Marlins have made 10-year offer to Pujols
 

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Confirmed: #Marlins have made 10-year offer to Pujols. Source says two sides trying to work through no-trade issue. MORE #MLB

If they're dumb enough to give him 10 years then good for them and cya Albert.

Good Christ. How can the Marlins be spending this much on Reyes and Pujols while currently under an SEC investigation?

And it's over 200mil.

I personally think this is just going to increase the asking price from the Cards.

That said... as a Cards fan, let him go if the offer is really 10 years, $230 million like it is rumored.

hahah. The Marlins are awesome. Every 8 years they buy the World Series. Throwing Jack at Reyes and Pujols. Are they planning on keeping Ramirez?

Yep Ramirez is moving to 3rd base.

Obviously I hate to see him go, but if he does we got his best years and two world championships out of him.

I guess if he does go to Miami DaKC will suddenly become the world's biggest life-long Marlins fan. LMAO

Hold tight, Mo.

The last offer you made was more than fair. If he wants to go to Miami, he's earned that right. We got the best decade of his career, 3 pennants and 2 World Championships for his efforts. He has every right to do what he feels is best for him and his family.

I think he's making a mistake (Miami is a shitty sports town; especially in the summer), but it's his to make.

The Cardinals need to do what they always did during the Jocketty days - offer the amount you think is the right amount and pull the chute if some other team is willing to be stupid. Do not allow the largess of an idiot owner to force you into making a foolish decision.

Thanks for the memories, Albert. Have fun playing #3 to LeBron and Wade down there; I hope you didn't get used to living in a baseball town because the fans will forget about you fellas the moment you don't win 95 games. Miami and Atlanta are the 2 worst sports towns in the country.

I'm sure Pujols isn't going to miss Stl.

The only reason to go to Florida, in any sport, is the lifestyle.

they will be trading them in a couple of years and go back to the youth movement.

It's just the way some small markets have to do it.


build your youth until you think you have the core to make a run ... then buy several more pieces to put you over-the-top. After you win, sell off all the expensive guys and start the rebuilding stuff over again.

The Royals countered with a 5 year 15 million dollar deal and offered him the "Keys to the city of Independence"

I think anyone would be stupid to go to Miami. They are "trying" baseball out in their new market, and are probably thinking they can dump everyone if they aren't selling out games. That's why the trade clause is the hang-up.

Anyone who signs there better be ready to have very little input on where they are traded after a year or so.

Mami isn't a small market, they were just hamstrung playing in Dolphins Stadium.

Does Pujols strike you as the cabanas and Cubans type?

Obviously I could be wrong, but I just don't see AP hitting the night-clubs and closing the bars with LeBron and the boys.

Besides, baseball's a lot different animal than most other sports when it comes to lifestyle decisions.

During the baseball season, you really don't have the energy to go out there and party all the time, not if you value your craft. You spend a hell of a lot of time on the road and when you're home you try to spend some time with your family (presuming you have one. Albert is, by all accounts, a family man). Baseball's a hell of a grind; you play every day and if you don't want to go out there with dead legs, you don't go hitting the club after your 10:30p finish.

During the offseason, you can play in St. Louis and travel to Miami for the winter if need be.

I get it for NBA players; living in Miami for a winter sport when you're going to spend 2/3 of your time in your home city is a hell of a deal. But there's a reason that hasn't extended to baseball players.

If he moves to the Marlins; it's purely for the money. It's his choice to make, but don't make it more than it is.