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Deal with Cards in the works? (Ambiguous Tweet from STL Beat Writer 2012)

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Jones + Guthrie to Cards

Garcia + Craig + Mark Hamilton OR Matt Adams to O's (What about Kolten Wong as well?).

I could see Shelby Miller being part of this deal too (in place of Garcia probably). Getting Shelby would fit in with Taylor and Dana too!

How about it?

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If true, this is bittersweet. Adam Jones was my favorite player, and while there were many dissenters to his game, I can't help but feel sad. It remains to be seen what we got in return, and if we got pitching/positional help at the high minor level (and help that can reasonably expect to help us soon), then I can't be too mad, but regardless, he was one of our few current marketable players. If it is truly Adam Jones' farewell, I am gracious for the years we had, and open to the gains we can expect.

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If true, this is bittersweet. Adam Jones was my favorite player, and while there were many dissenters to his game, I can't help but feel sad. It remains to be seen what we got in return, and if we got pitching/positional help at the high minor level (and help that can reasonably expect to help us soon), then I can't be too mad, but regardless, he was one of our few current marketable players. If it is truly Adam Jones' farewell, I am gracious for the years we had, and open to the gains we can expect.

I wouldn't book AJ's ticket out of town just yet. Twitter poster with no track record and a very short list of "tweets" published the purported trade at an hour of the night that makes corroboration nearly impossible. Still, I wouldn't be shocked to hear it's true.

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Jones + Guthrie to Cards

Garcia + Craig + Mark Hamilton OR Matt Adams to O's (What about Kolten Wong as well?).

I could see Shelby Miller being part of this deal too (in place of Garcia probably). Getting Shelby would fit in with Taylor and Dana too!

How about it?

This is ridiculous. All the Cards want to do is free up some money and make some room for Oswalt. It wouldn't require a megatrade. Besides with the TEX meeting scheduled for Mon., nothing will happen until after that. Oswalt would love to play for TEX if the money is right. Contender, Maddux PC, closer to MS than STL.
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This is ridiculous. All the Cards want to do is free up some money and make some room for Oswalt. It wouldn't require a megatrade. Besides with the TEX meeting scheduled for Mon., nothing will happen until after that. Oswalt would love to play for TEX if the money is right. Contender, Maddux PC, closer to MS than STL.

If they are just "freeing up money", then why trade for Adam Jones?

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If they are just "freeing up money", then why trade for Adam Jones?

The only mention of Adam Jones is from a twitter account with basically no followers and no history. At this point it's just wild speculation.

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