Redbirds Resign Wilson. Weaver to M's

***The Cardinals have reupped with utility outfielder Preston Wilson on a one year deal and an unknown amount of money.

The Redbirds acquired Wilson in August after the Astros released him, and the veteran provided a nice spark in part-time duty. In 33 games, he batted .243 with a .300 on-base percentage, but cranked eight homers and slugged .486. Wilson's home run total was just one shy of what he managed in 390 at-bats with Houston.

For his career, Wilson is a .264 hitter with a .330 on-base percentage and .471 slugging percentage. He's hit 188 Major League home runs while playing for the Mets, Marlins, Rockies, Nationals, Astros and Cardinals.

This is probably the final piece to the Cardinals winter shopping chores. He'll be another nice piece to the vulnerable outfield, especially if one of the starters goes down with injury.

***Jeff Weaver passed his physical on Monday and finalized his deal with the Seattle Mariners. Weaver's deal is good for one year and is worth &8,325,00 in guaranteed money plus another one million in performance incentives. He would earn $300,000 each for 180 innings or 28 starts, and 190 innings or 30 starts, and $400,000 for 200 innings or 32 starts.
Weaver also would receive $50,000 if he makes the All-Star team, $200,000 for winning the Cy Young Award and $50,000 for a Gold Glove award. Should the Mariners, who have finished last in the AL West for three consecutive seasons, have an astounding year, Weaver could get $50,000 for being the MVP of the AL championship series and $100,000 for being the World Series MVP.

The deal trumped what the Cardinals were willing to offer Weaver, which was one year and five mill guaranteed, plus performance incentives.

I wouldn't bank of Weaver getting much of that performance incentive money. He left St. Louis, where he pitched brillantly under pitching coach Dave Duncan for Seattle, and will return to the American League West, where he was tanked last season before getting released by the Angels. Weaver will be pitching his home games at Seattle's Safeco Field, where he has a 6.55 ERA in four career starts. He'll have regular assignments at Texas (6.23 ERA) and Oakland (6.94 ERA). And Weaver will get further exposure at the stadium in Anaheim, where he posted a 9.79 ERA last season.

Good decision, Jeff. Green in the eyes.

*Stlcardinals.com, yahoosports.com, and stltoday.com all contributed to this report.

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