mlbtraderumors.com - 19 days ago
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According to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , "there are suggestions that the Cardinals discussed a 6-year, $96 million framework with [Matt] Holliday 's agent, Scott Boras." The note is buried in a chat that took place earlier this afternoon and is barely addressed beyond the words ...
stltoday.com - 18 days ago
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Cardinals have exclusive negotiating rights for two weeks
before the slugger hits the open market in free...
agency.
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It's Holliday season
stltoday.com - 15 days ago
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 15 days ago
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Twigs For The Stove
C70 At The Bat —
... Finally, Joe Strauss indicated that there have been discussions between the Cardinals and Scott Boras. It sounds like it was more of a presentation of an initial offer rather than real in-depth negotiations for the rights to Matt Holliday, but it's a start. ...
Thursday's Frosty Maas
Brew Crew Ball —
... fans hoped when he was drafted, Mark Rogers is an All-Star (in the Arizona Fall League's "Rising Stars Showcase"). Who's the bust now, world?
Oddly, Rogers isn't pitching like an All-Star.
As noted in a FanShot Wednesday, Don Money will return as Nashville's manager. Rich Gale will join him in Nashville as the Sounds' new pitching coach.
NL Central
Richard Justice has thinks he knows how to run the Astros.
Does six years at $96M sound about right for Matt Holliday? Can't beat that playoff defense. ...
Buzz: Cardinals and Holliday talk 6-yr Deal
MetsBlog.com —
Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said in a chat yesterday that the Cardinals and Matt Holliday have discussed a six-year, $96 million contract.
…hat tip to MLB Trade Rumors for finding the link…
…look, the Cardinals are going to work to re-sign holliday… obviously… he’s an awesome player, he did well there, they even hired Mark McGwire, his off-season hitting instructor, to be their batting coach, and what better way to show Albert ...
Twigs For the Stove
Seamheads.com —
... Finally, Joe Strauss indicated that there have been discussions between the Cardinals and Scott Boras. It sounds like it was more of a presentation of an initial offer rather than real in-depth negotiations for the rights to Matt Holliday, but it’s a start. ...
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Buzz: Cardinals and Holliday talk 6-yr Deal
metsblog.com 19 days ago — Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said in a chat yesterday that the Cardinals and Matt Holliday have discussed a six-year, $96 million contract.
… hat tip to MLB Trade Rumors for finding the link …
… look, the Cardinals are going to ...
Cards Interested In Holliday, Have Other Options
mlbtraderumors.com 14 days ago — The Cardinals maintain interest in Matt Holliday , but they are ready to move on in case they can't re-sign him, according to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . GM John Mozeliak says the club won't become paralyzed as they negotiate with ...
What the early Holliday market looks like...
metsfever.blogspot.com 21 days ago — It's been reported that the markets for Matt Holliday is between five teams; the Cardinals, Yankees, Dodgers, Angels and Mets... With Scott Boras as his agent this will be a long and drawn out process with at least one mystery teams and numerous rumors. But if all shakes out right the Mets ...
Agent Scott Boras: Free agent Matt Holliday a 'complete player'
sports.espn.go.com 14 days ago — Scott Boras declined to toss out a specific dollar figure in his public sales pitch for outfielder Matt Holliday on Tuesday. But he spent enough time comparing Holliday to Mark Teixeira to create a distinct impression what kind of money he has in mind.
Boras expects Holliday to make Teixeira money
bottomlinesox.com 10/22/2009 — From The LA Times:
Scott Boras threw out the ceremonial first pitch in free agency today, comparing Matt Holliday to Mark Teixeira in the impact the agent believes each player can have on a club.
"These guys are blue-collar superstars," Boras said. "They don't hit 50 home runs, but they're ...
Cards mull life without Holliday
stltoday.com 14 days ago — GM Mozeliak says team has options if efforts to keep the free-agent left fielder on payroll fall through.
What If Bay and Holliday Resign With The Red Sox & Cards?
metsmerizedonline.com 19 days ago — Now that the dreaded World Series is finally over, it’s time to put away that nightmare and look ahead to next season. The hot stove is already churning with plenty of rumors regarding soon to be free agents Matt Holliday and Jason Bay.
The blogosphere has been buzzing with the pros ...
Matt Holliday will use the Mets to make more money elsewhere
theropolitans.com 13 days ago — The Mets brass met with Scott Boras last night. Matt Holliday, of course, was the topic of choice, according to many reports. But it’s just a tease. Boras, Holliday’s agent, believes that he deserves “ Mark Teixeira money .” Teixeira signed a 8 year / $180 million contract with ...
Eight teams that will go Holliday shopping
stltoday.com 19 days ago — One of the biggest names available in baseball’s free-agent market this winter is Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday, who is expected to apply for free agency within the next week. The All-Star and former batting champ is certain to draw suitors ...
Yankees Win! Baseball Loses —
Bleacher Report - MLB 20 days ago
In a decade in which greed and excess have been dominant themes in all walks of life, it may be only fitting that the final major sports championship would be claimed by the franchise that best personifies those qualities, the New York Yankees. No ...
Yankees fans revel in Bronx celebration —
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Moments before Robinson Cano fielded the final out, tossing the ball to first baseman Mark Teixeira to cap the Yankees' 27th World Series championship in Game 6 of the World Series on Wednesday night, the magnitude of the moment started to sink in.
First-time champs relish breakthrough —
Major League Baseball News 19 days ago
New York's biggest acquisitions of the offseason -- CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Mark Teixeira and Swisher -- are all first-time World Series champions. So is Series MVP Hideki Matsui and postseason force Alex Rodriguez, who waited 16 big league seasons ...
