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Cardinals sign DeJong to a 6 year/$26M extension.
Wonder if he’ll finish the contract as a Cardinal.
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Like all of them, right now it doesnt look like a bad deal.
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At $4M/year, there’s no risk to the team
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Idk that the team has been burned to bad by this strategy but they havent really came out ahead either. Piscotty, carp, wong, craig and garcia are the ones i remember. Maybe martinez to. So maybe they are slightly ahead on carp and martinez. Was a little behind on garcia and piscotty. Sort of a break even strategy.
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I don't think they've burned by the strategy--although they were lucky that Boston bailed them out of the Allen Craig contract--but I think it's mostly PR. Last year Piscotty was the future of the franchise. This year it's DeJong.
But I also think a bit of the strategy is to distract the fans from the fact that they didn't do enough to improve this team.
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Personally it means nothing to me. He was on thr team for the next handful of years regardless.
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Largest contract given to someone with so little services time.
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Jaime Garcia 6 years, $51 million. (Meh.)
Kolten Wong 5 years, $51 million with a 2021 team option for $12.5 mill. (Early returns were sporadic, but Wong has improved, and had his best season last year.)
Matt Carpenter 6 years for $52 million through 2019 with a team option of $18.5 mill for 2020. (Even if the Cardinals decline the option for 2020, the contract has provided excellent value.)
Allen Craig 5 years, $31 million. (Made out well by trading Craig and his contract to Boston in a great trade for starting pitcher John Lackey.)
Carlos Martinez 5 years for $51 million, with team options of $17 mill in 2022, and $18 mill in 2023. (If Martinez continues to build on the strong start to his career, the deal is a steal.)
Lance Lynn 3 years, $23.5 million. (He missed a season with an elbow injury; the other two years were good. It was a fine contract for the cost.)
Stephen Piscotty 6 years, $33.5 million. He was traded to Oakland after one season. The Cardinals paid him $1 million for that season. (Piscotty’s contract belongs to the A’s now; the Cards received two viable prospects in exchange.)
Bernie did a good job of listing these. The reast of his article was pointless. Dont waste you time but this was a good list.
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APIAD wrote:
Jaime Garcia 6 years, $51 million. (Meh.)
Kolten Wong 5 years, $51 million with a 2021 team option for $12.5 mill. (Early returns were sporadic, but Wong has improved, and had his best season last year.)
Matt Carpenter 6 years for $52 million through 2019 with a team option of $18.5 mill for 2020. (Even if the Cardinals decline the option for 2020, the contract has provided excellent value.)
Allen Craig 5 years, $31 million. (Made out well by trading Craig and his contract to Boston in a great trade for starting pitcher John Lackey.)
Carlos Martinez 5 years for $51 million, with team options of $17 mill in 2022, and $18 mill in 2023. (If Martinez continues to build on the strong start to his career, the deal is a steal.)
Lance Lynn 3 years, $23.5 million. (He missed a season with an elbow injury; the other two years were good. It was a fine contract for the cost.)
Stephen Piscotty 6 years, $33.5 million. He was traded to Oakland after one season. The Cardinals paid him $1 million for that season. (Piscotty’s contract belongs to the A’s now; the Cards received two viable prospects in exchange.)
Bernie did a good job of listing these. The reast of his article was pointless. Dont waste you time but this was a good list.
Until I got to the bottom. I thought the editorial comments were written by Mozeliak.