Furcal, Schumaker to return to Cards
Rafael Furcal batted .255 last season after joining the Cards in a deal with the Dodgers.
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ST. LOUIS (AP)
The World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals bolstered their infield with two moves Monday.
MUSIC TO THEIR EARS
Closers carefully select the tune that accompanies them from the bullpen to the mound. See MLB's playlist.The Cardinals and shortstop Rafael Furcal agreed to a $14 million, two-year contract, keeping the switch-hitter with the team after it picked him up at the July trade deadline. Later Monday, St. Louis announced it had agreed to terms with infielder/outfielder Skip Schumaker on a two-year contract. Terms were not announced.
The Furcal deal is pending a physical. A team spokesman said Monday night that the Cardinals hope to finalize the shortstop's contract this week.
Furcal would get a signing bonus of $1 million with salaries of $6 million next year and $7 million in 2013.
The Cardinals had considered giving perennial prospect Tyler Greene a shot at regular duty, especially if they would have re-signed first baseman Albert Pujols. The 34-year-old Furcal gives St. Louis a leadoff option plus one of the strongest arms at his position.
Furcal had career lows with a .231 batting average and .298 on-base percentage in an injury-interrupted 2011, playing only 87 games. He had eight homers and 28 RBIs. He batted .255 with a .316 on-base percentage after joining the Cardinals in a deal with the Dodgers.
THE WAY WE WERE
Trace the roots of all 30 MLB teams, dating back to the beginning of the sport's modern era in 1901.Furcal struggled at the plate in the postseason, too, batting .195. In Game 7 of the World Series, he was dropped to seventh in the order.
The 28-year-old Greene, a former first-round pick, has totaled 150 games the last three seasons with St. Louis with a .218 average and .312 on-base percentage. Greene had been in line to get an extended audition last September before the Cardinals began gaining ground on the Braves, and instead got only two at-bats the final month.
The 31-year-old Schumaker, a career .290 hitter, batted .283 last season. The left-handed hitter batted .381 in 11 postseason games and drove in the game-winning run in the 1-0 win over the Phillies in the decisive Game 5 of the NL Division Series.
The Cardinals also announced Monday they did not tender a contract offer to infielder Ryan Theriot, who was the starting shortstop until St. Louis acquired Furcal. Theriot becomes a free agent.
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