Cardinals Pursuing Matt Holliday

The Cardinals are "redoubling efforts to acquire" Matt Holliday, according to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  Strauss says the Cards have warmed to the idea of offering a multiplayer package to acquire him.  They were previously reluctant to send a Ryan Ludwick-fronted package to Colorado in November.  Strauss believes that the Cardinals would now probably be willing to offer Ludwick, one of Jason Motte, Chris Perez, and Kyle McClellan, and a prospect to Holliday's current team, the Athletics.  Strauss adds: Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr., who opposed the November deal for Holliday, is apparently on board with assuming the remainder of Holliday's $13.5 million salary. Only about $7.6MM remains on Holliday's contract, and he is of course a free agent after the season.  The Boras client safely profiles as a Type A free agent despite a decrease in production with Oakland. Ludwick has about $2MM remaining this year.  He's under team con...