I would love to see the 'crew sign Wolf!

by Braski on Dec 8, 2009 9:18 PM CST

I would love to see the 'crew sign Wolf! I think they could trade Hart and Suppan and eat some of their salary for a decent utility OF or IF (or get Counsell back) or 5th starter and use a bit of the savings to sign Vargas. They will be able to contend if they have Coffey (7th), Vargas (8th), Hoffman (9th), the rest of a decent BP from last year and a reasonable starting rotation (Gallardo, Wolf, Parra (you have to give him a chance), Bush, Narveson/Capuano (or low budget FA). Start Gamel in RF and Casey McGehee at 3rd.

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Hoo boy.

Suppan AND Hart AND eat some salary for a utilityman? How many million would you like to spend on a utility guy? I think Hart and a prospect could very well do better than a #5 type guy – we have plenty of those already anyway. Capuano may not be ready to go at the start of the season, and probably doesn’t have a full season in him either way, and I cringe at the thought of Narveson starting 20-25 games.

As far as Vargas in the 8th, Coffey handled the 8th the majority of the time last year, and often part or all of the 7th and did a damn fine job. I see no reason not to keep him there.

by Wayfaerer on Dec 9, 2009 5:20 AM CST reply actions

But he had 10Ks in one game

BEST PITCHER EVER

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Dec 9, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions

Coffey did do a fine job, but I still hope we sign Vargas again. He was great out of the pen last year, and could possibly spot start if needed. To expand on my earlier trade talks, I say we find someone to take Hart’s 3(?) million and Suppan’s 12 million with the Brewer’s paying 7 million and get back a prospect or two. We can start Gamel in RF (he’s bound to be there or 1st soon anyway) and McGehee at 3rd. Sign Counsell again so we can have some defense when necessary (I still wish we had given Lopez arbitration and dumped Weeks). Then take the 8 million we just saved and get Sheets back with an incentive laden contract. The following starting rotation looks pretty good:

Yovani Gallardo
Randy Wolf
Ben Sheets
Manny Parra (still young, we need to give him another shot!)
Dave Bush

That gives us two lefties in the rotation, which is nice. We also have Chris Capuano possibly recovering and maybe Mark Mulder too (both lefties) if Parra pulls a ‘09! The pen will be solid if it’s not over worked and we have plenty of offense. I’d say the only issues are 2nd, 3rd and RF defense, but those guys could surprise us. GO CREW!!!

by Braski on Dec 11, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions

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