duelingcouches.blogspot.com - 6/29/2009
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"How will Matt Holliday's struggles at the plate affect his trade value? For now, A's GM Billy Beane told the San Jose Mercury News he doesn't feel an urgency to deal Holliday if the A's appear out of contention by the July 31 trade deadline (Sportsline)." The article goes on to say the A's a ...
Matt Holliday Update
mlbtraderumors.com 6/26/2009 — Scouts tell Joe Stiglich of the San Jose Mercury News that teams' unwillingness to part with prospects and inability to take on salary could make it hard for the A's to deal Matt Holliday . That's fine with GM Billy Beane, who says he doesn't feel ...
Holliday Struggling in Oakland
baysportsjournal.blogspot.com 7/17/2009 — I'm sure Billy Beane and Co. had a much different vision in mind when they dealt a group of solid young players to the Rockies for Matt Holliday over the winter. The former NL batting champion and all-star has had a rough first half in the new league and the Oakland A's are running out of time ...
A's Holliday struggling at the plate - San Jose Mercury News
mercurynews.com 6/26/2009 — The bar is set high for A's left fielder Matt Holliday, a product of his expectations as well as those of others. As the A's begin a three-game series tonight against the Colorado Rockies, Holliday's former team, the three-time All-Star is still ...
Hairston traded to A’s, is Holliday the next to be moved?
scoresreport.com 7/6/2009 —
On Sunday, the Padres traded outfielder Scott Hairston to the A’s in exchange for minor league pitchers Ryan Webb and Craig Italiano, in addition to a player to be named later.
MLB FANHOUSE discusses the possibility of the A’s acquiring Hairston as a precursor to a Matt Holliday trade :
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Prospects or Draft Picks for Holliday?
mlb.fanhouse.com 6/18/2009 — by Jeff Fletcher Billy Beane 's public position has always been that the A's were happy to keep Matt Holliday until the end of the season, even if they weren't contending, because he could get the draft picks as compensation if Holliday signed ...
Holliday explains expectations with A's | oaklandathletics.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 6/3/2009 — By Mychael Urban / MLB.com 06/02/09 7:55 PM ET CHICAGO -- A's outfielder Matt Holliday on Tuesday expressed in a national radio interview his desire to be moved before the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline if Oakland by then hasn't turned around its ...
Breaking Down the Holliday Trade: Did the Redbirds Pay Too Much?
sportsjudge.blogspot.com 7/24/2009 — 21yo Brett Wallace is the key to the deal for the Athletics The St. Louis Cardinals captured, what well may turn out to be (barring a Roy Halladay deal), the biggest prize in the trade deadline season today when they sent Brett Wallace , Shane Petersen and Clayton Mortensen to the Oakland ...
Matt Holliday Heating Up
baysportsjournal.blogspot.com 7/23/2009 — The Oakland Athletics' big trade chip of the summer, Matt Holliday, has finally upped his play over the last week, and may end up bringing the A's something back in return at the trade deadline after all. Just a couple of posts back, I talked about Holliday's disappointing season thus far, and ...
A's Holliday still playing waiting game - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 7/18/2009 — Matt Holliday (notes) is too smart to tell the truth. He gets the game. All of Scott Boras’ clients do. Holliday is a free agent in 3 months. He already has lost tens of millions from his asking price because of a poor season “just a terrible ...
The A's are sellers. But who do they have to sell?
mlbnotebook.com 6/25/2009 — Going into Wednesday's game against San Francisco, the Oakland Athletics are 31-39. That record puts them in last place in the AL West. They're 6.5 games out in the division and only 7 games out of the AL Wild Card. We all know Billy Beane is their general manager, so look for trades if they ...