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Send Gorman back to Memphis, gimme Wetherholt

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And Maton makes three! You got like a hot line to Mo's office or something? Lol

Turns out he's second out the door lol

Red Sox are acquiring LHP Steven Matz from the Cardinals for Worcester IF Blaze Jordan

I'll admit, I erred. His ceiling is so obviously huge but his floor was unbelievably low. I was almost certain he was gonna be another Dylan Carlso.

That being said, he's been piecing it together bit by bit in the box and looks like a completely different man in the outfield.

One of those where you almost can't believe he was a 1st round pick. Looks completely lost in the box and seemingly doesn't have any value in the field over a generic infielder. He's everything everyone thought Walker was gonna be.

JJ could be over on 3rd but he's more of a "when" promotion, Baez is still in the "if" category.

I'm not even gonna delve into 1B, with Contreras over there now, who knows when it'll need someone new. Maybe before the deadline tomorrow, maybe not until he retires.

When ya look down the farm:
Memphis is rotating infielders at 3rd.
Springfield has 4. Buchberger is out for the season but pretty good. Mendligner, Mendoza, and Paige will probably shake out to being like Sagesse.

So, we've only got essentially 4 in front of Baez at 3rd.

If we can transition Baez to a fulltime 3B before he gets up here, that won't be too bad. It's becoming increasingly likely that Gorman ain't it imo and Sagesse can play 3rd but doesn't show any amazing prowess really.

A trio of St. Lucie Mets are headed to St. Louis in return for Ryan Helsley. Here’s profiles on Jesus Baez, Nate Dohm, and Frank Elissalt respectively.

There for a moment last night, looked like Matz might've been the first one out the door lol

3 prospects in return, not bad overall

That's my big concern. None of these guys are above High-A so, there's still plenty of time for Tommy John's and completely forgetting how to hit a baseball.

On the other hand, they don't have many guys in their top 30 prospects who are at AAA, so, maybe that's not a huge problem

Solid "yeah probably" to "eh, could've done better"

Two of the Mets' top 15, one of which is a pitcher. Not horrid imo but definitely not the haul we could've gotten in the offseason.

@JonHeyman tweeted
Mets get Helsley for Baez, Dohm, Elissalt. Done deal.

Helsley draft stock ticking up. I know Cleveland was pretty firm that Clase wasn't going anywhere but I still thinks this helps #StlCards with moving Helsley.

@JonHeyman tweeted
All-Star INF Brendan Donovan would interest the Yankees, if he’s available. Many teams would be. Astros, too. Unclear how deep Cardinals sale will be.

I hope so. I think the Red Sox kneecapped him bad. Whereas he and the Rays were able to do some impressive shit for $1.50 and a coupon for Cheez Whiz.

Always pisses me off that the Astros became the face of the "development" revolution while the Rays were building playoff runs with teams of DFA's.

Oh, 100%. He got/gets unending shit about the Mookie trade but idk if I think that was entirely his call.

Exactly. If someone comes asking, we need to hold out for like 0.5 Helsley or 1.75 Libby kinda return, I think.

Like, it's gotta be good. Almost anyone else? Whatever gets out of the door. McGreevy is hands off and Granillo is "must be a favorable deal"

Oh, okay, then I agree with you lmfao

I think we should be a litttttle more reserved with Granillo. I think he's got the stuff to be slightly above average. So, if someone comes knocking for him, we should hold for a modest return.

Same thing for Donnie too. It will kill me to see him in someone else's uni but if we devastate someone's farm system for the next 5 years, I'll be able to suffer the heartache lol

I get that but also, anything short of an absolute pillaging of someone's farm system for Wynn. Like, if someone comes knocking for him, I want to see some stupid Arenado scale trade where I'm ecstatic and confused why the other team agreed.

So many prospects. I'm just about to the point where I'm convinced we sell Helsley even if we are somehow back in contention with a sweep of the Padres.

Final:
Padres 7
Cardinals 9

It was ugly, but it was a win and Helsley protected his trade value.

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Again, Brendan Donovan: NL MVP. Not joking. #stlcards

Hopefully he can join Turner Ward in the unemployment line