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Cards current payroll is 145M with the off-season signings and we ended last year at 170M. Savings from KK, CMart, Marp, Miller and others is way more than Nolan’s contract and the other smaller signings we’ve made. Even if we don’t increase payroll at all there’s money to be spent. If we start the year with this current roster then it’s very clear that mediocrity is acceptable because there are several options to address areas of need readily available and so far the Cards have chosen not to address them. As Katie Woo(who is great at her job, but this one quite annoyed the hell out of me) put it, the Cards “chose to allocate their resources conservatively.” I’m not one that shits on Dewitt or calls him cheap, but the door to win the division is WIDE open and you have several aging stars looking to compete. Now is not the time to “allocate resources conservatively.”We didn't free up any cash though - all the savings from guys like Miller and Marp are going to Arenado - Colorado paid for his contract last year, we're on the hook for it this year.
That said, I think we should go after Story or Correa pretty hard.