I hope they do buy him out... The Yankees will need a #3 SP next year. And he could come on the cheap (cheap for the Yankees...)

Come to the Dodgers Webb!!!

the cardinals don't pay him anything next season if they don't want to. i thought the redsox paid the remainder of this 1 year deal this year?

stlkonrad,
The Red Sox are paying $9 million next year for Julio Lugo. Isn't that enough?

stlkonrad - STL is only paying a proated league minimum for Smoltz now and not 5.5 mil. The article wrote that wrong. It was to say Webb thinks he is at least worth what the Red Sox paid Smoltz coming off surgery 5.5 mil. Webb is saying he doesnt think he deserves less than that but leave to Mark Miller to write things wrong and try to confuse us.

Thanks to all you red jokes fans for Smoltz and Lugo. I hope you beat the yankees so Smoltz and Lugo can pay you back by kicking your a$$ in the WS.

JP,
You don't have to thank us. Julio Lugo is about the worst fielding shortstop I have ever seen and Smoltz was batting practice. On your last point, I would also like to see the Red Sox play the Cardinals in the WS, But of course, I would like to see the Red Sox play anybody in the WS.

what a joke....40 wins and close to 500 innings the previous two years.... unless he's permenatly messed up he's worth more like 15 mill. a true ace....I'd say buy me out and hit the market.

Hmmmm,
Interesting, Mr. Webb being from the Cincinnati area, I am sure the Reds would pay 5.5mil for his services, only bad thing is coming to Cincinnati may ruin his career, not just because of the team, but with Dusty "I kill Pitchers" Baker as the manager, I wouldn't sign with em.

The best thing for Webb is to do whatever it takes to get the hell out of Arizona. That team is going nowhere. There isn't a team in baseball that wouldn't want him.

lol of course a Yankee fan is in here saying sign with the yankees..just like every player that goes on the market..too bad theres not 100 man rosters in baseball..and Webb would not be a #3, even on the yankees im sorry burnett is wayyyy overrated. Lugo and Smoltz will have no impact even if they do make it to boston in the series..but too bad the NL spot will be taken by the Phillies..

Come on lets be serious!!!! did someone just thank the red sox for lugo and smoltz? besides the AL winning the last 8 all star games smoltz should be huge indicator of how weak the NL really is. He gets shelled every outing he has in the AL the goes to the NL and throws a 2 hitter his first game there. Im more then ok meeting the cardinals in the world serious or for that matter any NL team!!!

I know the Jays would love to add a guy like this to go with Roy....
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You can't judge a strength of a league based on an exhibition game of players chosen by fans for their fame instead of just on talent towards team needs. The Cardinals may be in a "weaker" league, but figure you have 2 more teams in the NL than the AL, so your competition may be a little more watered down in the NL. The lineup for St. Louis is a lot scarier than that of any AL team throughout. With Holliday behind Albert, there is middle of the lineup protection, and with solid defense and a core of Cy Young capable pitchers in Wainwright and Carpenter, and a solid Pineiro in there you've got a solid playoff starting pitching core. I think the addition of Lugo to the Cards is an underrated option. He's got a solid bat with some speed. Just think they got him for Chris Duncan, whom the Sox dropped from their AAA team weeks later. And Smoltz can offer a solid arm out of the pen in the playoffs too.
I think that the only team that can knock off the Cardinals in the playoffs could be whatever team wins the AL Central. The Tigers want revenge from 06, and the Twins can get hot just in time for the playoffs. Look at the Angels last year, they smoked teams in the regular season, but were on fumes come October. It's not about who had the best season, but who had a good enough one for the playoffs and can get hot in October.

Webb is worth every dollar and some...Cashman should look into bringing him over!

He's comparing himself to John Smoltz. Good grief. He is not anything like him and never will be. Smoltz is still dominating and headed for Cooperstown. He's neither.