 2021 13:58:26 GMT -5
As a Cardinals fan, I'm giddy about this trade. They got an elite 3B and didn't have to give up any of their top 5 prospects for. If he doesn't opt out (which I don't see him doing because he wants to be here), then the Cardinals are essentially going to be paying him George Springer money for the next 6 years and they are giving him $15 million for an extra year on his contract. This is an absolute steal by the Cardinals.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 30, 2021 14:32:19 GMT -5
lol the Cardinals fleeced the Rockies.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 30, 2021 14:37:05 GMT -5
Don’t understand how the Mets didn’t get Arenado after seeing what Cardinals got for him. You have the money, pay the tax Steve
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 30, 2021 14:47:46 GMT -5
Don’t understand how the Mets didn’t get Arenado after seeing what Cardinals got for him. You have the money, pay the tax Steve Can't get greedy after you just got Lindor and a bunch of other pieces If a bunch of teams knew the price tag was that "moderate" everyone would been on it. Rockies most likely overplayed their hand on other teams and panicked before ST to trade him
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Post by Perd on Jan 30, 2021 14:55:29 GMT -5
The NL Central had did next to nothing this entire offseason. But the Cards just threw a helluva haymaker.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Jan 30, 2021 16:13:26 GMT -5
I can’t fathom being so desperate to get out a superstars contract that you only accept fringe top10 prospects and pay the other team 50 million to take him off your hands.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 30, 2021 17:25:43 GMT -5
I can’t fathom being so desperate to get out a superstars contract that you only accept fringe top10 prospects and pay the other team 50 million to take him off your hands. If you that broke as an ownership you shouldn't own a team Every team depending on standings should have at least a player with a decent contract on hand. Teams cry broke when they not
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Post by Mecca on Jan 30, 2021 18:10:11 GMT -5
Don’t understand how the Mets didn’t get Arenado after seeing what Cardinals got for him. You have the money, pay the tax Steve Steve Cohen just had to give 700 million dollars to bail out a hedge fund he works with, that likely ended any thoughts of him running at a loss this year.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 30, 2021 18:24:57 GMT -5
Don’t understand how the Mets didn’t get Arenado after seeing what Cardinals got for him. You have the money, pay the tax Steve Steve Cohen just had to give 700 million dollars to bail out a hedge fund he works with, that likely ended any thoughts of him running at a loss this year. I'm not going to pretend to understand anything involved with that, but he could pay the max penalty for whatever that is, and still be the richest owner in the league by a pretty comfortable margin.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 31, 2021 17:06:00 GMT -5
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 31, 2021 17:09:15 GMT -5
I don't see the season starting until like May Most likely going be like 120 games
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Post by Heart of fools gold on Feb 1, 2021 12:15:32 GMT -5
Dustin Pedroia has announced his retirement, TBH I thought he retired already. So the important question is he a HOF? Id say hes def fringe war is average among the HOF not getting 2k hits prob hurts his case along with a lack of power. Yet he did win ROY, MVP and a WS in his first 2 years in the league no one has ever done it that quickly and only 9 players have ever done it. Plus 4 GG. I say he'll get in eventually just depends on how weak his competition will be
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Post by sfvega on Feb 1, 2021 13:29:53 GMT -5
Dustin Pedroia has announced his retirement, TBH I thought he retired already. So the important question is he a HOF? Id say hes def fringe war is average among the HOF not getting 2k hits prob hurts his case along with a lack of power. Yet he did win ROY, MVP and a WS in his first 2 years in the league no one has ever done it that quickly and only 9 players have ever done it. Plus 4 GG. I say he'll get in eventually just depends on how weak his competition will be Nah, his prime was too short. Same with Ryan Howard.
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Post by RI Richmark on Feb 1, 2021 15:06:37 GMT -5
Despite all the injuries the past few seasons I'm a little surprised. I think Pedroia was one of those players you would have to drag off the field.
The thing I'm going to remember the most about Dustin Pedroia is his supreme confidence. He may had been barely 5"9" but he carried himself like he was 10 feet tall. This is the man back in 2004 when Theo Epstein called him to tell him that he'd been drafted with the 65th pick his response was "Bro, what took you so long?"
My favorite story was from the 2007 World Series. Pedroia lead off that Series with a home run off Jeff Francis. A few days later as the Series shifted to Colorado a security guard at Corrs Field didn't believe Pedroia was a player and wouldn't let him in. Pedroia told the guard "Go find Jeff Francis and see if he knows who the f*** I am!"
There's also this commercial:
He was one of those players who you could tell relished every moment he was out there.
Thanks for everything Petey.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 1, 2021 15:12:21 GMT -5
Dustin Pedroia reminds me of Don Mattingly where what looked like a Cooperstown-bound career was completely derailed by a long history of injuries.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 1, 2021 15:29:50 GMT -5
Dustin Pedroia has announced his retirement, TBH I thought he retired already. So the important question is he a HOF? Id say hes def fringe war is average among the HOF not getting 2k hits prob hurts his case along with a lack of power. Yet he did win ROY, MVP and a WS in his first 2 years in the league no one has ever done it that quickly and only 9 players have ever done it. Plus 4 GG. I say he'll get in eventually just depends on how weak his competition will be Nah, his prime was too short. Same with Ryan Howard. Not even that his prime was short, if he played just average baseball over the last 5-6 seasons he would had been getting the cumulative numbers to warrant a discussion He will get his number retired in Boston most likely but he's not going to the Hall. Peddy is in the Hall of very good but not with the greats
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Post by BRV on Feb 1, 2021 16:53:55 GMT -5
Dustin Pedroia reminds me of Don Mattingly where what looked like a Cooperstown-bound career was completely derailed by a long history of injuries. Dustin Pedroia having a career derailed by injuries felt like an inevitability. He's 5-foot-9, 170 pounds, and he played every game with the intensity of the bottom of the ninth in game seven of the World Series. It's sad, but unsurprising, that his body didn't hold up and started to break down right after he turned 30. Still, Pedroia's going to be remembered fondly by Red Sox fans for that intensity, that old-school "Dirt Dog" mentality. When he arrived on the scene in 2007, he was regarded as the potential weak link in an otherwise loaded starting nine, and he took that disrespect and became a Rookie of the Year, posting a .317/.380/.442/.823 slash line, and putting up some memorable postseason moments (including one of my personal forgotten favorites - his game-sealing homer in game seven of the ALCS, which featured an all-time bat flip). He followed that up with an MVP season, leading the American League in runs, hits, and doubles while posting .326/.376/.493/.869 and playing stellar defense. He used every slight - perceived or otherwise - to motivate him and used that to fuel his career until his body betrayed him. He won't be enshrined in Cooperstown, but he'll be a Red Sox Hall of Famer and has a strong case to have his number retired in Boston.
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Post by Mecca on Feb 1, 2021 19:37:47 GMT -5
He's been done since what 2017? Smart of him to collect more of his contract.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Feb 1, 2021 22:02:14 GMT -5
A tale of two franchises.
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Post by FHgrad99 on Feb 2, 2021 4:14:47 GMT -5
Nolan Arenado is exactly what the Cardinals have been needing. The Cardinals needed a middle-of-the order bat to pair with Goldschmidt and Arenado is absolutely that guy. With the Cardinals emphasis on run prevention defensively, Arenado fits the bill there as well. This was an absolute heist by the Cardinals.
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