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

[Radbird]

Yahoo says the Rockies offer had been 4/72 not 4/80.

You're right, slide. Here's the link I remembered reading the 4/80 on.

http://umpbump.com/press/2009/05/03/mat ... ies-money/

If you click on the four-year, $80 million contract link in that article it takes you to this one which says it was "in the neighborhood of $18-$20 million per".

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2 ... artner=RSS

The latter article is an interesting one about Matt's views at the end of the 2008 season on signing with the Rockies, being traded, or becoming a free agent.

But Holliday strenuously denies he has made a decision to test the market. To the contrary, he suggests the Rocks are determining that outcome by the nature of their offer.

"I'd like to stay here and be part of this and play here a long time, but there are things as a player that are important to me, and if those aren't part of whatever their offer is or ends up being, maybe I will test the market," he said.

"But to say that I don't want to be here and that I'm headed to the open market to get the most money I can get is extremely inaccurate."

[heyzeus]

They worked out the deal here in Austin today. Although I took a flight from st Louis back to Austin, all I saw at the airport was
milt thompson

[ManEatingTarp]

Happy with the deal. I think this sets the Birds up for the next 4-5 years (as long as they sign Pujols, and I think they will.)

I'll enjoy comparing Holliday and Soriano's numbers with my idiot Cub fan friends and family in a few years.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

They worked out the deal here in Austin today. Although I took a flight from st Louis back to Austin, all I saw at the airport was
milt thompson

Man, you could have been the Dave Gall of GRB.

[Swatcat27]

let's go get Smoltz now...and put him to setup Franklin.

[haltz]

LOL at Cubs fans thinking the Cards overpaid. Anything to somehow get rid of the taste of that Soriano contract.

the Soriano comparison is retarded, but whatever helps them sleep at night.

Soriano 2004-2006: 9.3 WAR, +47 offense
Holliday 2007-2009: 20 WAR, +128 offense

I still don't see why they went that high or that long, but it's not a terrible deal. 93-94 paper wins on January 5th is awesome.

and props to the dude at scout that leaked this.

[Swatcat27]

While Pujols wasn’t as effective with Holliday in a St. Louis uniform – his OPS before the deal was 1.161, after it 1.018 – he obliquely pointed to Holliday’s return as a sign of the Cardinals’ dedication as he approaches free agency in 2011.

Just sayin.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

LOL at Cubs fans thinking the Cards overpaid. Anything to somehow get rid of the taste of that Soriano contract.

the Soriano comparison is retarded, but whatever helps them sleep at night.

Soriano 2004-2006: 9.3 WAR, +47 offense
Holliday 2007-2009: 20 WAR, +128 offense

I still don't see why they went that high or that long, but it's not a terrible deal. 93-94 paper wins on January 5th is awesome.

and props to the dude at scout that leaked this.

Soriano stole 89 bases. Your argument is invalid.

[haltz]

While Pujols wasn’t as effective with Holliday in a St. Louis uniform – his OPS before the deal was 1.161, after it 1.018 – he obliquely pointed to Holliday’s return as a sign of the Cardinals’ dedication as he approaches free agency in 2011.

Just sayin.

???

[Cole Burns]

While Pujols wasn’t as effective with Holliday in a St. Louis uniform – his OPS before the deal was 1.161, after it 1.018 – he obliquely pointed to Holliday’s return as a sign of the Cardinals’ dedication as he approaches free agency in 2011.

Just sayin.