Albert Pujols has given the St. Louis Cardinals a deadline of the end of Spring Training to extend his contract.
Pujols has said he will definitely veto any trade during the season, so there goes that.
It seems he wants to keep his mind on baseball, not contracts, during the season, hoping to avoid missing the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
The baseball nation is already speculating on what could happen if he leaves during free agency, as countless teams will certainly want the Dominican slugger hitting in their lineup.
So what if he doesn’t sign an extension before spring training? Here’s a list of the five front runners for Pujols.