um, cause baseball is a monopolized "sport"

his final years are going to be a Albertross

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I'm no body language expert, but #Marlins looked rather smiley as Albert Pujols talks approach critical point.

Would anyone really be at all surprised if he wasn't in Stl?

He should come to KC :) Why wouldn't he stay in STL? Consistent winner, great franchise, etc.

Goold says that Pujols is pissed off at the Cardinals front office because he doesn't feel they negotiated in good faith (didn't move off their previous offer by much).

I gotta be honest - that's pretty damn petty if true. I'd hate to see him shit on the fans (because that's who will feel it the most) because he's made at the front office. I don't think he's really thinking that decision through very well.

At this point I believe he's gone and we'll know it by COB today. That said, the Cardinals will survive without him.

i'd be mildly surprised, but i've already decided that it's foolish to throw all those millions on one player at the expense of the teams future.

ap, imo is one of the greatest players i've ever gotten to watch, but i'd rather watch the whole team compete and win more than i want to watch one player stay w/my favorite team while it loses.

if he wants to go...bye. thanks for the memories ap. and thanks mo and bd for having the sense to let him walk.
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By simple virtue of inductive logic it has to be over $200m if its an offer that is considered something he might sign. He's not going to sign for less than a $20M AAV when he had an offer of supposedly around $22M AAV on the table for over a year.

Has Pujols started to decline yet? If not, how many more seasons before he is no longer the Pujos of old?

I'd say he's got 4 years of prime AP level success left and then a steady decline after that.

Seems like the Marlins know they need sometone big to launch their new stadium, to sell the box seats and get a season ticket holder base. And they are willing to overpay for him since it is an investment.

This was his 4th consecutive season with a declining OPS.

Now, 'decline' is a relative term; he was still spectacular through 2010. But in 2011 he was merely very very good. It was the worst season of his career and by a relatively decent margin. I'm not saying he was shit, but he's no longer at the peak of Everest.

Pujols is already declining. And the Pujols of old may never surface again (if it does, it will be similar to Berkman's last hurrah this year or Musial's 57 season; raw pride at work for a year).

Unfortunately all signs are that Mozeliak is simply going to take that money and throw it at even older, shittier players than Pujols (Jimmy Rollins and Mark Buehrle). So the Cardinals are going to leap out of the way of one bullet, right into the path of another.

Good going, fellas.

And 2 meth labs. Don't forget that. It sure sweetens the pot, IMO.

Wow. Marlins are going all-in for the now.

Looks like Stan Musial gets to keep the Cardinals home run record. I would hardly say the Cardinals acted in bad faith considering were a smaller market that is what they could afford to give. Just because he kept saying that isn't enough doesn't mean they can up that offer. With Albert the Cardinals become the favorite to win the World Series again considering Wainwright comes back. I wish he'd make up his mind. If Albert signs elsewhere the Cardinals should look to add another starter and an OF with Berkman going to first.