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Originally Posted by ScareCrowe
I just don't understand the thought process behind wasting significant money on pitchers of the Lynn/Gibson caliber. If you can't call up a pitcher from the minors to put up innings with a 5+ ERA then your minor leagues are a miserable failure. Why not spend a little more to get something that you have a decent chance to get a quality performance out of & fill in the "replacement level" players from the minors for low salary. It's something they constantly do, like paying Corey Dickerson $5 million when he'd had an OPS in the low .700's for 2 seasons. You should have been able to use a minor leaguer for the minimum salary to post a sub .700 OPS & spent the remainder to get an actual good player.
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Lynn might be completely shot, I agree.
Gibson is an actual mid-to-end of rotation starter who can eat innings and I'm not sure the Cardinals currently have someone in Memphis who can do that yet. Additionally, with how the contracts are set up for Gibson, Lynn, Gray, Mikolas, and Matz, they're likely looking at a combination of someone developing from the minors and additional acquisitions via trade or FA to replace them in the rotation. With how the contracts are structured, this also lessens the $ commitment/opens up roster spots.