Are you serious chuckwook? The cardinals wanted to pay Albert last season while negotiating with Holliday but he wanted to wait until the end of his contract. Albert will get paid by the cardinals and will be the highest paid player. the majority of players that the fans love aren't white (Gibson, Ozzie, McGee, Oquendo ...)
Cards did need a pitcher, but this puts a lot of pressure on Jay to be the guy he's been, which is just the way to send him into a monster slump ... i hope i'm wrong
but you could argue his point both ways pretty successfully