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That 5-year, 97.5 million dollar extention Adam Wainwright signed just before the start of the season is looking like a pretty good deal for the Cardinals right now. This year he seems to be all the way back from his 2011 Tommy John surgery.
I guess the Cardinals don't feel too bad about losing Albert Pujols to the Angels after the 2011 World Series win. They used the money they saved to extend Wainwright and Yadier Molina to 5-year extentions and they used the compensation pick they got from the Angels to draft Michael Wacha.
Total WAR for Wainwright + Molina + Wacha in 2012 & 2013: 18.5
Total WAR for Pujols in 2012 & 2013: 5.5
Actually both Molina and Wainwright individually already have a higher WAR than Pujols.
I guess the Cardinals don't feel too bad about losing Albert Pujols to the Angels after the 2011 World Series win. They used the money they saved to extend Wainwright and Yadier Molina to 5-year extentions and they used the compensation pick they got from the Angels to draft Michael Wacha.
Total WAR for Wainwright + Molina + Wacha in 2012 & 2013: 18.5
Total WAR for Pujols in 2012 & 2013: 5.5
Actually both Molina and Wainwright individually already have a higher WAR than Pujols.