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mattsmattedin
And the Cardinals, who see attendance at over 3 million year in and year out, sit with a lower payroll. If Cubs sign Greinke the Cardinals better sign Price and pick up the option on Jaime…
Wainwright, Price, Jaime, Wacha, Martinez
Lynn tradeable.
Ry.the.Stunner
Except the Cardinals don’t have a lower payroll than the Cubs. Not this year, not last year…
mattsmattedin
Reference I used for 2015:
spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/
It’s close, but the main takeaway is that the Cubs will INCREASE their payroll by $20mm and then the Cardinals will be over $20mm behind if they sit, even though their attendance numbers are higher and project to continue to be higher year over year.
But they are still both small fries compared to the Dodgers… good lord.
WitIsWisdom
The Cards have a more than a couple things to worry about over the offseason as well. Their payroll isn’t going to just stay the same.
Contracts include the fact that Matt Carpenter will make more and more each season until 2020. He is only making $3.5 mil this year. Next season he will make $6.25, and by 2020 he will make $18.5 mil with a $2 million club buyout.
Then they have to worry about Randy Choate, Peter Bourjos, Steve Cishek, Tony Cruz, Randal Grichuk, The fact Garcia will make over $2 million more than this season…
Then what are they going to do to fill the gap of Heyward? Resign him? That would be a HUGE commitment, and many analysts thing the Cards may take a stab at it… and if they don’t they will STILL need to pick up a hefty contract on someone else. He has been a huge catalyst this year.. good luck without him or another big name next season. Picking him up would just about be as big as the Cubs signing a top pitcher. Maybe not QUITE as much, but still a very large investment.
Then there is the negotiations with Jay, Kozma, Lackey, Moss, Pham, Piscotty, Reynolds, Rosenthal, Siegrist, Villanueva, Wacha, and Wong.
Also
If they let some of the guys go it will either be because they want to upgrade, or plan to fill in the gap another way.
The Cards are at a crossroads where they need to make some large decisions and decide whether or not to open the pocket book up or begin to rebuild in the near future (1-3 years).
I would much rather be in the position the Cubs are in at this point in time. The Cardinals have had a great run, but every team needs to restock and rebuild after a long run. Look at the 90’s Cards. That time is quickly approaching again.
Thebare54
Give Matt Carpenter any thing short of PujasPujas money he goes as Cardnals goes the only Cardinal I would want on the Cubs next year but the red Birds will still be tough if they only sign half of what’s mentioned