I mentioned in my last Transaction Analysis article here that the Cards placed RHP Giovanny Gallegos and LHP Ricardo Sanchez on Saturday, July 18th on the “injured list.” I said in the article that the transaction didn’t make any sense to me, and it still really doesn’t. But after engaging with Derrick Goold in his Post-Dispatch subscriber chat yesterday, I believe I have discovered the only possible explanation by a process of elimination. Even then, I’m still not sure I have it all figured out. Let’s set the stage.
QUICK RECAP
Both Gallegos and Sanchez were placed on the Club’s initial Club Player Pool of 44 players.