Deadspin has had a good amount of fun of trolling Cardinals Nation recently.
Here’s a smattering of headlines written just in the past couple of months:
- Bruce Bochy, the anti-Mathney
- Hate mail from Cardinals fans
- Cardinals fans get ugly in clash with Ferguson protesters
- Why the Cardinals suck
But look – even they like the trade!
The big names here are obviously Heyward and Miller, and nobody’s going to argue that the Cardinals aren’t getting a hell of a deal. Heyward, still just 25 years old, is fresh off a season in which he reclaimed a bit of his power stroke—his 21 homers were the most he’s hit since clubbing 27 in 2012—and yet again proved himself to be one of the best defensive outfielders we’ve seen in a long time. Check out where his career value ranks among all outfielders through their age-24 season over at Baseball Reference, by the way; he’s actually been quite a bit better than $325 million man Giancarlo Stanton, who’s the same age and has had basically the same playing time.
Click on the link above for some Deadspin love and savor it as long as possible. You don’t have much time, though… I’m sure Drew Magary is working on something to bring us back down as we speak.
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