Sources told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the Cardinals and Chris Carpenter have come to terms on a new two-year deal worth about $21 million. That's a great deal for the Cardinals. They held a $15 million option for Carpenter for next year which might have been difficult to exercise if they re-signed Albert Pujols. Now they'll only have to pay him about two-thirds of that next year. Carpenter isn't what he was, but he's still well above average and he's in the midst of a third straight healthy season.