MLB Trade Rumors: Albert Pujols, Andy Pettitte and Other Offseason Thoughts

I don’t have a lot of faith in JMoz getting something done. But his career as Cardinal GM will be defined by whether Pujols stays or leaves. That $12M a year going to Lohse was certainly not a good deal. even if he had not gotten hurt. And the Holliday contract is a bit steep. I can see the need/value to sign a Holliday, esp since Pujols wants to see the club as spending money to win. But overall I think BMoz has just done just an “ok” job as GM.

The Cards do not have a ton of obligated money in 2012 so there’s some breathing room. The biggest obstacle will be the MLBPA that expires- and most likely will have a new agreement reached- just as Pujols hits the market. And traditionally free agents have a spike in contract prices the year a new MLBPA is reached. So I don’t think the Pujols’ contract ending at this particular time period is just pure accident.

IMO the Cards have motivation to resign Pujols prior to the next MLBPA for two reasons, one to save money by signing him now as opposed to when the FA contracts spike after the new MLBPA deal and secondly, to prevent him from hitting the market and the price going out of control.

“But overall I think BMoz has just done just an "ok" job as GM.” should be JMoz as opposed to BMoz. I am reminded of the sucky editing options being reduced to making a new post. I’m finding another site to use. Later all.

I’ve just been looking tonight but the forums on rotoworld.com have editing and notification features. Looks like V bulletin, pretty standard stuff.

I used to be on minorleagueball and the cardinals site but the posters just got way too annoying. I’m a Cardinal fan but don’t drink the kool-aid like some do- and that upsets too many sometimes. I think the notifications would certainly be helpful for the fanposts. I am sure a person can decide to subscribe to whichever thread they choose and can unsubscribe at any time.

I realize you put a lot of time and effort into this site, so I don’t want to come across as too critical. But I will say this- I have been on the internet a while and have dealt with a lot of sites. That’s from writing lead articles for sportsline a decade ago to, being a member of several sites for years to just visiting several sites a day now. Saying all that, I would have to say that if you are not hearing complaints about the features of this site then this site is not getting enough repeat traffic. Seriously, there’s still a picture at the top of the screen that has Barry Bonds as the #5 fantasy player…and when Barry Bonds was the #5 player is probably when the features of this site were last updated. Take a look at vbulletin or wordpress sites and compare them to what’s available on sb-nation sites and the difference is pretty dramatic. I said a few weeks ago that I figured the reason for the lack of updated features is probably because sb-nation is trying to look like a good buy (upside) for some larger company. I stand by that. I mean, I doubt this site gets enough traffic to pay much of a return and added features are not being put in place to draw in more traffic. The needed features are not expensive and are probably free if the site would just upgrade to some version of this site that’s probably been out for the last 5 years.