Miller has to be a part of the rotation going forward too though.

Not firing Matheny while trading prospects and Allen Craig to get pitchers with an offense that is next-to-last in baseball is the very definition of penny-wise and pound-foolish.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Source: Lackey has told <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash">#STLCards</a> he plans to honor his club option. No extension at this time.</p>&mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/statuses/494904965761355776">July 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Which means he becomes a FA after 2015. Consensus seems to be a handshake agreement not to tender him a QO so that he can garner more interest on the open market and bank another payday.

That also means huge surplus value for the Cardinals.

Yeah, I was thinking there is no way he plays for 500K but he has made a lot of money in his career and its about over. When he walks after 2015, someone will sign him and we will get a compensation pick

I like the trade only because I have zero faith Craig is going to revert to form.

Now watch, Matheny is going to put PB in center and Jay in RF half of the time.

Also got this throw in project

Corey Littrell, 22, was a starter for Salem of the Class A Carolina League. He is 5-5 with a 3.60 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 100 innings this season.

Holy crap, I forgot about that. Damn, I bet he does just that.:banghead:

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Which means Cards could also trade him next summer for some prospects since our pitching will hopefully have a surplus then and we probably won't re-sign him?

No way this happens.