01-30-2009, 03:40 PM
Pujols is only, only, making $16 million per year. That's a bargain and I couldn't see him taking less money for to allow St. Louis to sign anyone. Maybe if the guys that are making way too much money would restructure their deals, they could afford him. When you're giving guys like Pineiro $7.5 million in 09, Adam Kennedy $4 million a year, giving Lohse a big contract and on the hook for all of Carpenter's money, that doesn't leave a lot of money to play with. I'm sure St. Louis would also use Pujols' yearly salary as an excuse to not pay Manny what he wants. I'm pretty sure Mozeliak already shot it down to with something like, "The answer is no" when asked about Manny.