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If you haven't heard by now, the Rockies dealt superstar & franchise face Nolan Arenado to St. Louis for a boat load of nothing and even gifted $50M along with Arenado. Like what in the blue hell has happened to baseball. Blockbuster trades are cool and all but the Rockies are just two years out from extending Arenado in a 8 year/$260M extension, and have now shipped him packing. What has happened to value in baseball? Why the hell are guys like Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor & Nolan Arenado ridin' the trade carousel? It's baffling. Kudos to the Cardinals, they just got another superstar via trade.
Nolan Arenado since 2014 (his soph' season), ranks third in the Majors in WAR. The two in front of him... Mike Trout & Mookie Betts. Arenado has had elite contact ability and rare power. Most power guys trade K's for HRs but Arenado has one of the lowest strikeout rates and when you compare it with his power numbers, it shows how incredible of a hitter he has been. He has been top 6 in homeruns 4/8 years with Colorado. Arenado has 5 seasons batting better then .285 and hitting 35+ big flys. His play on defense is just as elite, winning a Gold Glove all eight seasons in the league. His play has been superb which is why ya know, the Rockies gave him $260 Million. What a dumb and awful organization. They think they have the money to keep probably the only other name in Colorado, Trevor Story, but I doubt he sticks around. I sure as hell wouldn't.
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What a steal by the Cardinals, a blockbuster that now pairs Arenado with the slugging Paul Goldschmidt. Cardinals may not be as dangerous to the eye like the Dodgers & Padres but this trade will make them a serious contender now in the NL. Trading for Goldschmidt and now Arenado is pretty impressive. What's more impressive is that they gave up nothing for Arenado. A whole lotta nothin' and I don't feel like taking the time and typing the prospect's names, no offense fellas. The production differential in this trade and more importantly the value differential is mind numbing.
Trading away superstar players for big name prospects and taking the "rebuild for future" route has been ruining baseball. Take the Betts trade- Boston trades him basically out of doom of paying him in exchange for a top prospect and the future. Since the trade the Dodgers win the World Series (yeah 2020, I know) and have the best roster in baseball. Boston is in the back end of their division and seem to be way behind the Rays and Yankees. Expect a long rebuild. Cleveland has now completely fell since their World Series appearance as they traded franchise player Francisco Lindor to the Mets. The Indians projected lineup looks absolutely terrible with a ageing Jose Ramirez probably being the best bat. So many lineups in baseball are trash. So many teams trade away their only superstars and it's ruining baseball. When there was fans, more then 20 stadiums barely sold seats. The game itself should be craving superstar players, along with each team. Only 14 teams had winning records in 2019 (last full season). No one wants to watch Colorado Rockies baseball and now, no player is going to want to play in Colorado.
I think this trade is pathetic on the Rockies end, the same word I'd use to describe that organization as a whole. At the very least, they traded him to St. Louis and not San Diego or the Dodgers. Gives the NL another contender whereas the AL has very little outside of the Rays and Yankees who share the same division.
The structure and 'chise management in today's Big 4 Sports is just odd. Seeing superstar players be dealt like nothing and having each sport with 3/4 of the league not being championship level is a shame. You see like only a few solid matchups a week and the rest of the games are blowouts. What has changed in Sports? I shall give my take on the next episode of Founder Talk.
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