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ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals declined their remaining contract options on Tuesday night, making Rafael Furcal and Octavio Dotel free agents. Additionally, St. Louis formally exercised its option on catcher Yadier Molina.Furcal would have made $12 million, while Dotel would have made $3.5 million. It is conceivable that both players could return to the Cardinals in 2012, but the club would rather all football games pay less in each case if it brings the players back.Molina will make $7 million for 2012. St. Louis had previously exercised its two-year option on Adam Wainwright and replaced a 2012 option on Chris Carpenter with a new two-year deal. Minor Leaguer suspended 50 gamesST. LOUIS -- Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Cardinals Minor League outfielder Reggie Williams was suspended 50 ga all football games mes after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.Williams is a switch-hitting center fielder who played for short-season Class A Batavia in 2011. The 22-year-old was a 10th-round Draft pick by the Cardinals in 2010.According to a release from MLB, Williams was suspended for a positive test for methylhexaneamine. His suspension will be effective at the start of the 2012 season. Tidb all football games its #149; Albert Pujols won a Fielding Bible award as the best defensive first baseman in the Majors. He was the only Cardinal to win one in 2011. #149; Several items from the Cardinals' World Series win will be displayed at the Baseball Hall of Fame, including Chris Carpenter's Game 7 jersey, the bat Allen Craig used to hit his tie-breaking home run in Game 7, and David Freese's jersey and bat fr all football games om Game 6. all football games
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