According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, Jim Edmonds’ agent Paul Cohen said that his client’s chances of being signed somewhere by the end of next week are “better than 50-50.”

On Sunday night, former Cardinals outfielder Edmonds said he wanted to come and play for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010. At Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation event Edmunds went on stage and said , “I’m challenging him (La Russa) to let me come back and play for the Cardinals again for free.”

Edmonds has not played since September 2008 for the Chicago Cubs. However, according to Matthew Leach of MLB.com, the Cardinals are in need of a backup center fielder and a left-handed bat off the bench.

Edmunds, 39, has a .284 career batting average with 382 home runs in 16 Major League seasons. You can see Edmund’s contract history and statistics here.