From the article:
Nearly 70 percent of the 2011 payroll is consolidated among six players: Pujols, Holliday, Carpenter, Kyle Lohse, Berkman and Jake Westbrook.
After 2012, at least 3 of them, maybe 4 won't be here and off the books.
Another significant issue is roster composition. While technically that's the domain of GM John Mozeliak, it's also true that Mozeliak has to strive to find players compatible with La Russa's wishes.
Larussa is here for one more year, at the most. As long as they don't trade Miller/Martinzez and ruin Garcia in a year. We will survive.
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Mahomes is not a game manager. Release the Kraken.
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