Brendan Marks, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:39:00 GMT
Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch joined The Ryan Kelley Morning After on Monday to discuss where the Cardinals will go now after being passed over by Jason Heyward, who signed with the Chicago Cubs.
Here’s the complete segment:
Derrick Goold on The Morning After
We posted below some excerpts from the interview paraphrased by Tim McKernan on Twitter.
From @dgoold: To present Alex Gordon as a Plan B was connecting the dots…not connecting the facts.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: As of today, the Cardinals aren’t in on Justin Upton if he wants a nine figure contract.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: Going into the offseason, the Cardinal plan was to offer a record-setting contract to David Price.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: Upton checks a lot of the boxes the Cardinals would be looking at. The key is the structure of the deal.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: I do not know if the Cardinals offered 2 opt-outs to Heyward. I do know they offered 1 opt-out.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: In the end, Heyward just chose the Cubs. He chose to play there. I’ve heard over and over again he just wanted to play in CHI.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: The Cubs are a very appealing team (to FA’s) right now. I know that doesn’t play well in St. Louis. But, it is true.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: There’s no doubt C. Davis would be a substantive change for this lineup in ’16 and ’17, but he’s not coming here for 2 years.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: The Cardinals are frustrated. They entered this winter thinking they’d have possibly the best LH starter and best RF in FA.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: They were frustrated before the Heyward situation. Now they offered more guaranteed money, and they still lost out.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: The difference this offseason is the Cubs. This rivalry is now getting to where the Red Sox and Yankees were.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: A trade is an option right now. And yes, they have talked to the Rockies about Carlos Gonzalez.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: They’ve had conversations with Colorado to understand the names that it would take to get Carlos Gonzalez.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015
From @dgoold: I spoke with someone not affiliated with the Cardinals who said that the Rockies are listening to offers for Charlie Blackmon.
” Tim McKernan (@tmckernan) December 14, 2015