.....hence, not that great overall. 4/5 of their rotation are literally very old veterans who were great 7-10 years ago. That's not going to win you enough games. Plus, who knows how long Arenado is even on the team. I think the odds of him opting out are greater than many think. As I said, the Cardinals are good enough to make noise each year, but they aren't really good enough to be considered an absolute contender each year for the division for the next 3 years like the premise of the initial post was. Thus, we allowed Nolan to bump his stats a bit last night to entice him to opt out and go to an AL team!