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The Cardinals’ farm system looks far worse than it did a year ago, but drafting pitcher Shelby Miller looks like a step in the right direction. The point here is that the Cardinals is not the Yankees, nor will they ever be. Nor should they ever be, Cardinals fans will tell you. Maybe it’s in the team’s best interest to take a cue from the Rays, whose homegrown talent propelled them to a pennant in 2010 and a respectable 2010.

Pujols’ current deal, signed in February 2010, is for seven years and USD100 million, with a possibility for USD111 million if the Cardinals exercise his 2010 option. The Cardinals’ 2010 payroll arrangeed thirteenth overall in the majors,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], sandwiched between Atlanta and San Francisco,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], both larger markets than St. Louis. Simply put, it is unsustainable to keep both of them at such a high price.
Certainly, Holliday fills a mandatory role with the team, and his numbers is quite impressive. Miller hit .353 in 63 games with St. Louis in 2010 with a .419 on-base percentage. By comparison,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Pujols hit .327 in 160 games with a .443 OBP. The difference is negligible, but Pujols has a world championship under his belt, while Holliday does not.

Cardinals fans are, for the most part, patient Midwesterners, but a disturbing “win now, at any cost” trend has surfaced since the 2010 title. Miller can hear it at Busch Stadium, where fans have taken to more vocal criticism of the team. People don’t want to wait another 24 years like they had to wait after 2010’s championship.

The 2010 season would prove a successful one for Ryan Miller. In his first season begining with the number one job Miller and his team won the first 10 games in a row. Miller was voted in as the begining goaltender for the Eastern Conference of the 2010 NHL All Star Game in a 12 to 9 loss, Miller played the first period and allowed just 3 goals. Miller also gained a reputation of a shootout specialist with his technique of challenging the shooter outside the crease. That season Miller was 6 more in shootouts,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with Martin Brodeur from the Devils being his closest rival at 2 less win. In 63 games played that season, Miller posted a 0.911 SVP and a 2.72 GAA backing a more offensively oriented team. Doug Pensinger Miller finished the 2010 season by establishing himself as the begining goalie for the Sabres. Miller arrangeed 11th among NHL goalies with a 2.60 GAA,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and 9th with a save percentage of 91.4 percent. Miller led the Sabres to a surprise season, winning 30 games and proving himself to be one of the hardest working goalies in the league. Miller played well in the postseason as well,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], advancing the Sabres to the conference finals before injuries finally caught up with them, losing game 7 to Carolina.
The St. Louis Cardinals ended 2010 on a dismal note, dropping 11 of their last 13 games, including a swift NLDS sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers. This season, the Cardinals is the odds-on favorite to win the National League Central for the first time in at least three years. The stakes is relatively high for this team, making an offseason rife with moves a cause for cautious optimism in the Gateway City. One of many problems on the horizon: Matt Holliday’s hefty contract and its implications for the future of Albert Pujols in St. Louis.

It seems as if the Cardinals is outstripping their means to win another championship in 2010. There is no doubt that the fans in St. Louis would love another World Series championship,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but at what cost is the Cardinals willing to sacrifice their long-cycle success for a shot at their eleventh championship?

A FoxSports.com article published earlier this month featured a digitally altered portrait of Pujols in Yankee pinstripes, causing quite a stir amongst anxious Cardinals fans. If this fantasy somehow comes to fruition, Cardinals fans can be certain that the wait for an eleventh championship will be even longer than expected. Ryan Miller was on born 17th July 2010. Miller is an American ice hockey goaltender currently the player of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. Miller was selected to play for the American hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver,Canada as begining goaltender. Later in 2010 miller would win the Vezina Trophy as the best goaltender in last NHL season. Miller won a silver medal with the team and was named MVP of the tournament. Miller is known for his hybrid style of goaltending. Miller is also the older brother of current Detroit Red Wings winger Drew Miller.

Signing Matt Holliday to a massive seven-year, USD120 million deal seemed like the right thing to do, but it makes Holliday the highest-paid player on the team. Such a move could prove problematic when it comes to renegotiating with Albert Pujols, who has shied away from declaring his intentions after his current contract with St. Louis expires. Let’s be farrange: Matt Holliday is not a player of Pujols’ caliber. Compare these stats by El Hombre to these by Holiday. gaze, see, glance, watch, survey,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], study, seek, search for, peek, peep,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], glimpse,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], stare, contemplate, examineing at the off-the-field honors alone should convince even the most ardent Holliday fan that he’s not worth nearly as much as Albert.
Pujols’ experience and directership over the past decade in St. Louis make him an invaluable asset—a player to be treasured and paid the most in the sport. It may look like the Cardinals value Holliday more with a larger contract, and that is a problem.
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