With all the controversy surrounding weather to bring back Johnny Damon or Hideki Matsui, many fans have brought up the idea of signing outfielders Matt Holliday or Jason Bay. To me, when you win a championship, you shouldn't really try to change your team all that much, unless there's a guy like Mark Teixeira or CC Sabathia out there on the market, which this year, there isn't. The top pitcher on the free-agent market is John Lackey, and the best power-hitters are Jason Bay and Holliday.Holliday hit a combined .313 with 24 home runs and 109 RBIs with the Oakland A's and the St. Louis Cardinals. But most of his time with the A's in the American League, he struggled, and the former Rockie is definitely more comfortable playing in the National League rather than the Yanks an the American League. Defensively, he's an upgrade from Johnny Damon, but if you saw Game 2 of the NLDS, not by much.Jason Bay hit .267 with 35 homers and 119 RBIs for the Red Sox this past ...
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Sliding Into Home:
PLAYERS:
Johnny Damon,
Hideki Matsui,
Matt Holliday,
Jason Bay,
Mark Teixeira,
John Lackey
TEAMS: New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels
TEAMS: New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels
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