Waino has the best track record of the “lower-paid” Cardinals; if Chris Perez finds consistency with his slider, he could become the biggest bargain. Or maybe Motte! (Can he throw a split-finger?)

So we didn’t get Fuentes, and Miles got two years with the Cubs; how much ya wanna bet we’re happy about that later this summer?

As for Brett Wallace, will his at-bat music include the immortal “Goo Goo G’Joob!”? (grin)

to see Miles go? I mean, I realize that value, statistics, sabermetrics, and all else rational says that it’s not a big loss, but dang it, I enjoyed watching him play. And he was gritty. Where’s the grit going to come from in ’09? Who is the next potential member of the PLRS club.

I think that was the acronym… for the life of me I can’t find that post from a couple months back. Anyway, I’ll be glad if his utility replacement is as fun to watch and comment on (and poke good natured fun at).

They seem to like the signing of Miles. I know I personally would of Fing lost it if we signed Miles to a 2 Year/$5M contract than they traded Mark DeRosa! Mark DeRosa is one of my favorite ball players and if not the best utility ball player in baseball right now. He has been worth $43.9 Million the last 3 years while only getting paid $8.3M over that time. While all they got for him were 3 middling prospects to add depth. These are the exact moves that destroy franchises.

I for one am starting to get tired of hearing people bitch about Moz not making a move. I hope Moz is waiting for a high value and under valued asset to be presented to him.

that’s worth at least an extra two mil. Doi!

that chuckb used the word “rebound” for Wainwright after the season (albeit shortened) he had in 2008. I hope you’re only referring to his injury, and not the quality of his pitching.

It’s almost never a good idea to overpay for someone when the job description includes sitting on the bench most days.

i was thinking perez…i just love the idea of sticking a young guy in at the end of the game and watching him dominate

I think that both Greene and Ankiel will be huge ++ players this year. Both are in the last year of a contract, and both want to enhance their free agency value. Ankiel should have a monster season and be well above his value (assuming health stands up).

I put up a game thread for tonight’s game.

I think Pujols will once again out perform his paycheck at a large gap than anyone else on the team

He may regress a little with the bat, but his defense will give him a ton of value. He had a bad defensive year by his standards and was still worth about 11 mil.

and Wainwright as #1

colby rasmus. obviously would only happen if he wins an everyday job out of spring training (hah!) or gets a chance to play because ankiel gets hurt (possible). but if one of those things were to happen, and the kid had a Hunter Pence like rookie year, he could be a 4- to 5-win player making the minimum.

not very likely, but youneverknow . . . .

or directing me to a place that does so. You value a win at ~ 5M. Where does that value come from? Should a 90 win team cost 450M to compile? Or are these wins above replacement? If so, how many actual wins does a replacement level team win? Under this system, what is the total value of all major leaguers?