god bless the cardinals. so far their signing of Matt Holliday is the best offseason news for a cubs' fan. Yes, Holliday is a good baseball player. Great, no way! Franchise player, not even close. But the cards decided to pay him 17 mill for the next 7 seasons. At the end of the contract he will be 36. St. Louis wave hello to your Soriano. A contract 3 years down the line will be head scratch and will kill your payroll and be absolutely immovalbe. Might Holliday be a good hitter for a time behind Pujols? Yep, absolutely. Who couldnt hit behind Pujols?
But consider not only did the Cards lock up a 30 year old outfielder for 7 more years but assuming they sign Pujols to a contract extension soon which i would imagine would be at least 20 mill per year for the best player in baseball. They have committed almost 40 million in payroll for a team that has never had a payroll over 100 million. Can you really win with a team that has 40% of its payroll in 2 players? There are still at least 23 more players needed on a team.
thank you cardinals for continuing christmas into january for cubs fans!
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