The Escobar to Oakland for Holliday and Cabrera rumor
talkingchop.com 7/15/2009 — Fluttering around the Braves blogosphere today is this mention by an Oakland A's beat writer: Remember that potential trade with the Braves -- Holliday and Cabrera for Escobar and prospects -- I mentioned a while back? I keep hearing it, but out ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Buyer Beware: Matt Holliday
obsessivegiantscompulsive.blogspot.com 7/13/2009 — With the Giants offense still chugging along like the little engine that could, many fans have been crying for more offense, of course, not thinking of the consequences of that, which is the number of top prospects we would have to give up to get said ...

Happy Holliday!
thepaintedbaseball.blogspot.com 7/26/2009 — T HIS YEAR CHRISTMAS IS IN JULY for Matt Holliday, soon-to-be free agent outfielder who just went from the cellar in Oakland to the top of the arch in St. Louis. It has to be a strange feeling for guys like Holliday to spend three months with a rebuilding franchise, being unsure about their ...

A Holliday Worth Taking
fangraphs.com 7/23/2009 — With all the talk about Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee being the belles of the trade deadline ball, Matt Holliday is suddenly looking like the girl with glasses who lost 15 pounds and got lasik for her birthday. Someone would be wise to pull the baseball ...

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 ...

Jeff Francoeur Returns To Turner Field: Will There Be Boos? — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/15/2009
Finally. Finally, the Atlanta Braves fans can hear the words, "Now batting, Jeff Francoeur" and not feel obligated to scream and holler and clap and cheer for their hometown hero. Finally, the young ladies in the stands can tear off their ...

Francoeur talks about first trip back to Atlanta — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/15/2009
After a career spent entirely in the Braves organization, before which he was a standout HS football player in the area, Jeff Francoeur will be returning home for the first time since the Braves dealt him to the Mets last Friday for Ryan Church.  ...

New York Yankees' Midseason Report Card (Part Two) — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/15/2009
On Monday, we examined the performance of the Yankees' position players in the first half. Today, we hand out grades to the pitching staff, manager and new Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are attempting to qualify for the postseason for an unprecedented ...

Here's a Thought: Hey Brad Ziegler, Throw Your Slider More! — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/15/2009
Obviously, all A's fans (and many baseball fans) know the story of Brad Ziegler. He was signed by the A's out of the independent leagues, wasn't very good, was converted from conventional pitching to submarine-style pitching, took off, and ran off ...

Holliday saga points to A's malaise — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/15/2009
Imagine the reaction of A's fans if general manager Billy Beane decided to keep Matt Holliday for the remainder of the season, offer him arbitration, let him hit the free-agent market and get two high draft picks in return. Chances are, there wouldn't ...