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St. Louis Cardinals: Goldschmidt’s impact on the Cardinals depth

By Christian May-Suzuki

PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 26: Paul Goldschmidt #44 of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates a three run home run with Jon Jay #9 in the third inning of the MLB game against the Seattle Mariners at Chase Field on August 26, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. All players across MLB wear nicknames on their backs as well as colorful, non-traditional uniforms featuring alternate designs inspired by youth-league uniforms during Players Weekend. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 26: Paul Goldschmidt #44 of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates a three run home run with Jon Jay #9 in the third inning of the MLB game against the Seattle Mariners at Chase Field on August 26, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. All players across MLB wear nicknames on their backs as well as colorful, non-traditional uniforms featuring alternate designs inspired by youth-league uniforms during Players Weekend. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images) /
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ST. LOUIS, MO – JULY 15: (L to R) Mike Girsch, general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals; Bill DeWitt Jr., managing partner and chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals; John Mozeliak, President of Baseball Operations of the St. Louis Cardinals and Mike Schildt, interim manager of the St. Louis Cardinals addressing a change in the manager during a press conference prior to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium on July 15, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO – JULY 15: (L to R) Mike Girsch, general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals; Bill DeWitt Jr., managing partner and chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals; John Mozeliak, President of Baseball Operations of the St. Louis Cardinals and Mike Schildt, interim manager of the St. Louis Cardinals addressing a change in the manager during a press conference prior to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium on July 15, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) /

The Paul Goldschmidt trade was an incredible deal and brought the St. Louis Cardinals along in a big way, but it isn’t enough to be satisfied.

The St. Louis Cardinals have more than enough payroll and assets to keep the offseason acquisition train running. They have pieces, they have needs, and they have money, so the Cardinals should not be complacent simply because they made this move. We all know that there is still plenty of work to do.

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I don’t need all of these moves to happen for me to be happy; in fact, I don’t need any of them to happen. However, I do need the St. Louis Cardinals to do something more to fill the other needs that this team has.

Many of the assets that the Cardinals have will not have a value higher than it is right now because of Goldschmidt’s addition, so it is a good idea in my opinion to try and trade Martinez and Gyorko.

A caveat to all of this is that I looked at each of these moves individually. If the Cardinals trade for a left-handed bat, Dexter Fowler suddenly becomes more appealing to trade. If Patrick Wisdom isn’t ready to back first or third up, then maybe it would serve the team better for Martinez to remain in St. Louis as a backup.

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Whatever the case may be, the Cardinals should be happy by this move not only for what it adds to the team, but for the moves that it potentially opens up. There is no doubt the Cardinals had plenty of assets to trade before this deal, and the team should try and take advantage of the overwhelming and expendable depth they currently have.

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