LOL Jiggy, you hit one idea that I've had all along. I think it would be a BAD baseball move to sign him to that kind of money, but it would be worth TWICE that just to watch some of these dumba$$ Cardinal fans around here choke on their spit.
agree with this...i would so be lurking some card boards, though i have no idea where they even would be.
The sad thing is is when people talk about dividing the money up to get a 15m player, maybe a 10m guy, and a 5m guy...money doesn't go anywhere near as far as it used it...i'm amazed at the guys getting in the 10m a year range...look at what we signed Pena for after all. I understand it was a calculated risk, but it was still absurd...
if injuries were out of the equation, i could see spending 30m over 7 years on a guy like pujols, but not 10 years. And i go no where near Fielder.
If it was up to me, and i realize its not...well, i just checked the potential 2012 free agents and i have no idea what i would do if it was up to me. It is quite underwhelming...Maybe overpaying years wise for pujols is better than overpaying crap, because at least you get a guy your going to enjoy watching for a while. And if we let Aramis go, we have a huge hole at 3b. Wilson Betimit, maybe? The thing about Pujols is he is a guy that makes a lineup look good by himself, and the cubs have lacked that for so long.
Ideal scenario to me is we trade some a-minus to b level prospects for arb eligible hitters that are too expensive for their small market teams...I actually wouldn't mind one of kc's many first basemen...maybe trade pitching and some other type of needed prospect to kc for one of their many first basemen and alex gordon. Or, wasn't there a pretty decent first base prospect stuck behind Votto in AAA?
I know i just posted a lot of jumbled crap, but its mostly me thinking out loud trying to kill boredom...just wondering what is feasible.