Jim Edmonds signs minor league deal with Cardinals

Apparently he's not retiring after all.

over 1 year ago Kyle Lobner 20 comments 0 recs |

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Double agent.

Your mission, 00JEd: Steal as much playing time as possible from Colby Rasmus.

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by SRB on Feb 4, 2011 2:43 PM CST reply actions

Hope this takes playing time away from Rasmus.

In reality, I don’t anticipate him making the team.

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by Mykenk on Feb 4, 2011 2:44 PM CST reply actions

TLR is going to run that team into the ground this year

I dont know what his contract status is, but I wouldnt be surprised at all to see him alienate half the clubhouse with this thing regarding Rasmus, and then have the fans turn on him.

by backtocali on Feb 4, 2011 3:08 PM CST up reply actions

TLR's contract

He has a contract through this season with a mutual option next year.

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by sjlee on Feb 4, 2011 3:26 PM CST up reply actions

whatza

mutual option? either one says “yes” and he’s the manager/gets paid? or both have to say yes?

in which case, why wouldn’t one say “no” so they could re-negotiate a different rate?

by PagsBrewCrew on Feb 4, 2011 4:42 PM CST up reply actions

Player mutual options are rarely exercised for that reason.

The player’s value typically increases or decreases over the year, so one side feels like they’re getting a poor deal and says no.

I’m not sure what the exercise rate is for managers, though. I’d guess it’s higher.

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by Kyle Lobner on Feb 4, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions

I think both have to agree

I guess if both feel that the option amount is “fair” they’d both agree, but somehow I don’t think that happens very often (if at all).

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Feb 4, 2011 4:56 PM CST up reply actions

signing bonus at the end of the contract

that’s what it’s like, cause they always have a buyout, so the player says no, gets a niiiiiiiiice check (think about it, 100K is more than you probably make even if it’s piddly in MLB terms), then they’re just a normal free agent

by mladwig0 on Feb 5, 2011 12:05 PM CST up reply actions

Not sure if mutual options have a buyout

particularly ones for managers.

It wouldn’t matter for TLR… he’d get a managing gig someplace else pretty easily if he wanted to.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Feb 6, 2011 9:58 PM CST up reply actions

The Cardinals are looking for a veteran presence on their bench

They need to make that a major league contract before Edmonds gets a competitive offer from Melvin.

by ecocd on Feb 4, 2011 3:08 PM CST reply actions

I know he had a postive UZR in center last year

But I am kind of excited to have him and the Berkman in the same outfield at the same time.

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by Jeo on Feb 4, 2011 4:15 PM CST reply actions

He could also barely move by the end of the season.

I think I saw him rounding the bases in a wheelchair at one point when he was on the Reds.

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by SRB on Feb 4, 2011 5:48 PM CST up reply actions

Actually, it was in this:

Too close for missiles, I’m switching to Ueck.

by theBrouhaha on Feb 4, 2011 8:48 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs

I think

that the nullacct signal was just turned on.

Celebrating the addition of Greinke and mourning the loss of my man crush Cain

by molitorfan on Feb 5, 2011 7:46 AM CST up reply actions

nullact's dead

Slowly negating baseball nerdery on BrewCrewBall.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Feb 5, 2011 5:14 PM CST up reply actions

I'm alive

Just keeping my mouth shut so it doesn’t get punched

by nullacct on Feb 6, 2011 8:25 AM CST up reply actions

Can you imagine Holliday, Edmonds and Berkman in the OF at the same time?

The gaps are wide open fellas!

by jmeks23 on Feb 4, 2011 5:11 PM CST reply actions

I hope he makes the team

by nullacct on Feb 4, 2011 6:00 PM CST reply actions

Hot Stove

Rosenthal said on hot stove that he would be shocked if edmonds makes the cardinals. he talked with him last year after the reds season and said edmonds injury was so bad he couldn’t even walk across the field. He didn’t think edmonds would be full recovered to add much to the cardinals.

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by storminTAZZ on Feb 5, 2011 10:05 AM CST reply actions

I don't think there's many people

that WOULDN’T be shocked if he made the team

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by Mykenk on Feb 7, 2011 2:34 PM CST up reply actions

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