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Taskmaster75
“Strauss goes on to say that the Cardinals are “wary
of bidding against themselves,” meaning they likely wouldn’t increase
last year’s offer until they have a better idea of their competition for
Pujols.”
I have to disagree with Strauss (I take great pleasure in doing so too). The Cardinals had a similar situation with Holliday before, and chose to overbid themselves. History does not suggest the Cardinals will do differently with Pujols, but they could, I suppose. I just think that since Pujols means so much more the franchise than Holliday, that they are even more prone to such a rash decision.
stl_cards16
I don’t know if they will bid against themselves or not. But for Strauss to say they won’t increase last years offer just shows he hasn’t been paying much attention. Mozeliak has already said that they are going to start fresh with negotiations and not pick up where they left off last year. So they are going to re-evaluate his value to the Cardinals and make a new offer. I don’t know if it will be much different than their best offer last year or not.
bobbybaseball
As great as he is, no way I give more than 6 years to Pujols. You don’t know how old he is, for one, and Cards are not the Yankees or Red Sox, who can fix their mistakes by spending more $$.
MattCMoore
“You Dont know how old he is” <~lol
Vmmercan
It’s true, all that money the Yankees spent to fix their problems the last two years. Not to mention purchasing Nunez, Robertson, Nova and Montero, plus all the big signings of Chavez, Martin, Colon, Garcia….I know they really have the big recent contracts of Burnett and Soriano leading the team, but, hey, you’re right, they fixed all of their issues spending money.
And yes, in the biggest market for a big market team, I did ignore Tex and CC, the two high priced FA on the 25 man roster who ARE actually helping.
Smrtbusnisman04
Its Imperative that the Pirates sign Andrew McCutchen to a six year deal. That is their one objective this offseason. They could sign Luis Castillo and Johnny Damon to $10 million deals, but their offseason will be successful as long as they lockup Cutch.
Smrtbusnisman04
Its Imperative that the Pirates sign Andrew McCutchen to a six year deal. That is their one objective this offseason. They could sign Luis Castillo and Johnny Damon to $10 million deals, but their offseason will be successful as long as they lockup Cutch.
NYPOTENCE
I think Pujols WILL REMAIN a redbird. I just don’t think the bigger market teams will be there to drive the price into the unreachable levels.
wickedkevin
Cubs, Nats, and Toronto are big enough to do so.
Lanidrac
9 years is too long at his age, even for Pujols. I’ve been expecting something like 6 or 7 years at about $28M a year.
The_BiRDS
STL coud pay Albert 1 million a year for the next 300 years. Problem solved.
stewie75
Why aren’t the Cubs at least FAKING interest to drive up the price on Pujols & Fielder? I don’t see what reason they could have for NOT doing that this offseason. It’ll either drive up the cost for another team in our division OR just result in them leaving the division period.
BajaPete
Well, let’s see…Here are a few reasons “faking” an interest in Pujols to drive the price up simply won’t work:
Other teams don’t share the Cubs’ willingness to overpay for underachievement…
Pujols has, on many occasions, rejected the idea of leaving for a team which is not a contender. Chicago has more than a century of “ringless” frustration…
Chicago does not have a General Manager and barely has a manager. Mike Quade, a decent man, has shown no capability as a manager, nor an ability to change anything for a team whose only significant achievement was to put a GREAT manager, Sweet Lou, to sleep!
I seriously doubt that Pujols would ever wish to play home games in a weed-covered urinal. And the Cardinals know this…so do others.
But the MOST compelling reason that a Cubs ploy to drive up the price cannot work is because I don’t believe that minor league teams are allowed to bid!
stewie75
yeah who ever heard of a free agent using big pocket teams to drive up his price, but you’re right, pujols isn’t looking to max out on this contract, as evidenced by….????
get over yourself dude, and stop being such a typical st louis homer. he doesn’t have to have interest in the cubs to use them to get more money from the cards. don’t be so blind.