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**BigRedChief** · 02-09-2010, 02:38 PM

We got a 2 year window thats pretty much locked up and we can only get better in that time.

From STL Today:

Including all of the options that are out there, the Cardinals have 10 players signed through 2011. The actual number — when you consider options likely to be exercised — is nine, as the $9-million vesting option that Julio Lugo brings the table likely won’t trigger. Those eight players, from Trever Miller to Holliday and every Kyle Lohse inbetween, total a guaranteed $79.825 million already in place for 2011. (That number does include the $2 million deferred from Holliday’s salary and other deferments in place because that’s how the Cardinals calculate payroll.) Onto that $80 million the Cardinals then may have to add an arbitration-eligible Brendan Ryan, an arbitration-eligible Kyle McClellan (starter?) and a third-year arbitration Ryan Ludwick. The last of whom, mind you, brings a $5.45 million salary to the discussion.

It’s better to show than tell, so here is what the 25-man roster, complete with salaries or status, already looks like for 2011:

PITCHERS (12): Chris Carpenter, $15 million … Adam Wainwright, $6.5 million … Kyle Lohse, $11.875 million … Starter 4, TBD … Starter 5, TBD … Ryan Franklin, $3.5 million … Mitchell Boggs, pre-arb … Trever Miller, $2 million … Lefty, TBD … Kyle McClellan, 1st-ARB … Jason Motte, pre-arb … Blake Hawksworth, pre-arb/Josh Kinney, ARB.
PLAYERS (13): C Yadier Molina, $5.25 million … 1B Albert Pujols, $16 million (option) … 2B Skip Schumaker, $2.7 million … 3B David Freese, pre-arb … SS Brendan Ryan, 1st-ARB … LF Matt Holliday, $17 million … CF Colby Rasmus, pre-arb … RF Ryan Ludwick, 3rd-ARB … Bench Allen Craig, pre-arb … Bench Julio Lugo, $9 million (vesting option) … Bench Tyler Greene, pre-arb … Bench Jon Jay, pre-arb … Backup Catcher, TBD.

The words used most often last night when describing the deal with Schumaker was security — he got it with a two-year deal — and stability — the Cardinals got it at second. Another one is already play: continuity. The Cardinals are in place to have plenty of it. That was true before yesterday’s deal with Schumaker. All eight of the potential starting position players for the Cardinals in 2010 are under control for 2011. Four are signed. Two are pre-arbitration youngsters. Two are poised for arbitration. Read into it what you will.
Clearly the Cardinals have high expectations for 2010.
They’ve all but booked an encore.

02-09-2010, 02:38 PM	#53
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $-881038 VARSITY	We got a 2 year window thats pretty much locked up and we can only get better in that time. From STL Today: Including all of the options that are out there, the Cardinals have 10 players signed through 2011. The actual number — when you consider options likely to be exercised — is nine, as the $9-million vesting option that Julio Lugo brings the table likely won’t trigger. Those eight players, from Trever Miller to Holliday and every Kyle Lohse inbetween, total a guaranteed $79.825 million already in place for 2011. (That number does include the $2 million deferred from Holliday’s salary and other deferments in place because that’s how the Cardinals calculate payroll.) Onto that $80 million the Cardinals then may have to add an arbitration-eligible Brendan Ryan, an arbitration-eligible Kyle McClellan (starter?) and a third-year arbitration Ryan Ludwick. The last of whom, mind you, brings a $5.45 million salary to the discussion. It’s better to show than tell, so here is what the 25-man roster, complete with salaries or status, already looks like for 2011: PITCHERS (12): Chris Carpenter, $15 million … Adam Wainwright, $6.5 million … Kyle Lohse, $11.875 million … Starter 4, TBD … Starter 5, TBD … Ryan Franklin, $3.5 million … Mitchell Boggs, pre-arb … Trever Miller, $2 million … Lefty, TBD … Kyle McClellan, 1st-ARB … Jason Motte, pre-arb … Blake Hawksworth, pre-arb/Josh Kinney, ARB. PLAYERS (13): C Yadier Molina, $5.25 million … 1B Albert Pujols, $16 million (option) … 2B Skip Schumaker, $2.7 million … 3B David Freese, pre-arb … SS Brendan Ryan, 1st-ARB … LF Matt Holliday, $17 million … CF Colby Rasmus, pre-arb … RF Ryan Ludwick, 3rd-ARB … Bench Allen Craig, pre-arb … Bench Julio Lugo, $9 million (vesting option) … Bench Tyler Greene, pre-arb … Bench Jon Jay, pre-arb … Backup Catcher, TBD. The words used most often last night when describing the deal with Schumaker was security — he got it with a two-year deal — and stability — the Cardinals got it at second. Another one is already play: continuity. The Cardinals are in place to have plenty of it. That was true before yesterday’s deal with Schumaker. All eight of the potential starting position players for the Cardinals in 2010 are under control for 2011. Four are signed. Two are pre-arbitration youngsters. Two are poised for arbitration. Read into it what you will. Clearly the Cardinals have high expectations for 2010. They’ve all but booked an encore. __________________ Mahomes is not a game manager. Release the Kraken.
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