Cardinals promote Mozeliak....

[Ace-Leroy]

out of the GM job and into president of baseball operations. Michael Girsch taking over as GM. I am glad to see Mozeliak out of the GM office.

 

[Todd4State]

I'm not sure much will change but I hope I am wrong. If Girsch is more aggressive than Mo, I will be happy. Interesting that this happens after Mo failed yet again to pull the trigger on Hecchaveria (sp) who the Marlins were trying to give away and the Cardinals likely could have acquired for very little and upgraded their defense up the middle a good bit while only sacrificing a minimal amount of offense in the form of Diaz. Making it a net sum gain.

DeWitt has said that he wants a Cardinals dynasty and that he wants to build through the farm- which is fine. But they MUST make better decisions and be more aggressive in the free agent market for that to even come close to being a reality. Is that DeWitt not wanting to spend money or Mo not being aggressive enough? I pray it's Mo. And I pray that Girsch will be allowed to make aggressive decisions because he is still going to have to go through Mo and DeWitt.

Not sure what to make of this at this point- the trade deadline and offseason will allow me to form a more educated opinion though. Lot of rumors of more coaching shake up in the offseason- likely firing or demoting Mabry as hitting coach. Or they could keep sending everyone that is struggling to A ball for 10 days.

 

[PineGroveBully]

I like the move. I'm a fan of Mo, think he's a great guy to oversee the long view plans of the club but think he was to laid back as GM. Don't know much about Girsch but at this point it'd about hafta be an improvement in the day to day operations.

 

[ronpolk]

I like the move. I'm a fan of Mo, think he's a great guy to oversee the long view plans of the club but think he was to laid back as GM. Don't know much about Girsch but at this point it'd about hafta be an improvement in the day to day operations.

I'm a fan of Mo too. He should take some heat for this roster but he also deserves a lot of credit for putting a consistent winner in the field for several years.