MLB: Cards Offer Pujols $200 Million over 8 Years
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Its $25 mill/year.
I think its a good offer from St Louis, and this is where you will see exactly how loyal AP is to St. Louis...
I've been thinking this whole time that the Cards were being dumb by not giving Albert what he wants. Now I'm starting to think Albert is getting greedy. I expect that out of ARod, but not Pujols. I know he's worth a lot of money but nobody is worth that much.
He's worth that much, but not at 39 or 40 years of age. A 4 or 5 year contract at that age is appropriate, not a longer one.
Right. He's definitely worth that now but not in five or six years, let alone ten. I always thought Albert was a little more humble than that I guess.
I am quite saddened by the greed that Albert is starting to show. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, though. He is a professional athlete, after all.
I'd be nervous if the Cubs were giving him that kind of offer ($ + years). It's more than fair to Pujols. If he turns it down and ends up going elsewhere after the season, I could see a Lebron-like backlash against him. There's no way he's getting significantly more than that anywhere else.
I was thinking St Louis would try somehwere around 5 years $140 Mill ($28 Mill/year). I'm shocked they are shooting for 8 years!
It's about time that Bud Selig and his buddies start "collusion" again but this time for the this type of reason. These salaries are really, really becoming insane.
I would give Albert 8 at $27.5 M. That is an albatross in the last 2-3 years (at least), but he's been a bargain since the first day he stepped on the field.
I thought they'd go 6 or MAYBE 7 years and make him the highest paid player on a per year basis....maybe something like 7 years, $205 mil. 8 years is a big reach on the Cards' part and personally, I think it's too much. It certainly shows that they're putting their best foot forward imo. They're putting the future of the organization on the line with a contract offer like this and Pujols will put his legacy on the line with Cardinal fans (as opposed to Pujols fans) if he chooses to test the waters on the free agency market. Not that he cares.
When you see (former) big time mashers like Thome and Man Ram that are basically begging for jobs in their upper 30's, it just doesn't make sense to have $30 mil a year committed to a 40 year old ball player, even if he is the greatest of his generation. ARod's contract is an outlier. It makes sense for Pujols to want to use it as a benchmark, but he should not expect to see clubs willing to do the same when only the Yankees are stupid enough to commit those kind of dollars and even they are all but admitting it was a huge mistake.
This is nutts; especially if he turns it down for a better offer.
Will this industry (or the NFL) ever experience a recession ??.
Will this industry (or the NFL) ever experience a recession ??.
I am a cards fan but this is just stupid these players make WAY to much money and honestly I am really disliking pro sports all the way across the board!! Let his *** go, oh and I hope this lockout happens in the NFL then maybe people will not go and the players will have to get paid less which they should!!!
Just makes me sick to see how much they get paid, not including the endorsements they make as well.