Look's like we can end the Hardy to Cards talk now. Peralta to Cards.

[Yardball85]

I don't know what they will do. Maybe extend Davis.

Would that be okay with you?

[TonySoprano]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The Cardinals, however, have yet to confirm that they have an agreement in place with Jhonny Peralta.</p>— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href="

">November 24, 2013</a></blockquote>

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[section18]

Maybe St Louis floated the Peralta signing to get DD to lower his demands.

[section18]

This is the best time to trade Davis. He'll never have higher value in my opinion than he does right now.

[Elbren]

Looks like a poor move for the Cards. If you need a SS to add to your contending team, Peralta should not be your guy IMO.

He is if the only SS they realistically wanted via trade was Hardy and the O's were asking for too much. Peralta only costs them money; Hardy would have cost them one, if not multiple, players who are all cheap and have a lot of years under team control.

Every team got an additional $25M. Some teams choose to spend it to improve their team, others put it in the owner's bank account.

^ this.

I'd give rep if I could.

[Il BuonO]

Every team got an additional $25M. Some teams choose to spend it to improve their team, others put it in the owner's bank account.

^ this.

I'd give rep if I could.

Got him.

[Il BuonO]

If teams are going to use their extra $25 million to give away huge contracts to aging and declining players, it's not an advantage. That money would be MUCH better spent locking up younger talent long-term. I would never in a million years give Peralta 4 years, $52 million, let alone higher than that.

Man this is turning out to be a great year to be a free agent.

While I agree with what waroriole said in general, this is how I feel about Peralta. I really see his numbers falling off a cliff and I'm surprised the Cards are jumping in here if it holds up.

[El Gordo]

Don't understand why they didn't go for Drew instead. Could Peralta have been cheaper?

[Il BuonO]

Don't understand why they didn't go for Drew instead. Could Peralta have been cheaper?

From the size of the deal they're talking about I don't see how that's possible.

[isestrex]

Those talks ended at Shelby Miller. Wasnt going to happen.

Exactly, I'm sure they bumped into each other... "Oh yeah, you have a SS I want", "How about Shelby Miller?" "lol no thanks, we don't want him that badly".

This news isn't that huge a blow to me. It was a pipe dream.

[Elbren]

Don't understand why they didn't go for Drew instead. Could Peralta have been cheaper?

Drew costs money + a pick. Peralta was just money. (too much money ... but still, just money)

[Migrant Redbird]

http://nypost.com/2013/11/24/peralta-cardinals-near-deal/

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article/stl/cardinals-reportedly-close-to-deal-with-shortstop-jhonny-peralta?ymd=20131123&content_id=64174376&vkey=news_stl

Nothing yet that looks like a confirmation.

[TradeAngelos]

ESPN confirming now. 4/52

[waroriole]

ESPN confirming now. 4/52

Heyman is such a tool.

Wasn't he the guy saying another team has 4/56 out there, and it's not even close? Agent's best friend.

[TonySoprano]

Free-agent shortstop Jhonny Peralta and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed on a four-year deal worth around $52 million, a source told ESPN.com's Jim Bowden on Sunday.

source - ESPN