Here are the highlights of our post trade-deadline chat with Post-Dispatch readers.
Veteran lefty Jon Lester, a rival of the St. Louis Cardinals in several Octobers, talks about the trade.
Q: What can we realistically expect from J.A. Happ and Jon Lester? Who do you see as the better acquisition?
A: 1) Innings. If they don't provide quality starts, at the least they can provide innings that don't capsize the bullpen for the next day. There have been series the Cardinals have lost this season because of what the bullpen had to do just to survive in the games before.