Fresh from an unexpectedly abrupt ending to a remarkable season, the St. Louis Cardinals made a flurry of moves in the first week of December 2004. They signed Matt Morris, they lost Tony Womack and they offered arbitration to catcher Mike Matheny and Edgar Renteria. The rules were different back then, and teams had to offer their players arbitration or lose the right to sign them until May. Then general manager Walt Jocketty stressed that his “top priority” was re-signing shortstop Renteria and arbitration was a means to that end — not just a means to draft pick compensation.
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