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Posted by Bernie at The Box:
I wonder where that leaves Morris...probably on the Yankees or Mets.
Post subject: DeWitt Jr. and Pujols interviews
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I just had them both on from 6:30-7 on KMOX.
Pujols is happy (obviously). Says it was important to him to take less in the first 2 years (he gets $18 milliion combined) and also to defer $3 million in each of the final four years of his deal in order to give the Cardinals some breathing space on the payroll...because he wants to win and he knows they'll need to go get some players....he also acknowledged (when I asked) that he'll have to guard against putting extra pressure on himself to do even more in an effort to justify the big money....said he'd like to be like Stan the Man and play his entire career here.
As fpr DeWitt, he said (when I asked) that signing Renteria is the next order of business. The next priority. Says they've had preliminary talks with ER's agent...(won't be cheap; Tejada got $72 million over 6 years from the Orioles)...I told DeWitt that fans were distraught that the team didn't sign Maddux or another starter and asked if the owners would provide Jocketty with additional funds if the team is in the race and needs to make a deal near the deadline to close the gap. He said yes, they'd have some room to do that (but didn't say how much).
Just wanted to provide the basic conversation points.
Cheers,
Bernie
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I just had them both on from 6:30-7 on KMOX.
Pujols is happy (obviously). Says it was important to him to take less in the first 2 years (he gets $18 milliion combined) and also to defer $3 million in each of the final four years of his deal in order to give the Cardinals some breathing space on the payroll...because he wants to win and he knows they'll need to go get some players....he also acknowledged (when I asked) that he'll have to guard against putting extra pressure on himself to do even more in an effort to justify the big money....said he'd like to be like Stan the Man and play his entire career here.
As fpr DeWitt, he said (when I asked) that signing Renteria is the next order of business. The next priority. Says they've had preliminary talks with ER's agent...(won't be cheap; Tejada got $72 million over 6 years from the Orioles)...I told DeWitt that fans were distraught that the team didn't sign Maddux or another starter and asked if the owners would provide Jocketty with additional funds if the team is in the race and needs to make a deal near the deadline to close the gap. He said yes, they'd have some room to do that (but didn't say how much).
Just wanted to provide the basic conversation points.
Cheers,
Bernie
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