Sandy McMillan

Slept like a baby knowing St. Louis owns Chicago

@Redbirdsfan82 No for lots of years

@SandyMac718 For 1 year?

Would you give Walker a 300 million dollar contract today #STLCards

@venicequeenking I think 8/184-200 is possible

@SandyMac718 10 for 300 is a reasonable range

Rangers fan talking 😭

@DanTheSTLCards1 @StlMac_ This is such a lame take. Go back to watching WWE lmao

@StlMac_ Yeah let’s all cheer and sing kumbaya because Walker won a home run derby. This first half was an anomaly. He’ll comeback down to earth eventually. He’s really not that good

I’ve taken so much shit on this platform for supporting Walker when things were dark, seeing everybody change their tune and recognize Walker is our cornerstone has me so happy! Let’s all continue rooting for our guy instead of shitting on him year after year. J Walk has done something no cardinal has ever done, proud of you my man!

This is probably the lamest and least informed take of all time. It’s not a great field? What are you talking about. This guy is a moron

Hate the #STLCards if you want, but trashing the uniforms is so dumb 😂 they have a top 3 uniform kit in the sport

@bishopcurtis5 I don't think Walker is taking that kind of deal. He's closer to FA and his power gives him a ceiling that JJ doesn't have offensively. I don't think he's signing for under 230? I'm not sure though. He's also so young, which makes things more complicated

@SandyMac718 Probably something more similar to what JJ got

@Twessel30 I don't think he takes 6/150. But I'd love it!

@SandyMac718 300? Probably not. The issue is, its going to cost more because its buying out more free agent years. Would he maybe take 6 years/150? Buys out what, 3 years of FA?

@Greegs99 It’s gonna be so funny when they boo him and he goes yard again

@SandyMac718 I’m ready for Walker’s first game back in Philly on August 21. 😂

I can’t believe I don’t get to watch the #STLCards until Friday 😭

@zumwalt_tyler And i will relish that

@SandyMac718 You get to watch 3 play tonight. Well at least 2

I'm not saying teams use OPS to evaluate players. OPS is an incredibly basic stat that's useful for fans. It's a pretty good measure of how a player is performing at a given moment though. I think teams care about zone whiff percentage, bat speed, xwOBA and xwOBACON, attack angle, chase rate, and exit velocity. But making that jump in this particular conversation was going to be impossible.

@SandyMac718 I’d be shocked if teams cared about OPS. It doesn’t evaluate anything specific. I get that it meant something 25 years ago, but adding two stats that tell you something and aren’t very related doesn’t do much. Batting average is obviously worse, but I can’t imagine a team using

blocked for saying OPS was a good stat 😭

@iowaneck Yeah. Savacool seems the least likely to land in an MLB org. Gonna have to go to indy ball now

@SandyMac718 In a way feel sorry for Savacool, he got pulled up to Memphis when they were shorthanded & did the shuffle from Memphis & Peoria a couple times, then gets shown the door, but he hadn’t been good at Peoria. Agree on Koperniak & Rivas, thought Rivas would get more time

I’m really sad for these guys. I really thought Koperniak would get a big league debut at some point with the #STLCards. I believe he had earned that opportunity. This was unfortunately a serious down year. I think the strong AAA track record does get him another opportunity. I’m sad for Rivas too. At 23 he was having a decent offensive year, and I figured he had another year in the system. I’m sure he gets a shot elsewhere. After some promising stretches as recently as last year, it’s over for Jason Savacool too. At 24, he probably needed to be finding success beyond A ball. Regardless, teams always need pitching depth. Madris is two years removed from his last MLB appearance - and he was playing well. Wouldn’t be shocked if he comes stateside again and gets a chance in the future.

@Guy25Rando12987 Semantics. Who would you rather have on your team? Who is the overall more productive piece?

@SandyMac718 Yes. A batter who bats .330 is objectively a better hitter than a guy who bats .250 but may not be as powerful. Schwarber versus Arraez is a prime example. Arraez is a better hitter, Schwarber a better power hitter. Yordon Alvarez is the best all around hitter: avg+power

@kyler416 I love him and miss him

Willson treating every non-swing like it’s a close call in the World Series is sending me. I love this psycho so much

I’m seeing so many tough edits of Jordan Walker on my TikTok 🥹

@iowaneck Yeah but most teams will trim worse players than Koperniak. Rivas is young enough that he’ll get a chance I bet. Savacool idk it’s tough to see him getting a shot

@SandyMac718 Bad thing, every MLB team will be trimming to make room for draftees so won’t be many spots available, might have to go the Indy ball route

@CardinalsYoshi Insane receipt but I had this thought immediately

@SandyMac718 I’m sad because I thought Rivas was our next superstar 😢

@sam_rudy1707 @RedbirdFarmhand Unfortunately not 😭

@RedbirdFarmhand Can we use the money from the Ritchie pick on Freshcorn?

Here is where things stand as of 7:17 PM on July 12th. The signing deadline for this year's draftees is 4:00 central/5:00 pm eastern on Monday, July 27th

@chadman_hardin And one that doesn’t have the depth we have

@SandyMac718 They get picked up by a team that didn’t absolutely crush the draft like us.