I think you have me confused with someone else (easy to do, given the way this offseason has unfolded). I don't see a pressing need to shed payroll at all. In fact, I've argued several times that the Cards already have plenty of available payroll/revenues (enough to support a significant payroll increase)...and that I expect the Cards payroll to increase significantly in the next three years or so.greenback44 wrote: Wait a minute, aren't you one of the payroll space people? With all the payroll "coming off the books" after 2008, why is shelling out $6-8 million a year for Edmonds such a concern? That doesn't even get to the point that we'll have a lot better idea of what Edmonds can do in 2009 a year from now.
I'm the guy who looks to trade short-term vets who have no future with the club beyond next year for prospects who might help in 2009-2010 or beyond...only trading them for those pieces, not simply to dump payroll. (I've said this a lot...especially in the Rolen thread.) I would like to see the team translate some of it's "currently expendable" assets into assets with a potential future. I'm not big on clearing payroll, because I think the team has no need to. What they need to do is acquire talent, or cheap young serviceable parts...and the best way to do that is to trade useful short-term pieces (like, say, Izzy) for them.
