They lost last season when it counted the most while he was hurting. Regardless of Cubs fans pointing out it was a career year for Rolen last year, he's still a career .283, .375 OBP hitter (including this year's .235 AVG). His loss is huge for the Cards, not considering his defense. If I were a Cardinal fan, I'd be concerned that Rolen is going to decline pretty early in his career due to all the back problems he played through on the AstroConcrete in Philly. I wouldn't be in full-scale panic mode that he'd completely fall apart, but I'd at least be a little worried that he'll be severely underproducing his contract value, which is about $60M over the next 5 years. Scott Rolen: Contract status: 8-Year worth 90M thru 2010 season- will make $10,715,509 in 2005, 10.38M in 2006, 14.5M in 2007, 13.79M in 2008, 13.25M in 2009 and 12.63M in 2010- + BONUSES he has received: 50K bonus for 2004 All-Star and 50K for 2004 Gold Glove, 50K for 2004 NL MVP finish, 50K for 2005 All-Star selection Agents: Sam and Seth Levinson Service Time: 8.060