A's Acquire Matt Holliday
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the A's traded for Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday.  More as it comes in! ...

Breaking News: Athletics Acquire Matt Holliday
Phillies Nation — ... The Athletics have closed in on a deal for Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday, according to SI.com’s Jon Heyman. The Phillies were rumored to be working a deal for Holliday, but that was somewhat denied by Todd Zolecki today. ...

News: Rockies trade Matt Holliday to A’s
MetsBlog.com — The Rockies have traded Matt Holliday to the A’s, according to Jon Heyman at SI.com.

Jon Heyman reports: "The Oakland Athletics ...
Deadspin — ... Jon Heyman reports: "The Oakland Athletics have acquired star outfielder Matt Holliday in a trade with the Colorado Rockies, SI.com has learned. The players Colorado will receive are not yet known." [SI.com] ...

A's closing in on Matt Holliday trade
Athletics Nation — ... from this morning, but feel free to use this as your all-purpose "Matt Holliday traded to the A's" freak-out thread.  John Heyman files this report: ...

Athletics Acquire Matt Holliday
Beyond the Box Score — Zero details at this point.  

Breaking News: Matt Holliday to the A’s
Major League Jerk — ... According to Jon Heyman on WFAN and SI.com, Matt Holliday has been traded from the Rockies to the A’s. Details to follow.    Tagged: Matt Holliday    ...

Yankees won’t get Holliday. A’s acquire Holliday from Rockies
Zell's Pinstripe Blog — ... A’s acquire Holliday from Rockies The Oakland Athletics have acquired star outfielder Matt Holliday in a trade with the Colorado Rockies, SI.com has learned.      I’m not shocked the Yankees didn’t get him, because they would probably have to give up a ton of young talent for him. Also..many said they were out of the race for him. The terms of the trade haven’t been reported. I think Huston Street might be involved, since Fuentes is going to leave Colorado. img510/9171/yankees90749047uq8.jpg Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) ...

MLB Trade Rumors: Oakland A's Acquire Matt Holliday
FakeTeams — ... Sports Illustrated is reporting it.  No players mentioned at this time, but I suspect the A's no longer have a glut of Travis Buck-esque outfielders, and 2B Eric Patterson needn't worry about Mark Ellis' contract extension. ...

Matt Holliday is an Athletic?
Lookout Landing — Nobody saw this coming More as it comes in, but the return to Colorado isn't yet known. Matt Holliday is due $13.5 million next year in his last season before free agnecy. He will net Type A status though, so keep that in mind when we know what Oakland gave up. Still, this seems like an odd move for a team that just spent a year dumping everyone with value for prospects.

Reports: Matt Holliday on verge of being traded to Oakland Athletics
Purple Row — ... According to Sports Illustrated's John Heyman, Matt Holliday has been traded to Oakland in exchange for... somebody. We'll update as the story unfolds, the Rockies were interested previously in Justin Duchscherer as well as others. ...

Oakland celebrates a Holliday
River Avenue Blues — ... According to Jon Heyman, the A’s have emerged the winners in the Matt Holliday sweepstakes. While we’re still awaiting word on the A’s side of the trade, this is a fairly surprising result. One thing is for sure: The A’s really need the offense. ...

Oakland is set for a Holliday
Diamond Hoggers — Jon Heyman is reporting that the Colorado Rockies are set to send Matt Holliday to the Oakland Athletics. While the players involved are not reported, I wouldn't be surprised to see Eric Chavez involved. ...

Massive Matt Moment: Oakland Acquires Matt Holliday from Rockies?
Walkoff Walk — ... Perhaps G.M. Billy Beane was not quite as satisfied as we thought with Emil Brown's .683 OPS in the outfield, because the Oakland A's are on the verge of making a big splash in the trade market, as per Jon Heyman: ...

if we took a holiday
The Bullpen Baker — matt holiday, an a? 

Holliday to the A’s?!?
Rotoprofessor — ... According to John Heyman of cnnsi.com (click here for the article), the Oakland A’s are on the verge of acquiring Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies.  I have to say, I am completely in shock as I certainly didn’t see this one coming.  I’ll check back in later tonight with my thoughts on the deal, as soon as all the details are known. ...

Heyman: A’s acquire Holliday
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — Heyman: A’s acquire Holliday Holliday season starts early in Oakland. The Oakland Athletics have acquired star outfielder Matt Holliday in a trade with the Colorado Rockies, SI.com has learned. The players Colorado will receive are not yet known. Holliday is due to become a free agent after the 2009 season. He has spent his entire five-year career with the Rockies, is a two-time All-Star and helped them reach the 2007 World Series. He batted .321 with 25 home runs and 88 RBIs in 2008 in 139 games.

A’s Aqcuire Holliday
U.S.S. Mariner — ... According to Jon Heyman, the A’s have acquired Matt Holliday from the Rockies. This looks to be Johnny Damon 2.0, where Beane acquires a free agent to be to help get his team’s rebuild on the fast track, then cashes in on the draft picks to recoup the value of what he gave up. ...

Update Your Wish Lists…
WaitingForNextYear — ... mix as well, assuming he’s one of the pieces moved to Colorado. If there’s a silver lining here, I think it’s that Holliday will do a lot less damage in the bay area than he would have had he fell on to the roster of the St. Louis Cardinals or Philadelphia Phillies - both rumored to be interested in his services.  It will be interesting to see what Holliday can do at McAfee Coliseum as it is one of the biggest pitchers park in baseball.  Have fun with all of that foul territory, Matt. A’s to Acquire Holliday From Rockies [SI.com] ...

Report: Holliday Headed to A's
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — ... After the recent GM meetings, the Phillies and Cardinals were proclaimed to be the leaders in the race for a Matt Holliday rental. Turns out the A's nabbed him: ...

Heyman: Holliday To A’s
WasWatching.com — ... Jon Heyman says the A’s have picked up Matt Holliday. Think Billy Beane will try and flip him now? Would the Yankees be in play? Should they be? ...

Holliday to the Athletics??!!!!
Over the Monster — ... According to Sports Illustrated and other sources, the Oakland Athletics (!) traded for Matt Holliday today. The players going to Colorado are not yet known. ...

Matt Holliday To Leave The NL
wrigleyville23 — Sports Illustrated reports Matt Holliday is going to Oakland, which is much better than St. Louis or Philadelphia. That's a big park for someone with these home-road splits at Coors.

Teams With An Actual Shot At The World Series Will Now Have To Wait Until Around July To Trade For Matt Holliday
Tirico Suave — Matt Holliday Traded To Oakland Holliday is a mere middle man in all this . What needs to be looked at here is the haul the A’s give up for Holliday compared to the haul the A’s get for Holliday next summer, when they are two games back in the wild card and seemingly a piece or two away from contending and they unload him to the Phillies for 2/3 of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs roster.

Matt Holliday To The Oakland Athletics
Crooked Pitch — ... Sports Illustrated reported it first. Matt Holliday is headed to Oakland and nobody knows what’s coming back to Colorado in return. ESPN thinks that pitcher Greg Smith ...

Matt Holliday On His Way to ... Oakland?
FanHouse — by Matt Snyder Filed under: Athletics, Rockies, AL West, NL West, MLB RumorsColorado Rockies' All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday has been in trade talks for the past few weeks, but we hadn't exactly heard the Oakland A's were prominently involved in talks. Until today. The A's are closing in on a deal with the Rockies that would send star outfielder Matt Holliday to Oakland from Colorado, SI.com has learned. The players Colorado would receive are not yet known.It has been ...

Matt Holliday to Become Mortal
ShysterBall — We weren't expecting this: The A's are closing in on a deal that would send star outfielder Matt Holiday from Colorado to Oakland, SI.com has learned. It isn't known yet which players will be sent to Oakland in the surprise deal . . . . . . Oakland owner Lew Wolff has recently told confidants he's tired of losing, and this may be the first step toward contending again. Although, they better do it soon, as Holliday is eligible for free agency after the 2009 season. He is to make $13 million in '08, a princely sum for an Oakland player. The A's could also ...

SI.com: The A’s have Holliday on ice… HUGE deal, if it happens
Kawakami — ... . This is HAPPENING . Now this is how a dormant baseball team can wake up an NFL town: SI.com’s Jon Heyman is reporting that the A’s are closing in on a deal to acquire Colorado power-hitter Matt Holliday . Heyman posits that the potential deal could involve the A’s sending Carlos Gonzalez, Huston Street and others for Holliday and implies that this deal does not include a contract extension for Holliday, who can become a free agent after the 2009 season. This sounds very credible to me, not the least because Heyman’s a monster baseball reporter and is The Man on all things ...

Oakland A's Acquire Matt Holliday
RCS Sidelines — John Heyman of Sports Illustrated reports that the Oakland A's are closing in on a deal to acquire Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies. Holliday is due to become a free agent at the end of the 2009 season. Several teams were rumored to be targeting a trade for Holliday this off season.

Matt Holliday Traded To The Oakland Athletics From Colorado Rockies. What's A's GM Billy Beane Doing Now?
FanIQ Blog — Matt Holliday has reportedly been traded to the A's. No word yet on what the A's gave up to get him, but one thing is for sure: this trade goes against Oakland GM Billy Beane's entire history, and is likely a transition move, in order to trade him away later for more than what he paid for him. ...

A’s Acquire Matt Holliday … to Flip Him, Right?
The Big Lead — ... ) What other logical explanation is there in trading for a guy who is going to command big bucks next winter? Even though the flip doesn’t make complete sense - pulling a guy out of a pitcher’s park and putting him in a ...

Oakland Picks Up Matt Holliday
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — Kind of a surprising trade for Billy Beane to make considering their circumstances, but the AP has reported the A's have made a deal for Matt Holliday from Colorado. Via Athletics Nation, Susan Slusser at the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the return will be Huston Street, starter Greg Smith and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. (Also at Sports Illustrated with a Jon Heyman byline, and on Yahoo Sports by Tim Brown.) I'll probably have more on this deal later on, but initially, it looks pretty even ...

Holliday Traded to Oakland
Hot Foot — ... According to Jon Heyman at SI, outfielder Matt Holliday has been traded to Oakland, with players to be named later Colorado bound. Holliday will be a free agent after next season. ...

A’s acquire Holliday from Rockies
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — ... Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated breaks the story. Either Billy Beane is renting Matt Holliday for a year, or he wil spin him off to another team (the Yankees?). ...

A’s Trade for Holliday: Will They Hold Him or Flip Him?
IWS Sports Blog — ... Sources told SI.com that outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, starting pitcher Greg Smith and reliever Huston Street will be involved in the deal but the exact particulars are yet to be revealed. ...

Matt Holliday traded to Oakland
The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog — According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Oakland A's are set to acquire Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies. That's right everyone, the prospect loving Billy Beane just traded for a big bat. For Mets fans, this is great news, as the Phillies were rumored to be in on landing Holliday for their left field vacancy. I couldn't imagine replacing Pat Burrell with Holliday, so a big thank you goes out to Beane for pulling this one off. Names that are heading to Colorado are still filtering in, but right now Heyman is reporting that outfielder Carlos ...

Why Would the A’s Acquire Matt Holliday?
Larry Brown Sports — ... Or maybe just maybe getting Holliday out of Coors will make both his numbers and free agent demand drop off. Maybe Billy Beane just wants to cost agent Scott Boras and his client major bucks. Oh yeah, and I think this is a great move for the Rox. Get some quality players (Greg Smith, Huston Street, Carlos Gonzalez) in return for a guy you know you won’t be retaining after the year. This is a deal that should benefit both sides. ...

Brunch Time Notes: Holliday to A's, Farrell declines M's interview
The Bottom Line — ... thinks that Matt Holliday's move to Oakland may be the beginning of the end for Billy Beane... From SI.com -- Oakland owner Lew Wolff has recently told confidants he's tired of losing, and this may be the first step toward contending again. Although, they better do it soon, as Holliday is eligible for free agency after the 2009 season. He is to make $13 million in '08, a princely sum for an Oakland player. The A's could also consider trading Holliday, perhaps at the deadline, if they so desire. FBAL -- I have to agree with the article; this trade doesn't make much sense for ...

Daily Links - Black and White Gloves
BroncoTalk — ... MLB: My hatred of all things Oakland seeps into other sports.  So yeah, I’m not a fan of the Matt Holliday trade.  [SI] ...

Huston Street and Carlos Gonzalez Could Be Headed To Colorado
FanHouse — ... Rockies had dealt Matt Holliday to the Oakland Athletics came as a bit of a surprise. While we were all well aware of the fact that the Rockies intended on moving Holliday, the Athletics never seemed like a fit, but it's not the first time Billy Beane has surprised anyone. What added to the mystery was the fact that nobody was sure what the Rockies were going to get back in return. First reports of the trade had pitcher Greg Smith involved, and now according to SI.com, we may know who the other players who will be having their mail forwarded ...

Holliday Goes Yard, Yay!!!!….
The Ghost of Moonlight Graham — ... Holliday had it all in Colorado. He was becoming the face of the franchise, he was an MVP candidate, he was hitting .300 ever year, he was a Silver Slugger and he could hit a ball 300 ft but in Colorado it would travel an addition 150 ft for a HR. What more could a player ask for? However, Boras clients rarely stay with their current teams and if you are a superstar there is no chance. When Boras and Holliday rejected the Rockies 4 year $68MM offer (plus a 5th year option which would have taken the deal to $85MM), the Rockies new there was no ...

The best general managers, 2009
Sports stories from Newsday — ... and Matt Holliday with the hopes of contending, and that didn't work. Only Giambi, however, was an outright flop, and he didn't cost an outrageous amount of money. Holliday brought back a considerable return f ...