In Search For An Outfielder – St. Louis Cardinals

In Search For An Outfielder –  St. Louis Cardinals

So far, we have identified the following outfielders as possible targets for the Mets:

                Atlanta – Reed Johnson

                Arizona – A.J. Pollock

Baltimore – Nolan Reimold

                Boston – Jerry Sands

                Chicago Cubs – Brett Jackson

Chicago White Sox - Dayan Viciedo

Cincinnati – Chris Heisey

                Cleveland – Thomas Neal -

                Colorado – Dexter Fowler

Detroit – none

Houston – J.D. Martinez

Kansas City – none

Los Angeles Angels – Mark Trumbo

Los Angeles Dodgers – Alex Castellanos

Miami Marlins – Gorkys Hernandez

Milwaukee Brewers – Khris Davis

Minnesota Twins – None

Oakland Athletics – Grant Green

New York Yankees – None

Philadelphia Phillies - none

Pittsburgh – Jose Tabata

Seattle – Casper Wells

San Diego – James Darnell

San Francisco – Gary Brown

               

We now move on to the St. Louis Cardinals, who currently have only six (6) outfielders on their 40-man roster:

       Carlos Beltran – switch – $13mil-2013 – FA-2014 – MLB, 547-AB, 32-HR, 97-RBI - RF

                Adron Chambers- lefty –  pre-ARB -

                Allen Craig – righty –  ABB1-2014 – (1B) -  MLB, 469-AB, .307 - RF

                Matt Holliday – righty –  $17mil thru 2016 – LF – 599-AB, 27-HR, 102-RBI

                Jon Jay – lefty –  ARB1- 2014 – MLB, 443-AB, .305 - CF

                Shane Robinson – righty -  ARB1 – 2015 –

The bottom line here is the combination of Beltran-Craig-Holiday-Jay is one of the best 4 outfielder group in the game. There’s obviously no reason for St. Louis to make any changes with these four ofr the 2013 season.

Prospect wise, Oscar Tavares will play AAA in 2013.

This leaves either Chambers or Robinson, neither of which are going to make the HOF some day; however, Robinson would give the Mets a three-year MLB level player to settle down the outfield for a year.

Mets target: Shane Robinson – plays all three outfield positions… team controlled salary…  3-year MLB stat line with St. Louis: .242/.293/.333/.626, 198-AB, 3-HR, 17-RBI… only 2 MLB errors