I have, in the past few weeks, presented a few possible free agent options of the Cardinals to peruse. They have all come the disclaimer that they probably aren’t happening, but if they are happening, one way to do so would be creatively structure a contract so that the Cardinals pay more in 2022. This is not a pandemic-related suggestion. The Cardinals current 2022 payroll projection is incredibly low.
As such, I thought it would be worthwhile to visit the 2022 payroll. Put a number to my suggestions. It’s easy to say they can sign two relatively high profile free agents if they wanted to, but let’s actually back that up with numbers.