Cardinals/Mariners Add Another Player To Help Cause
After Brett Favre signed with the Vikes on Tuesday, another old-timer signed a contract, this time in baseball however. John Smoltz signed a deal with the NL-Central leading St. Louis Cardinals, after being with the Red Sox for the beginning of the year, going 2-5 with an 8.33 ERA. “He had very little demands,” Cards GM John Mozeliak said about the 42-year old Smoltz. “He had no demands. From everything he had heard about this club, he was excited to take this opportunity. The reason for the start was just to get him work and know what we have.”
The Cards have already added to their lineup earlier this summer, getting Matt Holliday from the A’s for minor league prospects. This time, the money won’t ever be much of a problem, with the Red Birds only giving him ML minimum 100,000 for the rest of the year. He will most likely come in being the 5th starter for St. Louis (68-53), who is 6 games up on second place Chicago (60-57).
The other MLB news that is going down is a deal to bring the ex-Brewer Bill Hall to the Mariners. Hall had been given the deadly designation for assignment, about a week ago, which gave Milwaukee until friday to do something with him. The other end of the deal for the Brewers had them recieve minor league pitcher Ruben Flores. The Brewers will pay Hall’s contract this year, and most of his contract for 2010.
