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Thats a great idea, I think you forgot or didnt know that Halladay isnt a FA so we would have to trade for him and since we arent stacked with tons of prospects and the idea that he is owed 15.75mil for next year doesnt excite me either. A lot of other teams have tried to acquire halladay but Toronto has a high asking price for the 2003 Cy Young award winner. Im sure our top two pitching prospects plus a position player and still take on his...

I also like the thought of Tejada, depending on price and length. His power numbers are down, but he is still a good run producer at third.

No way they the Tigers are trading him.  I think somebody like a Joe Crede could help this team.  Solid defense and some pop in his bat.     Yeah, I've heard that Detroit is VERY interested in trading him.  They are trying to dump the salary.  I must admit, it would be nice ... but I don't think the redbirds can afford it ... and i think it would be counterproductive for the Tigers to assume a lot of his salary in the trade....

Wow such a bold statment from such a clueless individual.  Let us make a comparison: Fielder:   AVG .299   HR 46    RBI'S 141    OBP .412   SLG .612   OPS 1.014   K 38   SB 3 RF 9.07   ZR .720   FPCT  1460   TOTAL CHANCES 1460 Pujols:    AVG .327   HR 47    RBI'S 135    OBP .443   SLG .658   OPS 1.101   K 64 SB 16  RF 10.84   ZR 2.317   FPCT .992   TOTAL...

Nothing different.  You sound surprised.  They know their limits and they are not trying to push it.  For a team like Cards, it is simply risky to give out A-Rod like contracts.  Even I, like you, want the team to sign Pujols or Holliday (maybe not that much) at any cost, but in reality having one or two players take up 40% of the payroll is very expensive and risky for the team.

I dont think there is anyone desperate enough to sign figgins to a 3-4 year deal at anything more than 7 million per. He is due to be 32 in about a month and a 4 year deal wold put him at 36. He had a career year last year and stayed healthy. I take that back after reading this article   http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/blog?post=4481558&name=levine  &#160 ; If this comes to be he will get a 4 yr deal at 40 million.  ...

I did some random polling amongst family members and friends at work.  Only 20%, or 2 out of 10, felt that Pujols deserved the MVP over Prince.  To be honest, these 2 people also don't happen to know very much about baseball either.  That's neither here nor there, though. At any rate, 20% is a very low percentage and a sure-fire indication that this election had to have been fixed, rigged or whatever you prefer to call it.

I'd like to add to wingate's post by saying it would be an insult to Dave. He's more professional than that.

If we cannot afford Holliday,how are we going to pay Miggy?Just saying....

It seems to me, we have problems. I take it for granted at this stage that we will not have Holliday, DeRosa, Glaus or Pineiro in our team. This means certain things: 1.) We only have to good quality outfielders: Rasmus and Ludwick, and neither one is really great. Thus, to be contenders, we need to find at least one good offensive hitter for the outfield. 2.) The left side of the infield is weak. We have neither a S.S. or 3B that can be...