It has become painfully apparent to us that if we want to have any hope of breaking this 18-year-and-counting title drought then we need better pitching.
Hopefully signing this guy for 10 years with an option over an 11th for roughly $3.5m per is a step on the right path in this regard.
He is an ineligible and so with Alomar, Galarraga, Burkett and him we are at our full quota, which means Steve Finley cannot be used.
Which results in this swap with the Yanks:
Kenny Lofton was our initial thought but the Cards weren't playing dice and this ended up being a much more beneficial trade for us at any rate and a pretty good one for the Yanks as well, I'd think. Haney is well handy.
Onto the Expansion Draft!