Everyone on the team is very tradeable. However, Noot is one of those for whom the bar is the highest, in terms of return value required to pull the trigger. He still is under team control for several more years at a very low salary, so there’s little incentive to move him. Also, he has shown an ability to improve at the big league level, unlike guys like Carlson and Flaherty who have plateaued or regressed. Make no mistake, however, if Cards were a single piece or two from being WS contenders, they’d deal Noot in a heartbeat. However, that is not the case.
I completely get that. He’s a good player who could become something more, but it’s not like his work from 2022 to 2023 is eye opening. The team control is one thing, but that can be enticing to other teams with pitchers. It’s not me proclaiming he’s not good, but maybe a little overrated now.
You didn’t ask, but for the record, I also think trading O’Neill now would be dumb. 2023 is a lost year for the Cards, so why trade a guy at the absolute bottom of his value when you still have him under control for another year? He’d be no less valuable a year from now and might (key word) actually manage to stay healthy for a few months next year and be a potentially attractive trading chip at the deadline.
Look dude, don’t start making all kinds of sense here. My thing was their announcement that we’re not moving him, which threw me. Tyler. If we got him for a pitcher and could get a pitcher for him, I’d make the deal. I’m willing to trade most of the team in order to shake this ship up. But I can see O’Neill and Noot both here at least into the winter. That’s where they could do a lot of their moves. If the player isn’t a pillar, he’s on the block.
Everyone on the team is very tradeable. However, Noot is one of those for whom the bar is the highest, in terms of return value required to pull the trigger. He still is under team control for several more years at a very low salary, so there’s little incentive to move him. Also, he has shown an ability to improve at the big league level, unlike guys like Carlson and Flaherty who have plateaued or regressed. Make no mistake, however, if Cards were a single piece or two from being WS contenders, they’d deal Noot in a heartbeat. However, that is not the case.
I completely get that. He’s a good player who could become something more, but it’s not like his work from 2022 to 2023 is eye opening. The team control is one thing, but that can be enticing to other teams with pitchers. It’s not me proclaiming he’s not good, but maybe a little overrated now.
You didn’t ask, but for the record, I also think trading O’Neill now would be dumb. 2023 is a lost year for the Cards, so why trade a guy at the absolute bottom of his value when you still have him under control for another year? He’d be no less valuable a year from now and might (key word) actually manage to stay healthy for a few months next year and be a potentially attractive trading chip at the deadline.
Look dude, don’t start making all kinds of sense here. My thing was their announcement that we’re not moving him, which threw me. Tyler. If we got him for a pitcher and could get a pitcher for him, I’d make the deal. I’m willing to trade most of the team in order to shake this ship up. But I can see O’Neill and Noot both here at least into the winter. That’s where they could do a lot of their moves. If the player isn’t a pillar, he’s on the block.