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Lance Berkman Continues His Amazing Season

When the St. Louis Cardinals signed Lance Berkman to a one year, $8 million deal this past December the majority of MLB pundits snickered. You probably did too. Anyone who saw Berkman play last year thought he was done. The Houston Astros certainly did. They didn’t think he was the same guy anymore and they had seen him play his entire career. Through 85 games last year, in 358 ABs Berkman hit .245 with 13 HRs and 45 RBI.

Sure the New York Yankees took a flyer on him, swinging a deal for Big Puma at the MLB Trade Deadline, but they didn’t give up anything to speak of to get him. In fact, the Astros actually paid the Yankees to take him.  In exchange for Berkman, the Yankees sent the Astros Triple-A right-handed pitcher Mark Melancon and Jimmy Paredes, an infielder who playing for the Class A Charleston River Dogs. The Yankees also made the Astros pick up some of the tab for Berkman’s salary (imagine that, when was the last time the Yankees has another club team send THEM cash in a deal?) The Astros assumed a portion of Berkman’s remaining salary for 2010 plus the buyout for the rest of his contract. Berkman was in the last year of a six-year, $85 million contract that paid him $14.5 million, and he also had a $15 million club option for 2011 with a $2 million buyout. Of the slightly more than $7.15 million remaining on the contract at the time, the Yankees will paid just $3,150,273, while Houston will paid $4 million.

Berkman didn’t do anything with the Yankees that would make anyone think that he would have a year like he’s having now either. In fact, he did less. With the Yankees, Berkman played in 37 games having 123 Abs, hitting .255 with 1 HR and 17 RBI. In the playoffs last year, in 19 ABs Berkman hit .263 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Berkman has been highly durable this season, something that no one could have expected, not even the Cardinals. After Saturday’s game, Lance has now played in 39 straight games for the Cards.

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