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Payroll gain for Cardinals (players gone or possible re-signing at lower $)

Izzy $8.0 mil
Encarnacion $6.5 mil.
Mulder $6.5 mil.
Looper $5.5 mil.
Springer $3.5 mil.
Izturis $2.9 mil.
Spiezio $2.3 mil.
Clement $1.5 mil.
Miles $1.4 mil.
Flores $1.0 mil.
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TOTAL $39.1 mil.


Payroll losses (player raises) for Cardinals

Carpenter $3.5 mil.
Pineiro $2.5 mil.
Wainwright $2.1 mil.
Molina $1.5 mil.
Kennedy $0.5 mil.
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TOTAL $10.1 mil.


Net PAYROLL GAIN for Cardinals to spend (or invest in stocks <g> )

$29 mil.


Players due big raises through arbitration or long-term extensions:

Ludwick, Ankiel, Wellemeyer.


Free agent players Cardinals may want to re-sign:

Lopez, Miles, Springer.


Inexpensive players already owned by Cardinals:

Colby Rasmus (OF), Kyle McClellan (RHP), Chris Perez (RHP), Jason Motte
(RHP), Josh Kinney (RHP), Skip Schumaker (OF), Chris Duncan (OF), Joe Mather
(OF), Brendan Ryan (IF), Brian Barton (OF), Nick Stavinoha (OF), Mitchell
Boggs (RHP), Clayton Mortensen (RHP), Jess Todd (RHP), Bryan Anderson (C),
David Freese (3b), Brett Wallace (3b/1b).


Players lost to injury already for '09:

Jaime Garcia (LHP), Mike Parisi (RHP).


Source: Jeff Gordon ('St. Louis Post-Dispatch', Oct. 2),
"Retooling the Redbirds: Nobody untouchable"
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/jeffgordon/story/F005592B7C50F381862574D60053387C?OpenDocument