Yesterday, the Cardinals settled their last remaining arbitration case, signing Jason Motte to a one-year, $1.95 million contract.  That figure represented the midpoint between what the club had offered and what Motte had filed for in arbitration.The last time the Cards actually went to a hearing in the arbitration process was 1999, when they beat Darren Oliver.  I think it says a lot about this organization that they do their very best to stay out of a process that can only engender bad feelings between a young player and the club.  Not that it doesn't happen anyway at times, as we saw with Colby Rasmus, but it helps not to have a guy that you hope to be a part of your future sit and listen to you pointing out all his faults and why he shouldn't be paid what he wants to be ...