Did Cardinals do enough at deadline to 'get hot' or just warmer?

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Against National League rivals that got better at the deadline, the Cardinals will need to have the best bullpen in Octobers, argues Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel. Did they do enough at the deadline to assure that? That's the theme of a brand new Best Podcast in Baseball, featuring Hummel and his St. Louis Post-Dispatch colleague Derrick Goold, a baseball writer and host of BPIB. The Cardinals added two lefty starters at the deadline and a right-handed reliever. They did not make the huge splash of San Diego (Juan Soto, Josh Bell), the name-brand move of Philadelphia (Noan Syndergaard, David Robertson), or even the familiar savvy move of Atlanta Braves (Jake Odorizzi). What they did do is invite questions about a front office eager to expect the best from its roster, betting on it to maximize its ability and "get hot," while being more conservative when it comes to helping. The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goodl.

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0:00.0	The best podcast in baseball is brought to you by Closets by Design.
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0:14.4	That's 1-800-by-design.
0:17.0	Well, they're going to have to have the best bullpen of any of those teams to have a chance to go anywhere.
0:23.4	And could they do that maybe because they have a closer who's as good as anybody out there in their league.
0:30.4	They have to win this on their bullpen and their defense.
0:33.7	They can't give up runs in the field, and they can't give up runs after their starters
0:38.5	leave the game, because their starters are going to allow some runs.
0:44.7	Hello, everybody, and welcome to the best podcast in baseball, brought to you by
0:50.7	Closet by Design of St. Louis. I'm St. Louis Post Dispatch Baseball writer Derek Gould.
0:54.8	Join this week by Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel, just in time for us to run a, I don't know, what do we call it?
1:04.6	Review, forensics.
1:08.6	What do we call this, like, post-operative on the, a debriefing? There we go. A debriefing on the
1:17.3	trade deadline. For some teams, there could be an autopsy. They just revealed, yeah. Well, I guess just
1:24.3	start off with your thoughts. I mean, there was a whirlwind trade deadline in baseball.
1:31.0	We saw maybe the most significant trade deadline move of all time,
1:36.0	or certainly of many, many years,
1:38.4	because you're talking about a 23-year-old potential future MVP being traded at the deadline.
1:46.4	That's just, that seems absurd.
1:52.7	Well, generally, you see 33-year-old guys being traded that might be MVP's at the deadline.
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