The St. Louis Cardinals have appeared to have signed reliever Trever Miller to a two year contract. Miller was to be in St. Louis on Thursday to take a physical and if everything checks out ok, he will be the newest member of the Cardinals.

Right now a contract isn’t signed but they are working on the terms and it should happen soon.

Miller appeared in 68 games for the American League champion Tampa Bay Rays last season, posting a 4.15 ERA in 43 1/3 innings. He held lefties to a .209 average. Miller had the fourth-lowest percentage of inherited runners who scored, and his 16.2 percent was the best of the available free-agent relievers.

Look for the Carinals to add one more lefty in the bullpen before the season starts.

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Albert Pujols was named the National League MVP on Monday afternoon. It was Pujols’s second MVP award of his career as he also won the award back in 2005. He 18 of 32 first place votes to win the award without much competition.

Pujols hit .357 with 37 home runs and 116 RBIs while playing with a sore right elbow. He was rewarded despite the Cardinals’ fourth-place finish in the NL Central. He is the only big leaguer to hit at least 30 home runs in his first eight seasons in the majors and has finished in the top 10 of the NL MVP voting each year. Pujols earned a $200,000 bonus for winning the award.

Congrats to Albert!