The St. Louis Cardinals didn’t want to goto salary arbitration with outfielder Rick Ankiel so they signed him to a new one year contract that will be worth $900,000. Pretty good deal for Ankiel for my opinion. He will battle it out for a starting spot out in the outfield during spring training.
Does he have the stamina to play everyday out the outfield is a question that I have to ask however. I think he should play around 70% of the time and the be a pitch hitter. It will be interesting to see how manager Tony LaRussa chooses to use Ankiel.
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