Report: Matt Holliday Rumored to be Traded to Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics have reportedly agreed to acquire Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Carlos Gonzalez, Huston Street, and Greg Smith. The deal has yet to be finalized, and there certainly could be changes, but for now the Athletics are the winners in this deal. The Rockies themselves are not necessarily 'losers' because they did not accept the rumored trade with the Cardinals; a trade with Ryan Ludwick as the center-piece. Matt Holliday surprised me a lot this season by removing the stigma that his stats were artificially inflated by Coors Field. While it is a poor analysis to simply look at his home and away splits, as 71 percent of Holliday's road games are played in the pitcher friendly environments of PETCO, AT&T, and Dodger's Stadium, one can gauge the type of hitter that Holliday is away from Coors Field. At least one could before this season. Entering 2008, Holliday had a Coors Field OPS of 1.074 and a road OPS of .793. However, Holliday had an EQA of ... (link)