Mo’s FINAL Trade Deadline Deal Ends With a MOLINA!
Cardinals shake up roster at trade deadline. Will these moves reshape their pitching future?
St. Louis parts ways with Ryan Helsley, Steven Matz, and Phil Maton in a series of trades. The Cardinals acquire six prospects, including Mason Molina and Skyler Hales from the Rangers. JD breaks down the impact of these transactions on the team’s current needs and long-term pitching depth.
Key topics include the underwhelming immediate returns, potential benefits for the farm system, and how these moves address the loss of top pitching prospects to Tommy John surgery. Can the Cardinals leverage these trades to build a stronger pitching foundation?
Tune in for expert analysis on St. Louis’ trade deadline strategy and its implications for the team’s future success.
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19 comments
I'm going to miss Phil"Mr Robot" Maton. 🫡 Though he did cuss himself out after he got the 3rd out by a long pop up. 🤣🕵🏾
Needing help right now is not what you get when your a seller at the deadline, I know most Cardinals fans aren't familiar with a deadline where we don't pick up something but it's been a while since the Cards were in a position where they knew by the deadline they weren't going to be competitive, good problem to have. I'm OK with no help right now, guess we'll see if what they got is worth it. Gotta remember too that none of these guys had an extra year or something on their contract so not going to get a huge amount of return for players with only 2 months left to play. I would have expected quite a bit more if Jojo had gone or something.
You're right. the guys we got won't have immediate impact. Oh well! Am I surprised at teh guys who got traded? NO! I somehjow thought taht Phil Maton might stick around another season but wasn't sure.
Thank goodness we still have Mr. Pop-up Arenado.
All three of those players have to be happy as H to get out of the Lou.
Half-a$$ed job as usual, moved 4 but there were 4 left that needed to be moved.
I'm actually happy with the Hels and Matz trade, already disappointed in Maton return, and they couldn't move Jojo considering Pads were selling the whole farm. But it was an okay deadline that'll mostly pay off in 27 or 28
I wish we would have made some bigger trades but I’m happy with what we got for the guys we did trade
I'm glad that this was the result. We got reinforcements for players that would not return. And since we can't dump Arenado, Contreras, Gray, and Mikolas, this is the best consolation.
I give them a grade B for the trades they made because they got more for helsley than i thought but a grade of DDDD for not doing more they had an opportunity to cash in on players that had good value since it will be 28 before complete
And nothing to help this team now! No offense shutout back to back games again!
Finally!
This franchise has become such a dumpster fire that people gotta fabricate reasons to be excited or make content.
Dont get it twisted Mozo is a Bozo but bloom was in on these decisions, see the Matz deal specifically the return.
It's clear as day to anyone with a brain that dewitt or as I call him and his dipshit son billJr, Jr , now the DeFaggots. That he has no intentions on competing again or letting baseball people do baseball things.
Most active trade market in a decade and we cant "find a deal" for Dono, Noot, Herrera, Burly etc players with control who will never be THE guy on any contending team, who have more value than our rentals. Because we over value our players.
When the fuck are they gonna learn that their fuck boy sabremetrics shit doesn't match the product on the field.
Stop playing fantasy fucking baseball and get back to evaluating with your eyes and brains like was always the case the 100 plus yeara before some dipshit fabricated statistics.
If our players are as good as the mythical value our FO and ownership says. Then we wouldn't suck and be stuck in purgatory
Way to go, Mo! Who cares about this season? Let's get ready for 2029!!!
These prospects aren't for depth! They are for the millions of dollars St. Louis is going to make on bobbleheads!!!!
Nobody wanted any of the bs offensive players😂
Take a look at Skales ERA over his last 70 ip
They will roll out the same team next year for the 3rd season in a row expecting a different result. Time for new owners who are willing to spend money. Otherwise it’s gonna be awhile before the Cards play in October again.
I don’t know why I’m bothering to read these comments, yet here I am. What I don’t really understand, is why people who clearly understand very little about baseball and how things work involving trades, contracts, prospects, rebuilding, etc actually take time to comment on this stuff.