should he stay or should he go? (Jim Edmonds that is)
many of my fellow cards bloggers have posted their thoughts about this issue. also, Ken Rosenthal has written a short article about Jimmy . lets get down to the question, should he stay or should he go? here are my two cents:
jimmy will get payed 12 million this year, and there is a club option for 10 million that can keep him around for next year. i think that the cards should extend his contract and lessen the annual salary like they did with izzy. here is my contract proposal. sometime this season, offer jim a two year extension paying him about 8 million a year. also, an option year for about 5-6 million, at that point (2009), he should be in his decline phase, so that should be enough for a declining but still above average veteran. as of today, i think he is still the best centerfielder in the game. i do not think that he has entered his decline phase yet. i think he still has 2 maybe three good years (.280-.290, 30-35, 90-110) in him. also, he is a sure hall of famer if he can get to 10 gold gloves, 400 homeruns, and 1300-1500 rbis. he is at 8 g.g., 331 hrs., and 998. so, he needs about 2-3 more seasons to get to those. also, i think he would like to win a ring with the cards, and as of right now, i dont think the cards can win it all without jim edmonds. he also has stated many times that he would like to end his career as a cardinal, which would be great. those are my thoughts on the Jim Edmonds issue.
jimmy will get payed 12 million this year, and there is a club option for 10 million that can keep him around for next year. i think that the cards should extend his contract and lessen the annual salary like they did with izzy. here is my contract proposal. sometime this season, offer jim a two year extension paying him about 8 million a year. also, an option year for about 5-6 million, at that point (2009), he should be in his decline phase, so that should be enough for a declining but still above average veteran. as of today, i think he is still the best centerfielder in the game. i do not think that he has entered his decline phase yet. i think he still has 2 maybe three good years (.280-.290, 30-35, 90-110) in him. also, he is a sure hall of famer if he can get to 10 gold gloves, 400 homeruns, and 1300-1500 rbis. he is at 8 g.g., 331 hrs., and 998. so, he needs about 2-3 more seasons to get to those. also, i think he would like to win a ring with the cards, and as of right now, i dont think the cards can win it all without jim edmonds. he also has stated many times that he would like to end his career as a cardinal, which would be great. those are my thoughts on the Jim Edmonds issue.
