Goldschmidt Makes Himself Unlikable

[G-Fafif]

MFYs sign the formerly admirable first baseman. Not a landing spot for Alonso, at least

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

That's a win for our side. Goldy looked so good early in his career I expected he would turn into McGwire in St Louis. He'll be better than Rizzo for the MFYs.

[Edgy MD]

A one-year deal at $12.5 million seems like a bargain and a half.

Arenado and Goldie may both smell kind of toasty, but they were both so good as recently as 2022. It doesn't seem like a huge gamble for the Yankees.

[Frayed Knot]

Goldy (no word if they've also signed Tevye) cratered from '22 to '24, going from the best season of his career [177 OPS+, MVP] to the worst [98 OPS+, first ever under 120]
There's a decent chance the Yanx will get a dead cat bounce out of him but he'll also turn 38 before the season is over so that bounce might not be too high.

[Gwreck]

MFYs sign the formerly admirable first baseman.

Was he that admirable, though? I recall both he and Arenado had to miss games in Toronto a couple years ago because they were the only vaccination holdouts on the Cardinals.

[G-Fafif]

MFYs sign the formerly admirable first baseman.

Was he that admirable, though? I recall both he and Arenado had to miss games in Toronto a couple years ago because they were the only vaccination holdouts on the Cardinals.

I admired him from afar when he was in Arizona as a low-key superstar. Cardinals were a gateway drug to Yankeedom.

[Edgy MD]

Are the Cards really going forward with Alec Burleson at first? Or are they now throwing both feet into the Alonso market?

That's the problem with thinking the market is narrowing — as soon as one team gets somebody, another team has lost somebody.

[smg58]

The Cardinals were planning on moving Willson Contreras to first. (Contreras, unlike Arenado, has made it clear that he won't accept a trade anywhere.)