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Report: Cardinals offered Price 7-year deal

Dan Hamilton / USA TODAY Sports

David Price was nearly a St. Louis Cardinal, but he couldn't turn down one of the richest contracts in baseball history from the Boston Red Sox.

The Cardinals offered Price a seven-year contract worth at least $30 million less than he reportedly received from the Boston Red Sox, according to USA TODAY's Bob Nightengale.

It's believed Boston has landed the American League Cy Young runner-up with a seven-year pact worth $217 million, nixing a potential deal with St. Louis, which was willing to dish out the richest contract in franchise history to the southpaw.

Signing in St. Louis would have afforded Price, who resides in Nashville, Tenn., the luxury of a five-hour drive between work and home. The Cardinals are also one of the most successful teams in recent baseball history, claiming the National League Central title in three consecutive seasons, and a World Series championship in 2011.

Though, Price isn't the only free agent St. Louis is targeting. The Cardinals are also reportedly interested in first baseman Chris Davis and Ben Zobrist, among others.

The Chicago Cubs - who were expected to take a serious run at Price because of his close relationship with manager Joe Maddon - never tabled a formal offer, according to Nightengale.

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