Steve Adams

• Happy Monday! Four weeks until the deadline.
• We’ll get started at 3pm CT, give or take a couple minutes. Feel free to start sending in questions ahead of time though, as always!
• Hello! Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend
• Let’s get underway

Bloom

• I know it’s early, but what should be the priorities for the Cardinals’ offseason? What are the biggest areas for improvement? Where will starts come from next year?

Steve Adams

• The rotation, by a pretty wide margin. Dustin May is their best starter right now, which isn’t a very encouraging statement in and of itself, and he’s a free agent at season’s end. The Cardinals should be looking at ways to add both veteran innings and some younger, controllable arms who can miss talent. That latter need is far easier said than done, of course, but if they’re moving Noot at the deadline, that could/should be a focus. I’d be open to moving Burleson either at the deadline or in the offseason as well.They’re in contention, but they’ve gotten there with near flawless health and in spite of a really weak starting staff. I just don’t think this rotation is good enough to hold up, and if they lose a key bat or two due to injury, the whole thing starts to look shaky in a hurry.

Rico

• Steve!  With Anderson and Sloan on the horizon, how do you think the Mariners rotation shakes out, both this year and the off-season?  Lots of good arms, no place to put them all.  Who are the keepers?

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