At the risk of sounding like someone who does not understand the awesomeness of Juan Soto — I do, I promise — this feels like a good time to remind folks that Cardinals outfielder Dylan Carlson is producing in the present while also providing plenty of reasons for future optimism.
Nothing can make a fan base forget what it has in hand like the allure of a player it really, really wants.
The many calls from Cardinal Nation for Soto are understandable. He’s one of baseball's best. He’s just 23 years old. A team that pays what is said to be a monstrous asking price will get three shots at winning a World Series championship with him if the deal goes down before Tuesday's trade deadline. There’s a compelling argument to be made for any competitive club to look long and hard at what it would take to acquire a generational talent when one becomes available. Even if a deal depletes the top shelf of a farm system, prospects are about potential until proven otherwise, and potential and proven are very different things.
