Cardinals Extend Lance Berkman
by Satchel Price on Sep 22, 2011 12:15 PM EDT
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The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a one-year, $12 million contract extension with Lance Berkman this morning as they continue to prepare for what could be a franchise-altering offseason. The deal, first announced by the club on their Twitter feed, includes no options or deferred money, as reported by Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Berkman, 35, is having a resurgent season with the Cards this year, posting a .300/.412/.555 line with 31 homers over 138 games split between first base and the outfield. He's been the third-best hitter in the National League according to wRC+, and likely has another solid year of offense in his powerful bat.
It's been a busy month for the Cardinals, who are making a big-time run for the NL Wild Card and recently extended star pitcher Chris Carpenter, although they still have some key players hitting free agency this winter, including Albert Pujols, Edwin Jackson and Rafael Furcal.
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Surely that's a discount
What do you think he could have gotten on the open market? 1/15 or 2/26 seem like good bets. He’s been worth 4.6 fWAR this season. Players his age could always experience steep declines, but it’s hard to think he’s likely to lose more than 1.5 WAR off that total, at which point he’d still be a bargain for 12M.
Too a bit less money but is still going to be making alot.
Signing a one year deal was a smart move as this guy is 35 witch is pretty old.
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