Wednesday, February 2, 2011

pujols trade

Being that I'm from St. Louis, I love the Cardinals. And being that I love the Cardinals, I love Albert Pujols. There's been a lot of talk the last year or two about his contract ending at the end of the 2011 season.

This article describes the situation better than I can. But I'm going to highlight the basics and things I've heard from other sports people. Albert has the option to veto any trade decisions that may come along. This leads to him either re-signing with the Cardinals or becoming a free agent at the end of the season. If he decided to re-sign he will cost a lot of money to keep. This means that the Cards won't have a whole lot of money to spend on other big hitters or getting new, young players into the clubhouse.

The reality: He's going to stay with the Cardinals. He loves the town and the team too much to leave. In the past he expressed that he wants to stay with the Cards his whole career. He's done too much with the community (like setting up a charity) to leave. Even if he does leave and they get two picks from the draft, nobody can replace our slugger. Basically him staying is a win-win for both him and the team.

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