If that is really what he wants ... NO WAY!!!

$30 mil for 5 years, maybe. You can't cripple the organization for the last 5 years of his deal. It just doesn't make sense. There is little doubt that the last ten years will prove to be better than the next ten. Paying a 40+ year-old $30 mil for his 19th or 20th year in the league would be insane! While he has been generally durable, his body is already showing signs of aging. How is that going to play out over the next several years?

I'd love to see him in a Cardinals uniform, for the rest of his career but not at the expense of watching losing teams for 5 or 6 years. Get a list of the teams that he will accept for a trade and gte the best deal you can get for him.