Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRedChief
I don't see the Cardinals/Mo/Matheny going into the season without a veteran reliever in the bullpen.
We are not loaded with cash. Everyone gets a raise. We don't benefit any more than other clubs. We have raises coming. But, we do have the money to sign a top ten FA or pick up a high $ contract in a trade. Just one $15-$17 million for 5-6 years pick up.
|
The Cardinals had $116 million in contracts this year and currently have $75-ish million committed next year to the following players
Holliday
Jay
Freese
Kozma
Wong
Carpenter
Adams
Descalso
Molina
Wainwright
Wacha
Miller
Lynn
Kelly
Martinez
Choate
Rosenthal
Motte
Garcia
Siegrist
Maness
And that's not counting several fringe pitching arms that would make the league minimum.
The Cardinals have a ton of payroll flexibility.
The last thing the Cardinals need to do is turn into the Oklahoma City Thunder and ruin their chances at building a dynasty because ownership ends up bullshitting the fans into a need to save money.
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
|