The Athletic canvassed 40 executives across the sport. Many had experience as the primary decision-maker for a team, either in the past or the present. We asked each executive to rank the top five front offices in baseball and assigned a point value to each position — 10 points for first place, seven points for second place, five points for third, three points for fourth and one point for fifth.
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Deservedly so
We got negative votes. Ownership/front office are in tandem on the delusion train heading 1 way down to mediocrity
Which unfortunately comes as a shock to absolutely nobody.
It wasn’t that long ago that St. Louis would be mentioned 1st or 2nd by a lot of people. Mo has lost his mojo.
I cannot imagine the message being sent out to prospective players/coaches is anything but hot mess express.
I wish our owners would take a fucking hint.
We are probably tied for last with Oakland.
Nor should they.
I have no idea why Sonny Gray signed with us.
Deservedly so.
Who would be stupid enough to actually listen to such a list
Lightning hit twice, in 2006 and 2011, and DeWitt and POBO took away the wrong lesson. They truly believe that all they have to do is get in the playoffs and they have a chance. They quit trying to build a winner and are content to try being good enough. They have not been, are not now, and never will be, until that mindset changes. They thought they were the organization to emulate, but now all but a few teams have passed them by.
but, but I thought MO is a HOF and DeWitt are awesome because 15 winning seasons, 24 since 1996 or whatever ?
Mentioned this is another thread but this doesn’t surprise me at all. A while back on r/baseball there was an AMA by an anonymous front office worker in the league and they said the Cardinals were considered to have the worst analytics department.
*Pikachu face*
How far we have fell…
This isn’t shocking at all. We’ve been on the decline for about 8 years
Randy Flores is solid, Bloom is solid. Everyone else… blows ass
We’ve been in a steady decline for nearly 10 years. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Front office has always done just enough to try and be competitive but not actually be a serious contender.