How much are St. Louis Cardinals management negotiations with Albert Pujols heating up and how serious is it getting? No detailed word, but Cards writers with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are split on deal chances, though none is hugely pessimistic.
That said, reportedly, Alex Rodriguez type "historical bonuses" could help. Given no Cards-only player has ever hit 500 HRs, and nobody has ever hit 600 in a Redbird uniform, and Lou Brock was the last to 3,000 hits, there's some angles here.
Over six years, barring injury or rapid decline, Pujols will surpass 600 HRs and 3,000 hits, and will easily pass the 1,500 mark in both runs scored and RBIs.
Given that he would be only the third "clean" 600/3,000 player, after Willie Mays and Henry Aaron (making assumptions of some sort about all three), there would be some definite marketing and tie-in dollars.
Of course, just as in A-Rod's case, the players' union would have to sign off on any such contract.
Stay tuned.
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