Albert Pujols and his agent will cut off talks with the Cardinals on a long-term contract extension next month when Spring Training begins. Pujols says the deadline is for the good of the team. "Do you want to bring all that into the clubhouse all year, like you guys have been doing the last couple of years?" he said. "No. I respect my teammates more than this contract. "That's why you have to set some deadline on this, and that's it." Neither side has revealed how talks are progressing.