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Lohse Signs $41 Million Contract With Cardinals
His new deal contract calls for a $1.25 million signing bonus and salaries of $7,125,000 next year, $8,875,000 in 2009 and $11,875,000 in each of the final two seasons. He also gets a full no-trade clause. St. Louis Cardinals Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Lohse Close To New Deal With Cardinals
The team has scheduled a news conference for Monday afternoon at Busch Stadiumwhen where they are expected to announce a new contract with Lohse. The deal is rumored to be for four years and worth at least $40 million. "We're close," Lohse said Sunday after being scratched from a scheduled start. "That played into part of why I didn't go out there today. I would have liked to pitch on the last day, but there's other things going on. That's kind of where we're at." Lohse was 15-6 with a 3.78 ERA in 33 starts this season. St. Louis Cardinals Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets La Russa: Pujols Is MVP
"I don't think anybody is close to him," La Russa said. "With all due respect to the other (players)." He is hitting .348 with 34 home runs and 106 RBIs in just 142 games this season. St. Louis Cardinals Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Cardinals Sep 2008 Archive
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Kyle Lohse and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed Monday to a $41 million, four-year contract. Lohse was 15-6 with a 3.78 ERA this season and led the staff with 200 innings. He agreed to a $4.25 million, one-year contract on March 14.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa believes that first baseman Albert Pujols is the only worthy candidate for the NL MVP award, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch.