Odds & Ends: Halladay, Pujols, Mateo, Benitez

any way sox get halladay without giving up Clay

I personally don't think Pujols is getting resigned by the Cards. They have seemed to want to stay around and under the $100MM mark. You can't designate 1/3 of your teams salary on one guy, and that's what it takes to keep Pujols in St. Louis. Otherwise he becomes one of very few Major League Baseball players to not get greedy. He's in his prime though, there is no way that happens IMO. But hey! There's wishful thinking! And Yes RBM there was a way. Parting with Casey Kelly would have landed us Halladay. Apparantly, no other prospects truly enticed Toronto. I'm thinking Kelly, Bowden, Woodward and Masterson would have gotten the job done. Now substitute another young, quality arm for Masterson.

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"I personally don't think Pujols is getting resigned by the Cards. They have seemed to want to stay around and under the $100MM"

So Pujols is going to get a contract paying him $33.3 million a year? Don't see it. Guessing the Cards extend him an extra six years at about $25 million per.

Sox don't need to trade for Halladay and I would bet anything they don't even give it serious discussion.

There is no way Pujols doesn't stay with the Cards. He is the franchise and an icon in the city of St. Louis. He is not a whore for money like most major league players. Pujols will give the Cards a hometown discount, and he'll be a Card for life.