Isn't it sick how it is all about money, no hometown love. You are talking about money that would be hard to spend if your tried.

I am not cardinals fan either, but I can't believe that he would leave.

Lots of mixed signals on the Angels. Several different sources independently saying the mystery team is not the Angels.

Apparently Bob Nightengale said on KMOX said it's not the Angels, Rangers, or Giants. Gotta be the Cubs, or a complete out of left field team.

I bet it's the Phillies.

Yeah, the Boston Globe national baseball writer claims the Cubs are "definitely" not in on Pujols. At this point everyone that's not St. Louis or the Marlins are denying everything.

Its not the Angels unless Scioscia is convinced that Pujols can catch. :P

Come on we all know David Glass and Dayton Moore are the secert team. ;)

Poo Holes LMAO

Jim Bowden of ESPN just tweeted that it's down to the Marlins and Cardinals, "period."

Makes sense, there were a ton of different writers saying the Angels and Cubs weren't in on this.

Just remember, Bob Nightengale is Dan Lozano's version of Jon Heyman for Scott Boras. If Heyman says something about a Boras client it probably came from Boras' mouth same for Nightengale and Lozano.

According to rotoworld...

Marlins offered 10/220
Cardinals stuck with 9 years but upped the money to around 200.

Jim Bowden of ESPN.com and MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM reports that Albert Pujols will decide between the Cardinals and Marlins.
We've heard plenty of chatter about a mystery team and the possibility that it could be the Angels, but Bowden is quite adamant that this is a two-team race. While negotiations are expected to continue throughout the night and into the morning, MLB Network's Jon Heyman hears that a "good number" of MLB executives still think the Marlins will win the bidding. Stay tuned.

Maybe he's up for the challenge of leading a different team to a championship, even if the money is the same?

I have no emotional investment but I don't think there's anything dishonorable about spending 11 years at one team then 10 at another.

Maybe Cardinals fans don't feel this way, but I think it would be foolish to invest $200+ million and 10 years in someone who has probably 3-4 years left being worth it.

Do they want to be paying someone $30 million+ who's 35 and hitting .270 like the Yankees are? I don't think that's in the team's long-term best interest...

Beginning to feel that way myself. Get another outfielder and top pitcher for the same money. The offense is down a bit, but it picks up the pitching staff. This contract would take Pujols until he's 41. Unless he starts dipping into the steroids like Bonds, his career will start dipping after 35.

Marlins are on ****ing fire. Now they are offering CJ Wilson a 6 year deal.