Jake Westbrook's contract included an $8.5 million mutual option for next season, which gave him the ability to potentially become a free agent.
Instead the 34-year-old right-hander and the Cardinals have agreed to a deal new deal that turns the $8.5 million mutual option into a guaranteed salary for 2013 and tacks on a new mutual option for 2014.
Westbrook was acquired from the Indians in mid-2010 and then stuck around via two-year, $16.5 million deal that offseason, throwing a total of 413 innings with a 4.01 ERA for St.
