stltoday.com - 11/7/2008
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Matt Holliday? Let the Buyer Beware
boston.com - 11/12/2008
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boston.com —
History has shown that mediocre pitching (or worse)
can carry a very steep price on the free-agent...
market, which is why Theo Epstein appears content to let other clubs make the mistakes.
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For free-agent pitchers, it's buyer beware
theropolitans.com - 11/10/2008
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theropolitans.com —
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.
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Matt Holliday traded to Oakland
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C70 At The Bat —
... . I'm kinda with Bernie on this one. He might be a good player in St. Louis, but when you factor in the cost, is he worth getting? Especially since we have a ton of outfielders ready to go? ...
Matt Holliday? Yes, Thank You.
Cardinals Diaspora —
... the Colorado slugger and have emerged as a leading contender to nab this fine slab of man meat. Please don’t wake me up now. I’ve been calling Holliday the Cardinal killer for some time now mainly because he’s batted around .900 against the Birds since 2006. And I don’t give a flying fuck what Bernie is trying to prove with his home/road split column today in the Post Dispatch- you put Holliday in the 2 or 4 hole in this line-up and watch Pujols win the MVP in a landslide. Hell, he might win the double MVP for lapping the rest of the NL. ...
Holliday Season
Viva El Birdos —
... Bernie has. The home/road splits are real. Goold compares him to Raul Ibanez, Corey Hart, and Jose Guillen, among others away from Coors. Those guys are nice players, but they’re not All-Stars and they’re not MVP candidates and they’re not worth cost-controlled 30+ homer guys. He has played an inordinately large number of games in Petco Park and AT&T; Park which skews his road splits some. His career non-Petco/AT&T; road splits – 293/350/476 are somewhat higher than his overall road splits – 280/348/455. And he’s just murdered the ball in 46 PAs in Busch III. Take ...
Golden mitts, catchers and left fielders
Redbird Ramblings —
... win? because he was solid defensively? yes, but molina was a lot better. this season, same thing, but it was actually deserved for previous seasons. now, we wait for AP’s mvp…he better get it this season.
speaking of catchers; the cards brought back larue to be their back up catcher for another season. one year deal for 950 k. I guess they don’t think anderson is ready yet; he’ll probably be gone by the beginning of next season.
to the trade talk. bernie, derrick and el diablo weigh in on the rumors of a trade ...
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