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Cards Continue To Avoid Arbitration

Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:36 AM
Filed Under: St. Louis Cardinals | United Cardinal Bloggers
Yesterday, the Cardinals settled their last remaining arbitration case, signing Jason Motte to a one-year, $1.95 million contract.  That figure represented the midpoint between what the club had offered and what Motte had filed for in arbitration.

The last time the Cards actually went to a hearing in the arbitration process was 1999, when they beat Darren Oliver.  I think it says a lot about this organization that they do their very best to stay out of a process that can only engender bad feelings between a young player and the club.  Not that it doesn't happen anyway at times, as we saw with Colby Rasmus, but it helps not to have a guy that you hope to be a part of your future sit and listen to you pointing out all his faults and why he shouldn't be paid what he wants to be paid.

Also in the Motte story was the little nugget that the Cards aren't engaged in talks with Roy Oswalt.  That seems to go against what Joe Strauss said on Twitter last night, but not necessarily.  Strauss said that the Cards had offered Oswalt $5 million, but that he expected the Rangers would go higher than that.  It seems likely to me that the Cards aren't "talking" to Oswalt, they've made him their only offer.  If he comes around and accepts it, fine and dandy.  Odds are he won't, since Texas may offer him more like $7-8 million, but if he really wants to play in St. Louis and will take the big discount to do so, they'll find a place for him.

Finally, it was announced yesterday that Tony La Russa will manage the 2012 All-Star Game in Kansas City.  I don't think that was any surprise at all, since both Bud Selig and La Russa had indicated they'd like him to do that.  I know it's possible that some would get worked up about a retired guy managing a game that "counts," but 1) TLR probably approaches driving to the grocery store as something he has to win and 2) no matter what MLB says, they still don't play that game like it counts.  Come talk to me when pitchers throw more than two innings or there's still a starter out on the field in the ninth.  I don't think having TLR in the dugout rather than Ron Roenicke will make a lick of difference.

Check back tomorrow as I'll put up my top five iconic Cardinal moments as part of the January United Cardinal Bloggers project.  You can find other lists over at this post.

Finally, congratulations to a couple of my favorite people.  The worlds of I70 Baseball and Cardinal Diamond Diaries are colliding as Bill and Angela are now engaged to be married.  I think I can speak for all the UCB as we wish them the best in their future life together.  It's a no-brainer to have this wedding at the ballpark, isn't it?
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    Pop Warner 76.7%
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