Free agent Mark DeRosa hopes to sign a contract relatively soon. "We have had continuous dialogue with the Cardinals and with other ballclubs about Mark. Waiting on the Cardinals is not going to stop him from signing a deal," DeRosa's agent, Keith Grunewald, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Cardinals are believed to be waiting to see what happens with free-agent Matt Holliday before they engage in deep talks with DeRosa. A number of teams have been linked to DeRosa