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As I looked into what I believed was the Deadspin report’s most serious allegation against agent Dan Lozano, it didn’t hold water for me.
“Dan Lozano and Albert Pujols’ 2004 Contract” at TheCardinalNation.com.
From the Deadspin article ????????????????????????????????……………………………. The envelope was sent by Jeff Boris and crew……….who notified Lozano in Aug/Sep that they would release it if ???………. the only question there……..and what was true at the time of his walkaway ………. was the nature of their conflict………. which is tucked away in your archives ……………. it wasn’t in BHSC interest to get into a mudslinging contest with Danny Boy…….but they supplied the water and the dirt…..didn’t they………
Brian your article is well thought out …………. its purpose likely realized ……… I wouldn’t try to take it too far from shore………..
I hadn’t realized that Jockety was able to buy all Albert’s prime years down the road without the team having to spend one cent more short term than they would have in their best case scenario-winning the arb case. In fact, it sounds like they basically paid arb money thru the early years. My hat is off to Walt for recognizing that the Cards would never be able to sign Albert down the road when he had some leverage and figuring out how to throw him a bone that didn’t cost the team anything.
I guess the moral of the story is the time to sell your prime years is not when the team is, as Albert says, doing you a favor. Better to take the short term money, especially if its the same, and sell the prime when you have some leverage.
Of course, none of us was born yesterday. It’s always bad news to buy or sell anything when the other side is doing you a favor.
The long term deal not only guaranteed Albert a lot of money, it guaranteed Lozano a lot of money. Banks are good at turning as much of that as you want into cash now, for a fee.
“Banks are good at turning as much of that as you want into cash now, for a fee.” Or your partners BB. Just add 15% for the insurance on that long term contract……….amongst other factors……….. election year…….. up coming witch trials………… cash to burn that may be compromised if you can’t steal another election………. Stadium shelter taking shape………. Cardinals made a long term investment…………. it turned into a good one…….that doesn’t make Lozano a desperate agent……….. any career threatening injury turns it into something completely different………………. this isn’t the only issue…………from a baseball standpoint……….you have AP ripping up the arbitration precedents……which is why BHSC is suggesting that Lozano fudged in the first place……they wanted that……………….. crime number 1#….. what is the second????? archives………
“Or your partners “. Hadn’t thought of that. Certainly. In any event, any financial distress Lozano was experiencing would have gone away. No question about that.
http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/11/mlb_teams_will_spend_off-seaso.html
Intl FA’s get the biggest shaft in this deal.
CC, I’m wondering what you think of the no ML contracts for draftees thing? The Cox situation, I take it.
International FA pressure is designed to soften past opposition to a draft, I suspect. First, take the gravy train away, then offer a partial give-back.
No MLB contracts for draftees is simply to protect owners from doing dumb things to themselves.
Was Cox a dumb thing?
Putting any player on the 40-man roster before necessary is a self-limiting move. Cox got a guaranteed $3.2 million, likely most all of it just to apprentice in the minor leagues. That should have been enough.
I agree 100 percent with MLB’s decision. Players should earn their way onto the 40-man, not negotiate their way on.
I have even bigger issues with giving int’l FAs huge bucks. I’m not talking about Japanese pros, but Chapmans and the like.
Re. Cox. Maybe there should be an alternative way a top prospect can avoid getting blocked in somebody’s system for years and years. That was Cox’s point I presume.
My answer to Cox would have been, “If you are as good as you say you are, no one should be able to block you. If you aren’t as good, you will always have $3.2 million for your life after baseball.”
First, the no major league contracts was necessary now to avoid loop holes in the new bonus system. The previous major league contract issue for draft picks actually had some benefits for both sides – the player forced his movement through the system but the team also got to spread the money out (cox’s bonus was only 800K). I didnt see it as a big issue.
Cox was draft eligible as a sophmore. This provides the player with substantial leverage. It helped Cox fall in the draft. The Cards were willing to pay the piper. All consensual.
IIRC, we gave JD Drew a ML contract. Agents and players negotiate. Giving a player a ML contract is one way to sweeten a bid.
So far, i am not finding Albert’s free agency stressful. Maybe winning the World Series helped the mood. Mo signed Berkman for a one year deal, so we have cover if Albert leaves. And the Cards will make a strong bid, so it will take a ridiculously high bid for another team to lure Pujols away. Either we land Pujols or another team pays too much, either way the Cards win.
A fact not in the Deadspin article or Brian’s – Albert made more in his first 10 years than any player in history to that point.
Things to watch for this winter:
- the Cards do NOT sign a veteran backup catcher. Bryan Anderson has spent 3.5 seasons at AAA already. Cruz is able to do the job. With two rookies available, there is no need for another Laird type.
- we sign a veteran LOOGY. We need a second lefty for the pen.
- we do not offer arbitration to Ryan Theriot and Skip Schumaker.
- we sign a veteran SS (to help make up for the exits of Theriot and Punto). We are not just going to hand SS to Greene. He will have to compete for the position.
- we offer Skip a contract to be backup OF/2B.
- and the Pujols decision.
I think the veteran SS will be Furcal on a 2 yr deal. Greene will see time at both SS and 2B, occasional CF. If the stick is there, he’ll be an everyday player, eventually taking over SS full time. Last year proved Furcal’s value at short and in the clubhouse. Worth the money.
Worth what money? Clint Barmes, a lesser player. though younger and healthier, got two years/$10.5 million. Furcal should be seeking more, perhaps both in years and money, but if so, I hope not from St. Louis.
I don’t think Furcal will get 5+ from anybody. The Cards will look at the 2.75 they were paying Skip, and add something to that.
Perhaps the Cards will add to Skip’s contract and make an offer to Furcal – that he will turn down.
I think it was RCW who earlier insisted Furcal will get $8 million. I didn’t think so then, and still don’t now, but Furcal should be able to top Barmes.
I just hope Mo doesn’t pull another skunk out his SS hat.
Perhaps 99 yr old Jamie Moyer, now surgically repaired, will concede that starting is a younger man’s work, and be a loogy from here on out. How sweet would that be? He may be under everybody’s radar.
And then if Mo also signs Coffey, whoa nelly. After 4 hours I’d have to see my doctor right away.
It helps to think outside the box. Surely Billy Wagner would come out of retirement to wear the birds on the bat. And then there is Bartolo Colon. The pitching possibilities are endless this winter. If I was the GM, the Cards would roll out a staff like nobody has ever seen.
Is Mo and the FO going to hire any veterans or are we home grown from here on out? I suppose it depends if AP is signed.
This is the first time Mo has not had to factor in getting Uncle Tony guys that are the kind of guys Tony likes. Will be interesting to see what he does.
Furcal has been a salary leader at SS over the past 6 years. He made $12MM in 2011. He will push for as much as possible, as his agent has for years.
Fortunately the Cards are in good shape, having Greene and behind him Kozma, Jackson, Bolivar, Garcia. Mo does not have to sign an expensive SS for 2012.
When any team signs a vet in November and into December, they are going to pay a peak price. Yet in January and February, there are more unsigned vets than roster slots left unfilled, so bargains become available.
Mo has had a controversial time at SS: no hit Cesar Izturis, morale slumper Khalil Greene, no field Theriot. While SS is important, Mo could wait for a January bargain.
No dumpster dives, no has beens, no utility guys, no flakes, no cancers. No surprises.
Paying early brought us Izturis. Trading early brought K Greene and Theriot. Its ok to sit back and pay less, given the yields of spending early.
From Bernie:
“The two St. Louis teams (Big Red, Rams) have won 301 of 668 games and made the playoffs only eight times in 45 seasons.”
Lack of alternatives part of why STL a baseball town??
The Official 2011 World Series film is airing on ESPN right now (8 PM – 9 PM CT Sunday).
In case readers rmd4vr and shahekee are reading this, please check your email. If you do not respond with your address by 8 PM CT Monday evening, your winning DVDs will be awarded to someone else. It would be unfair to make the other eight winners wait for you. Please respond.
In case you have to pick any replacement winners, I’ll cave on all our arguements for two months if I win.
Sorry, no fixes here. If we get to that point, the random number generator will make the call…
Here were the ten winners: 59 38 28 8 47 23 33 32 35 49.
I’ll check my email when I get home from work in the morning.
The last two winners have now been accounted for…
Was the Hot Stove this boring this time last year? I seem to recall a lot more going on in late November 2010. There is NOTHING happening, not just with the Cards but with any team or any of the well known FAs. Maybe things will get better during the winter meetings.
Maybe the uncertainty caused by the new labor agreement raised caution until now. I have wondered all along if Pujols and Fielder will keep waiting for the other to set the market.
Non-tenders will be coming up soon as well. That is how the Cards picked up David Eckstein. Who knows, they might snare another shortstop the same way this year…
I suspect Boras and Lozano are playing chicken with each other. Whoever blinks first. Probably way into January before Pujols or Fielder signs with anyone.
Even so, there are other interesting FAs out there. Buehrle, Oswalt, Wilson, Reyes, etc. I need some stimulation so I hope there is some movement soon.
Tweet this afternoon from SI’s Jon Heyman: “hearing #cardinals aren’t moving up from 200-210M for 9 they offered albert before season. still the team to beat tho”
I consider everything I hear from outside sources to be negotiation posturing. I never get too worked up about stuff like that.
A wise stance, but that is about the only kind of related “stimulation” you are going to find until actual deals are done.
As far as Pujols and Fielder are concerned you are right. Especially with Pujols, this kind of thing is going to continue until some other team makes a significant offer for Pujols. Leaking the alleged “max offer” is designed to flush out the real players and get them to make a move.
Like I said, I don’t expect anything on Pujols or Fielder until January. I am waiting for some movement on the other FAs.
You don’t consider Yadi’s brother signing a worthy event? I’m stunned.
I perused the non-tender candidate list on the mlbtr site. Theriot’s probably the best SS on the list. There could be a surprise I suppose.
Thank you Brian and Cardinal Nation Blog and A+E Home Networks Entertainment. I have never won a contest before. I told my wife I won the DVD set and she said, “Did you win a set or buy one and you are just telling me you won it?” I had to show her the email.
I probably watched 80% of the regular season games this year and every minute of every playoff game. What a season!
That’s exactly what my wife would have said.
You are welcome. Maybe that will buy you a few months of relief from protests that you are spending too much time here!
By the way, the preview of the DVD last night on ESPN was well done. I am looking forward to receiving my copy as well.
I didn’t watch ESPN, but I assume their version was edited since the actual film runs way over an hour. I’ve had my copy for a week now.
Anyone care to guess if we will see any pitcher hit eighth this year? ;/
Maybe on the NL All Star team
Good one, Ksb…
kkkkkkkk.
Wouldn’t it be something if TLR got to manage Albert one more time.
American league park……………
Or vice-versa…
The 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be the 83rd edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It will be held on July 10, 2012, during the 2012 Major League Baseball season at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, home of the Kansas City Royals.
DH………. no pitcher hitting 8th
Park is irrelevant. DH in All Star game period.
but in 2010, Major League Baseball announced the designated hitter rule would apply for every All-Star Game; …
way to pay attention CRD…………………………………………… i waassssss just testing you……….because I know everything…………………………………………………………………….already………..all the time…………..or not……………….
If I had won I would be praising your wit.
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