re: Semi-Daily STL thread | Brewers 3 @ Cards 7 Final

I'm not real sure honestly, it's quite the logjam in a good way


I don't see us resigning Heyward as much as I wish we would but I just think his price on the open market is gonna be driven too high. FTR, there are many others who are quite confident we are gonna resign him so I could be wrong

I think Holiday will stay through the end of his contract then he and the team will go from there. I doubt he gets another contract as a Cardinal in all honestly if these young guys all pan out (far from a sure thing). So he will retire or go else where at that point

This leaves,

Jay
Bourjos
Pham
Piscotty
Gridchuk

I think we let Jay leave at the next best opportunity (love Jay but this young talent is just too good)

Bourjis will be let go at the next best opportunity. (Great glove/base runner, but that's about it)

Piscotty/Gridchuk get to stay and start, hopefully for a long time

This leaves Pham which is a little interesting. Pham is showing all kinds of talent but you can't forget how injury prone he is and he's already 27. In a perfect world, we resign JHey and go into future years with: Heyward, Pham, Piscotty, Gridchuk. Keep in mind that Piscotty can play 1st against Lefties and give Bubba the night off at times.

As for next year, I think the OF is likely Pham, Holiday, Piscotty, Gridchuk. Not sure about Jay/Bourgos's contract situations but even if they are signed through next year I could see them both traded for spare parts.


All of this is my best guess and is assuming everyone pans out and stays healthy so it's likely completely wrong