Cardinals acquiring Goldschmidt

[JDBrewCrew]

Jon Heyman

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11s11 seconds ago

Stlcards will be getting Goldy

 

Jon Heyman‏

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55s56 seconds ago

Package going back to Arizona is unknown at moment

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Going to be one hell of an NLC.

[KeithStone53151]

I'm expecting some catching depth heading to Arizona in this. Possibly Kelly+.

[KeithStone53151]

Going to be one hell of an NLC.

 

Haven't you heard? It's the NL East that's going to be tough.

[SeaBass]

Ken Rosenthal

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#DBacks getting Luke Weaver, Carson Kelly, Andy Young and a draft pick from #STLCards for Goldschmidt, sources tell The Athletic.

 

 

St. Louis Cardinals

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The #STLCards have acquired six-time NL All-Star 1B Paul Goldschmidt from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for C Carson Kelly, RHP Luke Weaver, INF Andy Young and the club's Compensation Round B selection in the 2019 MLB Draft. #TimeToFly

 

[KeithStone53151]

Seems like a reasonable return. A relatively highly rated defensive catcher that hasn't hit yet, a young, soft tossing pitcher on a down year, and an interesting flier, and a comp b pick. Definitely not as much value as some seemed to be expecting.

[A Swing and A Drive]

This sucks.

 

Underwhelming return for the DBacks.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

What would be the Brewers equivalent package? Davies, Nottingham, and Tucker Neuhaus maybe? Seems really underwhelming for an MVP candidate.

[tmwiese55]

And keep in mind STL probably has every intention of paying him and keeping him.

[ThisIsMyCrew]

What would be the Brewers equivalent package? Davies, Nottingham, and Tucker Neuhaus maybe? Seems really underwhelming for an MVP candidate.

 

Davies and Nottingham were exactly who I thought off too. I figured they would get much more in return. Arguably best 1st baseman in baseball.

[Eye Black]

Wow, that’s a GREAT deal for the Cardinals. I expected a better haul for Goldschmidt, even for just one year of control.

[3and2Fastball]

Meanwhile, Carpenter moves to 3B and threatens to break Ryan Braun's record for the All-Time worst defensive season at Third.

[jackailius]

Huge bummer. I just submitted my 2018-2019 offseason plan in the transaction section and one of my big ones was trading for Goldschmidt. I apparently was way off as I included Corey Ray, Eric Thames, Domingo Santana, Marcos Diplan, and Tre Supak. Probably why I am not going to get anywhere close to a GM job. I was drooling over having him bat cleanup for the crew though.

[SeaBass]

What would be the Brewers equivalent package? Davies, Nottingham, and Tucker Neuhaus maybe? Seems really underwhelming for an MVP candidate.

Don't the Brewers have a Round A comp pick this year? I could easily see that being a difference, not wanting to give that up. Giving up the Round B comp pick not as painful.

[MrTPlush]

Pretty confident we weren’t chasing Goldy.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

What would be the Brewers equivalent package? Davies, Nottingham, and Tucker Neuhaus maybe? Seems really underwhelming for an MVP candidate.

 

Davies and Nottingham were exactly who I thought off too. I figured they would get much more in return. Arguably best 1st baseman in baseball.

 

Carson Kelly is a solid defensive catcher, profiling better defensively than Nottingham. But the values shouldn't be all that much dissimilar.

[mattyo]

As I said in the trade forum: The return here does seem light, and with how our offense went cold at times last year, his bat would have been a more than welcome addition.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Pretty confident we weren’t chasing Goldy.

 

I'm pretty confident is saying that if the Brewers wanted Goldy, they could have EASILY beaten this crap Cardinal package. If I'm a DBack fan, I'm disgusted by that return for a franchise icon.

[A Swing and A Drive]

Brewer equilavent offer would be Woodruff, Nottingham, Dubon and a Comp Pick.

 

Factor in that the Cardinals will 100% offer Goldschmidt a qualifying offer and get a better draft pick then the one they just gave up and this is an absolute steal IMO.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Brewer equilavent offer would be Woodruff, Nottingham, Dubon and a Comp Pick.

 

Factor in that the Cardinals will 100% offer Goldschmidt a qualifying offer and get a better draft pick then the one they just gave up and this is an absolute steal IMO.

 

Woodruff has more upside than soft-tossing Weaver. I think Davies is a better comp. I agree that the Cards made a terrific trade, and Goldy is a guy in my mind that would have looked great in the Brewers lineup. Swing and a miss from our front office

[KeithStone53151]

Brewer equilavent offer would be Woodruff, Nottingham, Dubon and a Comp Pick.

 

Factor in that the Cardinals will 100% offer Goldschmidt a qualifying offer and get a better draft pick then the one they just gave up and this is an absolute steal IMO.

 

Woodruff > Weaver by a very wide margin. Kelly > Nottingham, but not by much. Kelly is seriously terrible at hitting right now. Dubon is much more highly rated than the prospect, so that's not a fair comp either.

 

I like the Davies to Weaver comp. That's much better than the Woodruff comp.

[tmwiese55]

Count me in the camp that would've preferred to beat this offer. But keep in mind we would've needed a much different structure than the comp ones being proposed here because Jesus almost certainly would've been in it, so that would've changed the whole dynamic.

[TURBO]

Brewer equilavent offer would be Woodruff, Nottingham, Dubon and a Comp Pick.

 

Factor in that the Cardinals will 100% offer Goldschmidt a qualifying offer and get a better draft pick then the one they just gave up and this is an absolute steal IMO.

 

Woodruff has more upside than soft-tossing Weaver. I think Davies is a better comp. I agree that the Cards made a terrific trade, and Goldy is a guy in my mind that would have looked great in the Brewers lineup. Swing and a miss from our front office

 

Did our front office even step into the batter's box to take a swing?

[wildcat2237]

Initial thought is that the deal is a good one for the Cardinals.

[TURBO]

This is going to hurt...