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Other than Lohse though, I'm perfectly fine with paying 60 for those guys, and 75 with Carp. By then, the Cards payroll will probably be pushing 115-120 million, and they'll inevitably have the studs and scrubs philosophy still employed. Percentage wise, that's a similar payroll allocation to now. We do need another above average player to emerge over what we have now to offset what we'll lose from downturn in performance for those guys, but I like the way the Cards are set up personally. There is risk to the strategy, and if I were a Cubs fan, I'd focus on the negatives of the strategy as well. If the Cards draft well these next two years, they'll be in a great position with that foundation though.
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It's maybe two years too long for me, but the average annual salary is something that before the offseason started, we never would have thought we could get. As a Cards fan, it would be hard not to be excited over the deal. With market inflation, and prospective aging for a player like Holliday, he'll still probably be a pretty good player at age 35 and 36 (he'll play the entire final year at age 36). In a negotation, you definitely have to give something to get something, and I'm not quite sure the Cards wanted to play an ultra game of chicken with the two big spenders (Yanks/Red Sox) still currently having merely decent players manning LF. For a 5-6 win player, the money is great compared to some comparable players who have become free agents lately. This isn't a slam dunk, no questions asked, Boras put his tail between his legs deal. What it is, is a good deal for the Cards, who need Holliday now that everyone else is signing elsewhere. It's a good deal for Holliday due to the length and the NTC. Seems like a signing that I wouldn't be ecstatic over if I were a rival fan. I wasn't ecstatic when the Cubs signed Byrd to a solid deal.