Cardinals Decline Mulder's Option

The St. Louis Cardinals are ridding themselves from the health-risk of starter Mark Mulder, informing his agent that they were declining his $11M option for next season. Mark will receive a $1.5M opt-out in the shuffle.

St. Louis received a mere six appearances, four of those starts, for their 2-year/$13M pact made in 2007. There wasted money should now go to a much more durable type, just as they did last year signing workhorse Kyle Lohse.

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