Pujols signs with Angels pg 151

[Banedon]

Jon_Heyman: #stlcards and pujols camp meeting this morning. do not count them out.

 

Jon_Heyman: #marlins 10-yr offer to albert slightly higher than #cardinals $200M for 9. But in stl, albert has home, legacy and a no-trade

 

 

 

Except that this morning, ESPN MLB Rumor Central mentions a 10 year $220 mil offer from the Cards....

[davell]

Joe Strauss says Cards offer around 220.

[tfarks]

I wanna be at Dan Lozono's party after Pujols signs that contract.

[Banedon]

Likewise, the Cubs are stuck with Carlos Zambrano and Alfonso Soriano, about whom one talent evaluator said, "He looked horrible at the end of last season. Just horrible." The Cubs do have the new front office tandem of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, but they are much further from winning in Chicago than in the Boston situation they inherited in 2003. They have two short-term assets with real value in pitchers Matt Garza and Sean Marshall, so they have to turn them into long-term assets by either signing them to extensions or trading them for young players under longer control.

 

What about Pujols and Fielder? Forget it. The Cubs are no position to hand out a 10-year deal to a heavy-legged player who will be 32 next month, and they are in no financial position to win a bidding war for a young lefthanded slugger. Contrary to reports, the Cubs did not make an offer to Pujols and they are not a player for Fielder.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom_verducci/12/07/winter.meetings.wednesday/index.html

[MSG T]

Likewise, the Cubs are stuck with Carlos Zambrano and Alfonso Soriano, about whom one talent evaluator said, "He looked horrible at the end of last season. Just horrible." The Cubs do have the new front office tandem of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, but they are much further from winning in Chicago than in the Boston situation they inherited in 2003. They have two short-term assets with real value in pitchers Matt Garza and Sean Marshall, so they have to turn them into long-term assets by either signing them to extensions or trading them for young players under longer control.

 

What about Pujols and Fielder? Forget it. The Cubs are no position to hand out a 10-year deal to a heavy-legged player who will be 32 next month, and they are in no financial position to win a bidding war for a young lefthanded slugger. Contrary to reports, the Cubs did not make an offer to Pujols and they are not a player for Fielder.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom_verducci/12/07/winter.meetings.wednesday/index.html

 

 

So he basically knows what Jed and Theo are thinking, even if they don't?

 

-Man, trying to edit on iPhone is hard.

[XZero771679666304]

Likewise, the Cubs are stuck with Carlos Zambrano and Alfonso Soriano, about whom one talent evaluator said, "He looked horrible at the end of last season. Just horrible." The Cubs do have the new front office tandem of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, but they are much further from winning in Chicago than in the Boston situation they inherited in 2003. They have two short-term assets with real value in pitchers Matt Garza and Sean Marshall, so they have to turn them into long-term assets by either signing them to extensions or trading them for young players under longer control.

 

What about Pujols and Fielder? Forget it. The Cubs are no position to hand out a 10-year deal to a heavy-legged player who will be 32 next month, and they are in no financial position to win a bidding war for a young lefthanded slugger. Contrary to reports, the Cubs did not make an offer to Pujols and they are not a player for Fielder.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom_verducci/12/07/winter.meetings.wednesday/index.html

 

 

So he basically knows what Jed and Theo are thinking, even if they don't?

 

-Man, trying to edit on iPhone is hard.

 

And at the same time making the same stupid, uninformed assumptions about the Cubs' financial situation many others are.

[Banedon]

Opening game of the MLB season this year....Cardinals vs Marlins.

[Tyrant]

and they are in no financial position to win a bidding war for a young lefthanded slugger.

 

Uh.

[ManCrushOnNomar]

Likewise, the Cubs are stuck with Carlos Zambrano and Alfonso Soriano, about whom one talent evaluator said, "He looked horrible at the end of last season. Just horrible." The Cubs do have the new front office tandem of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, but they are much further from winning in Chicago than in the Boston situation they inherited in 2003. They have two short-term assets with real value in pitchers Matt Garza and Sean Marshall, so they have to turn them into long-term assets by either signing them to extensions or trading them for young players under longer control.

 

What about Pujols and Fielder? Forget it. The Cubs are no position to hand out a 10-year deal to a heavy-legged player who will be 32 next month, and they are in no financial position to win a bidding war for a young lefthanded slugger. Contrary to reports, the Cubs did not make an offer to Pujols and they are not a player for Fielder.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom_verducci/12/07/winter.meetings.wednesday/index.html

How do these people get jobs? I can spew uninformed garbage, pay me!

[Guest]

Opening game of the MLB season this year....Cardinals vs Marlins.

 

Don't they share a ST facility too? hahaha

[UMFan83]

The Cubs are not in on Pujols and Fielder, except that the GM specifically mentioned that they are, just yesterday. Now you can say they aren't seriously in on then and just trying to raise the contracts for the winners, but i don't think Tom Verducci could know what their thinking.

[Banedon]

The Cubs are not in on Pujols and Fielder, except that the GM specifically mentioned that they are, just yesterday. Now you can say they aren't seriously in on then and just trying to raise the contracts for the winners, but i don't think Tom Verducci could know what their thinking.

 

Tom kept saying on MLBN last night that he wasn't buying the Cubs being in on Fielder. Sounds to me like he just doesn't believe Jed.

[Banedon]

JimBowdenESPNxm: St. Louis Cardinals are meeting this morning with Dan Lozano agent for Albert Pujols and it is possible the deal gets closed this morning

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Tom Verducci is really creepy.

[Prizefight]

He'll get 10/225 in StL with a no trade clause. Enjoy years 5-10 Cards.

[PrimeTime]

And what will be annoying if the Marlins lose out on him is that they're going to throw all that money at Fielder now killing our chances of signing him.

[davearm2]

And what will be annoying if the Marlins lose out on him is that they're going to throw all that money at Fielder now killing our chances of signing him.

You misspelled fortunate

[jersey cubs fan]

He'll get 10/225 in StL with a no trade clause. Enjoy years 5-10 Cards.

 

STL isn't going to give him a no-trade clause.

[Guest]

He'll get 10/225 in StL with a no trade clause. Enjoy years 5-10 Cards.

 

STL isn't going to give him a no-trade clause.

 

They don't need to... he already pretty much has one, doesn't he?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

They don't need to. He's already got his 10 years in.

[mul21]

And what will be annoying if the Marlins lose out on him is that they're going to throw all that money at Fielder now killing our chances of signing him.

You misspelled fortunate

 

Your point of view on this is just dumb.

[XZero771679666304]

He'll get 10/225 in StL with a no trade clause. Enjoy years 5-10 Cards.

 

STL isn't going to give him a no-trade clause.

 

They don't need to... he already pretty much has one, doesn't he?

 

10/5

[jersey cubs fan]

He'll get 10/225 in StL with a no trade clause. Enjoy years 5-10 Cards.

 

STL isn't going to give him a no-trade clause.

 

They don't need to... he already pretty much has one, doesn't he?

 

yes

[davearm2]

And what will be annoying if the Marlins lose out on him is that they're going to throw all that money at Fielder now killing our chances of signing him.

You misspelled fortunate

 

Your point of view on this is just dumb.

I'd bet $100 you couldn't accurately explain my point of view on this.

[Guest]

And what will be annoying if the Marlins lose out on him is that they're going to throw all that money at Fielder now killing our chances of signing him.

You misspelled fortunate

 

Your point of view on this is just dumb.

I'd bet $100 you couldn't accurately explain my point of view on this.

 

I can. You'd only dole out that kind of money on some dream idealistic perfect world scenario guy like Mark Texiera that will surely work out better than Fielder.