baysportsjournal.blogspot.com - 7/17/2009
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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 Keeping Holliday?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — "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 ...
The A’s Should Keep Holliday
thesportsgeeks.com 7/16/2009 — Last week I wrote that the Blue Jays should trade Roy Halladay to the highest bidder. He deserves it after all he has done for that team and city.
This week, I am taking a look at another big name player and soon to be free agent: Matt Holliday.
Billy Beane made one of the biggest ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Oakland Takes a Second Holliday
fangraphs.com 7/31/2009 — Yesterday, I took a look at the two Mark DeRosa trades that Cleveland was involved in, both of which occurred within the last year. As a result, it got me thinking about the two Matt Holliday trades that also both occurred in roughly the same time ...
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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Cardinals Acquire Holliday From A's
bizofbaseball.com 7/24/2009 — MLB.com reports that the St. Louis Cardinals have acquired outfielder Matt Holliday from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for top Minor League prospect Brett Wallace , Triple-A right-hander Clayton Mortensen and Double-A outfielder Shane Peterson .
The A’s will also send cash to St. Louis ...
Six-man rotation could be in offing —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/17/2009
Justin Duchscherer could return to the A's in early August, and while he might be in relief initially, manager Bob Geren also is considering going to a six-man rotation at some point. "We possibly could do that," Geren told The Chronicle on Thursday. ...
Santana ties Athletics in knots —
Major League Baseball News 7/17/2009
The Angels' Ervin Santana, who struggled with injuries and form throughout the first half, was back to his dominant All-Star level from 2008 in dispatching the Athletics, 6-2, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Thursday.
