Minor League Roundup

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I don't agree.
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Oh, ok. You know, if you had just said up front that you were retarded, we could have avoided this whole exchange.
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Yeah, because it's reasonable to think 2 guys approaching 30 years old that have never done anything on the MLB level can replace Lee and the Cubs can reinvest $10 M in a difference maker without giving up something to get that difference maker.
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I'm glad we agree.

(psst - offensively, Lee is not exactly difficult to replace anymore)
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Nope, but Hoffpauir and Fox aren't gonna do it.

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You're right, they <i>aren't</i>, but they certainly <i>could</i>. And considering Lee's continued and predictable decline, someone is going to have to replace him.
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You're right, someone will have to replace him and if this team has any aspirations of being successful, he won't be replaced by Micah Hoffpauir and Jake Fox. A Hoffpauir/Fox-type platoon is something teams that don't win do.
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Take a look at the team that just spent two days kicking our ass and get back to me.
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At which position do the Cardinals have a platoon consisting of a 29 year old career minor leaguer and 27 year old career minor leaguer with a combined less than 120 career MLB ABs? I musta missed that.
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No, what you missed is the "don't be a hyper literalist" boat.

The Cardinals have made a "career" of finding late 20s nobodies who show up out of nowhere and perform adequately or better at the Major League level.