Matt Holliday Rumors, 12/30
With Jason Bay off the market after being signed by the Mets, the last remaining big name free agent is Matt Holliday. Let's take a look at the rumors surrounding where he's going to land.
- Buster Olney of espn.com tweets that the Cardinals latest offer to Holliday is over $100M guaranteed. Remember, the Jason Bay contract was only $66M guaranteed, but with reasonable incentive clauses to get the deal to $80M.
- Tracy Ringolsby of Fox Sports writes that the Cardinals offer could be as high as eight years and $140M.
- Ringolsby also writes that the Orioles made a eight-year, $130M offer, but Jeff Zrebic of the Baltimore Sun writes that Orioles president Andy MacPhail denied the report.
- Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated write that Holliday reportedly turned down an offer from the Cardinals in excess of six-years and $100M as recently as the past few weeks. As such, Holliday is rumored to still be talking with many teams.
Where will the prize of the 2010 free agent class, Matt Holliday, land?
