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Yeah. Eric Lauer, if you believe in his arm, might be a guy you might consider approaching on a Peralta type extension to see if he wanted to sacrifice some possible money for long-term security. Curtiss is a guy they will probably keep around next year only because he'll cost league minimum anyway and probably give a shot to him in 2023 if he's looking good and non-tender him in spring of '23 if he's not and then go from there. Nothing more.

Great rally in that AB by Escobar.

If we could stop making so many outs on the bases lately that would be great.

Norris is bad. He better not be anywhere near the playoff roster. Glad we got that miracle win yesterday. Big picture we need to get the big 3 back on track. All seeing their share of struggles lately.

If your league's playoff spots were based on overall record, what induced your rage? A good portion of fantasy success is always based on luck. Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don't. I had a similar thing happen a few years ago where I was leading scorer and ended up as the 7th seed, but I lost because the commish had head to head record set as the tiebreaker. I didn't quit or even complain, but it was pretty annoying and to me is just a ridiculous tiebreaker to use in fantasy football.

You could tell watching the replay that a lot of Brewer fans left after the 8th when they came up empty handed and it was still 5-1 going into the 9th. Imagine leaving early to beat traffic and missing that one.

Well the hope is that we're not filling those spots with Lindblom, etc. The hope is that we're filling them with Ashby, Small, other trade acquisitions like Lauer etc.

I totally expected Mike Schildt to come out and be a turd and contest that he never touched home.

Time to grab some popcorn and go check out some Cardinals message boards.

OMGGGG

Be a hero, Danny...

Someone brought up Matt Olson as a target. That would be my dream scenario.

I didn't say Rowdy has had a bad day. I said 1B is still a need. That is all. Rowdy is what he is. He has a -0.6 WAR and 88 OPS+ for the season. He is one of the few areas on this team that could stand to be upgraded, and that is okay. It's good to address areas of the team that could be improved. It's why we aren't trotting Orlando Arcia out there anymore, and I think we can all agree that is a good thing.

Not a lot of needs on this team, but 1B will be one again in the offseason.

You know your bat is hot garbage when they walk Pablo Reyes to get to you.

The MLB Umpires Association has me blocked on Twitter if there's any question as to whether or not they are as thin skinned on social media as they are in person.

Just a really dumb throw by JBJ. There was never a chance with how deep that was. 100% of the effort should have been preventing the advance from 2nd to 3rd and conceding the 1 run.

Burnes totally and suddenly losing all command.

Can't overturn a pickoff by Yadi. He's the ambassador for the game of baseball for some reason.

Absolutely. The thing I love about this? It will also ultimately bolster the entirety of the pitching staff come the (gulps) Playoffs. We get Freddy back on track? We can work Hauser, Lauer, Ashby, and Anderson into any combinations of Bullpen games. Sidebar question: what happened to our most maligned COVID List Atlanta Hotel Room sufferer from Pittsburgh Jandel Gustave? Is he back in AAA? Still out of commission? I thought we might have had something there in our limited exposure. He had some heat and he had some movement. He was just activated again today. He's here.

Joe Jimenez ensuring it only goes down by 1 today. Every time I see that guy I'm stunned he still has an MLB job.

My dudes-- Adrian Houser is a baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. Sam and Joey Hauser are the Hauser brothers.

Hi, Cardinal fans reading this. That guy with the 3.41 season ERA who just pitched a 9 inning shutout against you is our 4th best starting pitcher. 4th.

Love to see the bullpen completely saved.

Honestly, the guys I would look to deal would be ones like Houser and/or Lauer. Not that there is anything wrong with them but I think they are near peak value and will probably make more in arbitration than they will be worth to us. Should fetch a decent return, to shore up some other areas and/or help keep the farm replenished. Just look alone how much trading Rasmussen and Feyereisen did for us. Maybe keep Lauer and Houser for their 2022 arbitration year and then deal before they get too pricey. Kind of like what we did with Davies. Replace with guys like Ashby and Small and keep this train moving. I would really try to keep the core of Peralta/Burnes/Woodruff together as long as possible. Look how much it has transformed this team, they are most of the reason why. We have this 3 year window coming up with them controlled, don't throw that away over the price tag. Peralta's contract is already taken care of. Likely scenario is Burnes and Woodruff probably come in at $25M or so each in their last arbitration season in 2024, we can swing it. We only have $31.7M committed already in both '23 and '24. Cain will be off the books, Bradley and Garcia too, Taylor will be relied on to be one of our future replacements. Mitchell will likely be a cheap part of our OF. A $125M or so payroll isn't unreasonable for those years at all. Helping avoid that middle ground of arbitration salaries by dealing the back end starters like Houser and Lauer will help us afford to keep the big 3 together. Continue to make smart, reasonable trades to supplement the roster around our monster rotation. If we continue to find guys like Adames and Urias in trade and continue to find under the radar relievers like Cousins and Box and Strickland, we will be just fine. We can keep the big 3 together, we just aren't going to be able to be extremely active in free agency over the next 5 years or so and that is perfectly okay.