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Not signing Albert by Spring Training is not all bad. It may be that letting him become a free agent gives the Cardinals the best chance of signing him long term, at a reasonable price. It is entirely possible that he and his agent have over-played their hand.

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If they don't sign him I will hope for that but I do not think WAITING should be their #1 strategy for now for a couple of reasons.

The cubs have already proved themselves capable of sheer idiocy well beyond signing AP to a huge contract. They have more wasted misfires up there than North Korean missle tests. Also, this is AP we are talking about and I don't see a bad season coming up....albeit the unlikely injury as you say. Lastly...when was the last time you saw contract signings go DOWN in a years time?

They should have signed him LAST year....so now it should be THIS year imo. Next fall would be the equivalent of pulling on a backup parachute at 500 feet.

I want to see them put forth a solid offer that makes AP think long and hard. At this point I'm not sure if anything is going on between them.

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