Cardinals signed RHP Jake Westbrook to a one-year contract extension with a mutual option for 2014. The deal essentially triggers Westbrook's $8.5 million mutual option for 2013, while also adding another potential year to his tenure with the Redbrids. Westbrook has posted a 3.50 ERA and 1.28 WHIP in 154 1/3 innings this season, bouncing back nicely from a down 2011. He turns 35 years old in late September.