MATT HOLLIDAY NEWS

Matt Holliday’s Possible Destinations

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During the baseball offseason, the man most likely to land the largest contract is none other than Matt Holliday. While Jason Bay may give him a run for his money, Holliday’s production and potential is likely to cause a team to open up their wallet — very wide. Here’...
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Pinstriped Holliday

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From Ken Davidoff (Newsday): Matt Holliday spoke with Jody McDonald and Rob Dibble of XM Satellite Radio yesterday. Here’s what he said about where he’d like to play and live: “I’ve been around, and I’ve lived in some big cities so I would say that I’m open to...
>> www.i-yankees.com/?p=1170...
 

holliday overload

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St. Louis Cardinals Reliever Ryan Franklin enjoys an off-season snowstorm while vacationing at the War Drobe Mountain Lodge in Spare Oom, Colorado on November 8, 2009. View full size photo » just like i can'...
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The Holliday Season

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From Will Leitch (New York Magazine): The Yankees need to get in touch with their inner Belichick: It’s time to thank Damon and Matsui for their service and tell them they’ll always be welcome back for Old-Timers’ Day. Because the Yankees need to use the money that could be...
>> www.i-yankees.com/?p=1192...
 

Free Agent Buzz: Bay, Lackey, Holliday, Chapman

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Matt Holliday is a key free agent thisoff-season Outfielder Jason Bay had until 11:59 p.m. Thursday to re-sign with the Boston Red Sox. To no one’s surprise, Bay didn’t budge, electing to test the market. SI.com’s John Heyman reported that the Sox offered Bay four...
>> bizofbaseball.com/index.p...
 

With Holliday, Yanks playing the Teixeira game

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From Gordon Eddes (ESPN): And while the economic landscape has changed markedly since then, the elite players have still gotten theirs. That’s why the Red Sox, while considering Matt Holliday as a potential alternative if Bay goes elsewhere, are anticipating the Holliday shopping...
>> www.i-yankees.com/?p=1142...
 

Head-to-Head: Matt Holliday is the most appealing free-agent bat

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In what is considered a thin free-agent class, two elite sluggers remain available: Matt Holliday and Jason Bay. Both play left field, both should sign a nine-figure deal and both can be real difference-makers. But removing the Scott Boras factor (he represents Holliday), which big...
>> www.sportingnews.com/mlb/art...
 

MLB Trade Rumors: Matt Holliday to the Mets??

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by David Zalubowski - AP about 1 month ago: St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday follows the flight of his RBI single against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game in Denver on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. (AP...
>> www.faketeams.com/2009/11...
 

Pearlman To Mets : Eschew Holliday, Pursue Figgins

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Like the rest of you, “The Bad Guys Won” author Jeff Pearlman has read speculation surrounding the Mets’ interest in free agent OF Matt Holliday, but strongly urges Omar Minaya to turn his attention in the direction of….a third-baseman? If I know the Mets ...
>> www.cantstopthebleeding.com/?p=2026...
 

Does Bay's slugging outweigh his defense...

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Rob Bradford of WEEI takes a look at the market for Jayson Bay. The Mets are said to prefer Matt Holliday but they have also said they will only go so far to obtain the left fielder. If Holliday goes elsewhere then the best alternative is Jayson Bay. Bay's defense is worse then...
>> metsfever.blogspot.com/2009/11...
 

With Angels out, market resets on Holliday

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With the Angels supposedly out of the Matt Holliday hunt, Jon Paul Morosi says the slugger's market just reset drastically.
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Blogging the Offseason: Seattle Mariners

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Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here. Today's AL team is the Seattle Mariners and our guest is Griffin...
>> simononsports.blogspot.com/2009/11...
 

Scott Boras Gives Us a Clue on How Much Matt Holliday Will Cost

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by Tom FornelliFiled under: Angels, Cardinals, Red Sox, Yankees, MLB RumorsDuring FanHouse's marathon live chat of the ALCS and NLCS yesterday, I couldn't help but notice Scott Boras directly behind home plate as the Angels took on the Yankees in Game 3. I was informed during...
>> mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10...
 

Agent Boras says Cardinals can pay boatload of money to Holliday

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The funniest exchange between agent and reporter at baseball's General Manager meetings probably was published this morning in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Scott Boras scoffed upon hearing the Cardinals characterized as a "mid-market" franchise, one that would be incapable...
>> sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blo...
 

Type-B personalities

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Your Type A and B free agents for the 2009-2010 Hot Stove season:  TYPE A Matt Holliday: This seems pretty obvious. Bad news: the Mets, Holliday's current Media Suitor of choice, have a protected first rounder in 2010, leaving the Cardinals stuck with a second rounder...
>> www.vivaelbirdos.com/2009/11...
 

Who Has More Value: Jason Bay or Matt Hollday?

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I meant to touch on this nugget last week, but for some reason I forgot about it. In this chat on WEEI, former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette is asked a (somewhat) simple question and gives a rather startling response: 12:19 [Comment From JeremyJeremy: ] Who would value more, Jason Bay or...
>> jorgesaysno.blogspot.com/2009/11...
 

Head-to-Head: Jason Bay is the most appealing free-agent bat

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In what is considered a thin free-agent class, two elite sluggers remain available: Matt Holliday and Jason Bay. Both play left field, both should sign a nine-figure deal and both can be real difference-makers. But removing the Scott Boras factor (he represents Holliday), which big...
>> www.sportingnews.com/mlb/art...
 

Angels will pursue Bay, but not Holliday

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Sporting News staff reports Angels owner Arte Moreno told the Los Angeles Times that the team will not pursue free agent outfielder Matt Holliday this offseason. However, Moreno admitted the team has interest in free agent outfielder Jason Bay. "(Holliday) is not going...
>> www.sportingnews.com/mlb/art...
 

The Bugs & Cranks Translation Wizard

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Technology abounds here at B&C World Headquarters (now featuring Bluetooth and orange/black iMacs, courtesy of Smitty’s garage sale), and we’re using it to bring you the best the offseason has to offer. Here are some of the Hot Stove’s most prominent rumors...
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Poll Results: If you could sign just one free agent…

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In my last poll, I asked my readers to pick a free agent to sign if they could have only one of them.  The options: Matt Holliday, Jason Bay, John Lackey, Joel Pineiro, Orlando Hudson and Chone Figgins. Here are the results…Holliday and Lackey were far and away the leaders in...
>> sportsblognet.com/2009/11...
 

Boras: Holliday Can Play in Both Leagues

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by Jeff FletcherFiled under: Cardinals, Red Sox, Yankees, MLB Inside ScoopCHICAGO -- Matt Holliday's performance in Oakland last year might have given some American League general managers a reason to be reluctant before ponying up the big bucks for him, but Scott Boras is ready...
>> mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/11...
 

Angels focused on their own free agents, not Holliday

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Sporting News staff reports Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Angels general manager Tony Reagins shot down a FOX Sports report that linked the Angels to free agent left fielder Matt Holliday. "He's a talented player, but our focus is not on him right now,"...
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With Boras at his side, look for Holliday to go to AL

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St. Louis is a fine place. But with Scott Boras in his corner, Matt Holliday is likely headed to a big-money AL club, Jon Paul Morosi says.
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Post off-day grist: Matt Holliday edition

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by Gene J. Puskar - AP St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday resists the urge to stuff his mouth so full with Big League Chew that he can't blow a bubble, which is what makes him a champion and me a blogger. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar...
>> www.vivaelbirdos.com/2009/9/...
 

Patience...please!

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There’s been a lot of discussion of late about whether or not the Cards should resign Matt Holliday, who they should pursue should the fail to resign him, and whether or not Hal McRae should return as the Cards’ hitting coach next year. Someone ought to, at some point, study...
>> www.vivaelbirdos.com/2009/10...
 
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