The Official Albert Pujols Contract Extension/Free Agency Watch

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  • strahanfan92
    Meat
    • Aug 2009
    • 5456

    #16
    Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols received and rejected a contract proposal from St. Louis two weeks ago and there has been no progress in the talks since then, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.


    Pujols
    Barring a last-minute deal, the 31-year-old Pujols will make an announcement Tuesday ceasing negotiations, according to USA Today, which was the first to report the Cardinals' offer had been rejected.

    Pujols previously said that if a deal was not made by the time he reports for spring training on Wednesday, he will not negotiate again this season.

    After he begins spring training, Pujols does not want his agent, Dan Lozano, to discuss a contract with the Cardinals because he doesn't want to have any distractions, a stance he has taken throughout his career.

    Manager Tony La Russa addressed the issue Sunday at Cardinals camp in Jupiter, Fla.

    "This is a spectacular distraction potentially," he was quoted as saying by the USA Today. "We won't allow it to be."

    The understanding within the St. Louis front office is that Pujols will not accept any trade going forward, sources told Olney on Jan. 29. He has the right to veto any trade proposal, and would do so.

    This means there are only two possible results in the negotiations in the Pujols talks: Either he signs a contract extension with the Cardinals, or he will become a free agent this coming fall.

    What happens after that remains to be seen, but the choices facing the Cardinals are expensive in different ways. Either St. Louis will negotiate a deal along the lines what Pujols has asked for -- probably something in the neighborhood of the 10-year, $275 million deal that Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees in fall 2007 -- or the Cardinals will pay for the backlash after Pujols walks away.

    Pujols led the National League with 42 homers last season and won his first league RBI title with 118. He also tied Matt Holliday for the team batting lead at .312.

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    • strahanfan92
      Meat
      • Aug 2009
      • 5456

      #17
      Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols received and rejected a contract proposal from St. Louis two weeks ago and there has been no progress in the talks since then, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.


      Pujols
      Barring a last-minute deal, the 31-year-old Pujols will make an announcement Tuesday ceasing negotiations, according to USA Today, which was the first to report the Cardinals' offer had been rejected.

      Pujols previously said that if a deal was not made by the time he reports for spring training on Wednesday, he will not negotiate again this season.

      After he begins spring training, Pujols does not want his agent, Dan Lozano, to discuss a contract with the Cardinals because he doesn't want to have any distractions, a stance he has taken throughout his career.

      Manager Tony La Russa addressed the issue Sunday at Cardinals camp in Jupiter, Fla.

      "This is a spectacular distraction potentially," he was quoted as saying by the USA Today. "We won't allow it to be."

      The understanding within the St. Louis front office is that Pujols will not accept any trade going forward, sources told Olney on Jan. 29. He has the right to veto any trade proposal, and would do so.

      This means there are only two possible results in the negotiations in the Pujols talks: Either he signs a contract extension with the Cardinals, or he will become a free agent this coming fall.

      What happens after that remains to be seen, but the choices facing the Cardinals are expensive in different ways. Either St. Louis will negotiate a deal along the lines what Pujols has asked for -- probably something in the neighborhood of the 10-year, $275 million deal that Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees in fall 2007 -- or the Cardinals will pay for the backlash after Pujols walks away.

      Pujols led the National League with 42 homers last season and won his first league RBI title with 118. He also tied Matt Holliday for the team batting lead at .312.

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      • NAHSTE
        Probably owns the site
        • Feb 2009
        • 22233

        #18
        Starting to look more and more like an extension won't happen and Pujols will hit the open market.

        Going to be interesting. The good news for St. Louis is that there are few viable big money suitors. Yankees have no place for him to play with Tex in hand (it'd be senseless to waste either of their glove as a DH), ditto that for the Red Sox, and the Dodgers and Mets are piled in debt.

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        • mcstl25
          M-Castle
          • Feb 2009
          • 2434

          #19

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          • strahanfan92
            Meat
            • Aug 2009
            • 5456

            #20
            According to Sports Illustrated, the Cardinals are making a “spirited, last ditch effort” to reach a deal with slugger Albert Pujols before Wednesday’s deadline that would supposedly end negotiations.

            Columnist Jon Heyman quotes MLB sources saying the Cardinals have offered Pujols an eight year contract worth more than $200 million.

            The same sources, according to the report, say the offer falls short of the $30 million per year Pujols has reportedly been seeking.
            @SI_JonHeyman pujols camp at 1 point asked for piece of the team. not technically impossible, but too complicated, so #cardinals said no

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            • Woy
              RIP West
              • Dec 2008
              • 16372

              #21
              Why groan that post GS? He's just giving his thoughts through his blog. It's the same as Nahste or I linking our blogs.



              ^ Shouts to MvP for the sick sig. GFX TEAM BACK

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              • ryne candy
                Aggie C/O '01
                • Feb 2009
                • 4355

                #22
                I don't know they are so dead against giving him 10 years....and he seems so set in getting 10 years. I would be fine with the Cubs throwing $$$ at him (hell they gave a 1B $10M after a slumping year) next off season for the next 10 yrs.

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                • FedEx227
                  Delivers
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 10454

                  #23
                  I don't think any team would be smart to give him a 10 year deal unless they really have a 3-4 year window to win a title and don't mind in 5-6 years a guy in his mid 30s taking up 1/3 or 1/4 of their entire payroll.

                  A 10 year deal is just not a good move for any team, no matter how good Pujols is now. There is no good that comes of it from a teams perspective.
                  VoicesofWrestling.com

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                  • EmpireWF
                    Giants in the Super Bowl
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 24082

                    #24
                    The Cards would be nuts to give him a guaranteed 10-year deal. Even with his amazing production from day one, he's a 31-year old first baseman.

                    The reported 8-year, $200+ million offer seems more then fair.

                    If he's so bent on wanting even more security, the only way it's feasible for the team is with vesting options (plate appearances, home runs, RBIs, what have you).


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                    • strahanfan92
                      Meat
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 5456

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Soulja Woy
                      Why groan that post GS? He's just giving his thoughts through his blog. It's the same as Nahste or I linking our blogs.
                      Because Goblinslayer is a faggot.

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                      • FedEx227
                        Delivers
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 10454

                        #26
                        Originally posted by EmpireWF
                        The Cards would be nuts to give him a guaranteed 10-year deal. Even with his amazing production from day one, he's a 31-year old first baseman.

                        The reported 8-year, $200+ million offer seems more then fair.

                        If he's so bent on wanting even more security, the only way it's feasible for the team is with vesting options (plate appearances, home runs, RBIs, what have you).
                        If I'm the Cardinals, I'd give him whatever he wanted in a 7-year deal even. I could live with that. If he wants 200 million over 7 years, that's cool. 10 years though, you can't justify that. You just can't.
                        VoicesofWrestling.com

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                        • Goober
                          Needs a hobby
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 12271

                          #27
                          Olney is reporting talks are over...no deal.

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                          • strahanfan92
                            Meat
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 5456

                            #28
                            link: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...-with-no-deal/

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                            • SHOGUN
                              4 WR 1 RB 0 TE. 24/7/365.
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 11416

                              #29
                              Damn. Well, this is going to put a damper on the season.

                               
                              "Sometimes I just want to be with my family and watch movie and eat some popcorn. But when I step on the mat I know there is no other place I'd rather be." - Marcelo Garcia

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                              • strahanfan92
                                Meat
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 5456

                                #30
                                Do you guys think that negotiating will continue throughout the season or will Pujols stick to his word?

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