Update: HOLLIDAY A CARD 7yr/120 million, p178

[Swingingbunt]

2001!!!!!!!

[docellis]

I have no idea what this is about


edit, i guess this is what it is about
http://www.squidoo.com/matt-holliday-song
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[Gashouse]

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[picasso]

I wish this kid was Aaron Miles

[Jocephus]

i was hoping for that

[cpebbles]

It's just amazing to me that seemingly intelligent people are looking at projections which paint this as a market-value deal if you assume that Holliday will decline by more than a win next season and then steadily decline thereafter and finding fault with the contract. Given the leg-kick issue and the switch back to the NL full-time, it seems pretty clear to me that we should be projecting him to decline by less than the standard half-win, not a lot more.

[Radbird]

I wish this kid was Aaron Miles

Does that kid have a goatee?

[number9]

[skmsw]

It's just amazing to me that seemingly intelligent people are looking at projections which paint this as a market-value deal if you assume that Holliday will decline by more than a win next season and then steadily decline thereafter and finding fault with the contract. Given the leg-kick issue and the switch back to the NL full-time, it seems pretty clear to me that we should be projecting him to decline by less than the standard half-win, not a lot more.

Agreed. Part of why I've been high on Holliday ever since the Ludwick rumors is just that. He's in his prime and profiles as someone who will age slowly. He'll still be an impact player five years from now.

[Eephus Speed]

The rest of the division is going to be terrible for the next couple of years, so in the near future it comes down to staying healthy.

I don't think the Cubs, Reds or Brewers will be terrible. And at least one of those teams will probably contend in each of the next couple of seasons.