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Three Teams Seeking Counsell

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FRIDAY, 8:33am: Ken Rosenthal says the Mariners and Cardinals are also in on Counsell.  The Cards jumped in as a reaction to Troy Glaus’ injury.

THURSDAY, 5:51pm: According to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Brewers are having productive talks with Craig Counsell to bring him back as a utility player for the upcoming season. The Brewers did not exercise Counsell’s $3.75MM option earlier in the winter; he’s likely to sign for considerably less.

Brewers GM Doug Melvin said talks have progressed to the point that he "might know something by tomorrow."

Fogg Mulling Rockies Offer

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According to Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post, free agent starter Josh Fogg has an invitation to rejoin the Rockies on a deal similar to Matt Belisle’s minor league pact.  Fogg would face significant competition for a job with the big league club, so he’s waiting to see if anything better surfaces.  Renck notes that Belisle has an April out clause, which is not something the Rockies hand out lightly.

Renck adds that the Rox will watch Kris Benson throw Saturday but are unlikely to sign him.  Ken Rosenthal said yesterday the Dodgers, Rangers, Padres, and D’Backs will also be in attendance.  The Indians and Cardinals too, says Thomas Harding.

Odds and Ends: Prospects, Alfonzo, Zimmerman

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Links for Wednesday…

  • Cardinals GM John Mozeliak subjected himself to all kinds of questions from fans today in an online chat.  It sounds like he might do a little spring tinkering.
  • It seems that the Angels will go with internal options for the fifth starter job.
  • The Rangers, Rays, and A’s are atop Keith Law’s farm system rankings, with the Tigers, Nationals, and Astros bringing up the rear.
  • Orioles infielder Oscar Salazar is likely on the chopping block to make room for Gregg Zaun.
  • Kyodo News reports that Edgardo Alfonzo will try out for the Yomiuri Giants.
  • Dave Sheinin says Kevin Youkilis is a good comp for Ryan Zimmerman.  The midpoint between Zimmerman’s and the Nationals’ arbitration submissions would be a $3.325MM.
  • I sincerely appreciate all the submissions for the Saturday evening writer gig.  I’m happy to welcome D.J. Blatter aboard as our newest blogger.

Pujols Not Concerned About Future Contract

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Matthew Leach of MLB.com spoke with Albert Pujols Monday at the annual Cardinals Winter Warm-Up in St. Louis.  According to Leach, Pujols "deflected questions about his future contract status" and "has hardly given a thought to what Mark Teixeira’s contract with the Yankees means to his own situation."

"Ask me that question in 2011," Pujols said. "Right now I don’t really care about it.  That’s [my agents’] job. That’s why they’re my agents. That’s why they’re getting paid. They got me the money that I got because they do their homework. So when that time comes, we need to take care of it. As of right now, I don’t even worry about it. I worry about getting ready for this year, next year and 2011 if I’m still here and they don’t trade me. Because they have the right to trade me wherever they want right now."

Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was the first to make the Pujols-Teixeira contract comparison back in December.  He described Albert’s 2011 free-agent value as simply "mind-boggling."

Cardinals Outfielders Speak

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A few Cardinals notes this evening coming out of the team’s Winter Warmup.

  • Before Matt Holliday was traded to the A’s, Cards outfielder Skip Schumaker thought he’d wind up in Colorado as part of the rumored Holliday-Ryan Ludwick deal.  Schumaker said, "I thought that was a done deal, and from everything I heard and from pretty good sources I thought I was definitely out of here."
  • Ludwick and Rick Ankiel are two of the team’s prominent arbitration cases.  Ludwick said the Cards have not opened up extension talks.  Ankiel, a Scott Boras client, is eligible for free agency after the season.  Ankiel’s quote about the future: "Absolutely, I’ve told [Boras] I want to work in St. Louis. But for me, it’s just focusing on having a healthy year. If you don’t play, nobody’s going to want you."
  • The cheapest autograph at the Warmup: $5 for Adam Kennedy.  Kennedy drew Tony La Russa’s ire for not attending last year.

Cardinals Inquired About Cano

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According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Cardinals called the Yankees to inquire about second baseman Robinson Cano. Goold says the Yankees asking price was an immediate deal breaker: Adam Wainwright. "The conversation did not last long," writes Goold.

Yankees GM Brian Cashman has expressed an unwillingness to part with Cano.

The Cardinals could potentially turn to infielder Brendan Ryan who is reportedly bulking up, Adam Kennedy who is trying to earn his job back, and a remote possibility: Skip Schumaker who played shortstop in college and has been taking groundballs in workout.

Wellemeyer, Cardinals Close To Deal

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Matthew Leach of MLB.com believes the St. Louis Cardinals and right-handed starting pitcher Todd Wellemeyer are close to a deal to avoid arbitration.

This from Wellemeyer himself: "I know it’s getting close, I’ll tell you that much."

Wellemeyer, 30, went 13-9 with a 3.71 ERA in 2008.

Leach notes that deals might be close for Chris Duncan and Brad Thompson, too. General manager John Mozeliak said he would like to avoid arbitration with Duncan and Thompson, as well as Rick Ankiel and Ryan Ludwick.

Mozeliak is hopeful that none of the five players will actually go to arbitration. Ankiel is especially challenging given his short tenure as an outfielder, Leach writes.

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