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Cardinals Rumors: Ryan, Bengie Molina

The latest out of St. Louis, from Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch....

• The Cardinals appear to be getting closer to moving Brendan Ryan, who is drawing interest from the Twins.
• The team has "pressed" to sign Bengie Molina, but a club source believes a Ryan trade is likely to happen before Molina makes a decision one way or the other.
• Molina has been told by the Cards that he's their preferred choice as a backup catcher, but he'd have to be willing to accept the reduced playing time and salary that come with that role. The club has allotted about $1MM for their backstop opening.
• Tony La Russa on the possibility of adding Molina: "He's built up a certain value and what his role needs to be. That's one thing that might be a complicating factor. It would be great if it can work for us and work for him."

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