Former Cardinals Watch

[Hungary Jack]

Chris Perez is 2nd in MLB in saves at 15.

Mark DeRosa is still really hot.

[Jocephus]

Is there a job in the world of jobs that takes less talent to accomplish then ticket taker at the ballpark? I mean if you can point a scanner at a bar code you have a job.

walmart greeter?

[Hungary Jack]

Is there a job in the world of jobs that takes less talent to accomplish then ticket taker at the ballpark? I mean if you can point a scanner at a bar code you have a job.

walmart greeter?

bank CEO?

[Vidor]

Team owner?

[cards2468]

fluffer

[Popeye_Card]

LOOGY?

[doe_boy]

Chris Perez is 2nd in MLB in saves at 15.

It was a case of filling a short term need outweighing a potential longterm gain.

Cards, unfortunately, got neither benefit.

[wart57]

Have the Indians won a World Series since the trade?

Not saying the deal won the Cards the series (because it didn't,) but I thought that was the point of playing games and making deals, trying to winning it all.

[Jocephus]

Orioles signed LHP J.C. Romero to a minor league contract; assigned him to Triple-A Norfolk.
Romero was released by the Cardinals earlier this month after allowing 14 hits and nine runs in eight innings. He'll act as organizational relief depth for the O's.
Source: Eduardo Encina on Twitter
May 24 - 3:25 PM

[doe_boy]

I wasn't making a judgement on the trade so much as commenting on the vagaries of trades.

The idea behind the pickup of DeRosa was sound: trade an extra part for something certain.

Unfortunately, DeRosa got hurt and Perez has done well since leaving.

It was a chance worth taking IMHO.