Comments on: Could Albert Pujols Wind Up On The Phillies?

By: The Daily Pujols – 02.09-11.2011 | Pitchers Hit Eighth :: An Unofficial St. Louis Cardinals baseball blog

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:07:35 +0000

[...] Mets Merized piles on to the Pujols -for- Ryan Howard rumors. [...]

By: Sam LaBarbera

Sam LaBarbera — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:29:37 +0000

The only issue I have with this article is the fact that it states the Cards would trade him at the deadline. Albert has stated that he will veto any trade, as a 10 year Major Leaguer the last 5 with the same club he has that right.

So all these trade him to this team for that player is all wrong and speculation, unless Albert does not veto the trade…

By: vinnie papandrea

vinnie papandrea — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:56:32 +0000

I agree. How does this make sense. Let me see There the same age , play the same position, pay them the same and we’ll give you the best player in the game and you’ll give us a guy who only hits HR’s and doesn’t even start to hit them until August. Sounds like a deal to me

By: Berbalerbs

Berbalerbs — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:51:03 +0000

hahahaha, nicely done.

By: Donal

Donal — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:31:01 +0000

So, you just decided to jump in without reading the rest of the conversation. Good job.

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:23:44 +0000

Pujols to the Phillies? That’s preposterous, since when have the Phillies ever made a bold move like that? The next things you guys are going to post is that the Phillies are going to sign Cliff Lee after they already traded for and signed Roy Halladay and then traded for Roy Oswalt.

By: Brandon Butler

Brandon Butler — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:06:46 +0000

You have some crazy ideas Joe. LOL

I absolutely HATE THE IDEA!

By: Clayton Collier

Clayton Collier — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:58:56 +0000

Pujols will either get an extension or walk as a free agent. He’s not going to be traded. He said he would veto any trade the Cardinals attempted.

As for this Phillies idea, they are happy with Howard and even if they could trade for Pujols they wouldn’t give up Howard, who they locked up for five years, for a rental.

I see a Cliff Lee-esque offseason except much bigger. I think Pujols will either go to the Angels, Rangers, Cubs and if their financial situations improve, Mets or Dodgers.

Pujols is not going to become a Phillie

By: any

any — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:30:21 +0000

without checking, odds are that Teix has a NTC too, and who knows if he signs up for that deal!

By: any

any — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:27:45 +0000

most likely carpenter is gone after 2011 to free up that money. And it isn’t like Albert isn’t already getting a lot of money now (16mill for 2011).

actually, if they give Albert 30mill/yr, and let Carpenter walk (replacing him with a prospect), their payroll in 2012 will actually go DOWN based on those moves.

By: sarge

sarge — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:04:09 +0000

My two cents worth, Cards will take a major PR hit if they don’t sign Albert. He does alot of wk in the St. Louis community and though Cards are the big attraction in town, the hit on tickets, souveniers, etc will really hurt this franchise so I see this being done at the last hour or when the season is over.
The only problem I see will be having all that money tied up in Holliday, Carpenter, Wainwright and Molina and then how do you fill the other spots on team?

They gave Holliday too much, he wasn’t going anywhere.

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:57:41 +0000

I think the biggest fabricated baseball story of 2011 was the one on Metsblog last night that said Mark Cuban, Charles Dolan, Martin Luther King III, Lindsay Lohan and Anderson Cooper all teamed up and were making the Wilpons an offer to buy the Mets today. Of course it was retracted 12 hours later after Dolan and Cuban called it outlandish and irresponsible reporting.

As for this post, it was presented as specualation and nothing more. It didn’t even say it was based on a rumor. Just pure baseball speculation. nothing more, nothing less.

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:55:46 +0000

Just a matter of record if you anyone wants to do some quick research Pujols has a no trade clause an is on record stating he would veto any trade. Bloggers here need to do a better job.

By: any

any — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:50:39 +0000

well, this time of year, there is so little “real” going on, that anything interesting to discuss is a bonus!

By: any

any — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:49:47 +0000

except will A Gon sign with them for an amount that makes it worth downgrading from Pujols?

By: any

any — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:46:47 +0000

that’s who I thought they had (at least it was the last one I knew!). If anything, trading for him would make more sense for the Cards.

By: any

any — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:45:38 +0000

actually the fans down here (philly) would love this deal. They have boo’d howard at times, and already started turning on him when he signed the extension (though they really should have turned the anger on Amaro for giving it to him!)

By: any

any — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:43:40 +0000

probably best all around, it is nice to see a top talent stay with 1 team, especially when it isn’t one of the real big market/payroll ones (not that the Cards are a low budget operation).

and certainly better than every top guy ending up on the yankees or red sox!

By: srt

srt — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:39:18 +0000

I asked the question above concerning where this came from.
I think it started with the Phillie fans and it’s been just the Phillie fans speculating.

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:30:53 +0000

I am not sure this has been posted yet but this is the biggest fabricated story I have ever read. You people can’t be serious.