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

[TGantz]

At this point I don't really care about how much per year it is. We need him, he needs us. Just agree on something and make it flipping official!

[JL21]

The best offer he's had from any other team was 5/$82.5M from the Red Sox, who are no longer in the market for him.

6/$98.5M would seem to make more sense in that framework.

But mostly, I'm in the same boat as jim on this. I just want it done so I can go ahead and assume they'll be contenders in 2010.

[clevername]

there's no sense in overpaying him for 5 years.

if it were $20 a year for 2 or 3 years I wouldn't care that much, but $20 million for 5 years in this market seems like gross overpayment and caving in to Boras. That's closer to what Teixeira is getting than it is to the $17 million a year number we've been tossing around.

[TimeForGuinness]

I've been hoping for 5yr/90 million from the beginning.

$19.7 million a year is still less than Ankiel + Greene + Glaus last year ($21.75 million).

[Michael]

$19.7 million a year is still less than Ankiel + Greene + Glaus last year.

lol talk about setting the bar low.

[JCShutout]

5/100 is a TON, but hell, why not? I hope Albert resigns for $25mm/year

[phins]

I don't care how many years or for how much ... I'm basically at a BMW dealership right now ... I want I want I want I want I want.

If you had one you wouldn't...Ugh.

[cards2468]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports ... enDocument

Bernie says Mo isn't responding to his texts. I wouldn't either with or without negotiating going on with Boras.

[Michael]

peeps b buzzin'

[BW23]

That's common player-speak. I put zero stock in that.

You didn't buy the fact that Hampton chose Colorado for the schools?

As a Cards fan, I thank God each and every day for the Colorado school system [-o<

Nice one.

FWIW, and I haven't seen anything outside of SE Missouri being said, but this goes along with the Cards and schools. A lot of talk about Pujols signing long term may go with this, too. Supposedly (and I don't believe it for a second until he shows up), Pujols has purchased some land just north of Cape Girardeau for a house. The word is that he wants his kids to attend Saxony Lutheran school which is just north of Cape. The rumor is that he gave the school $1 million in '09. Anyway, like I said, I don't put any stock into it, but the connection with the school made me laugh and think about it.