16
2009
Holliday Will Sign With Yankees, Angels Or Red Sox
An article by Hojo's Mojo
Via MLBTR, I came across this article on Fox Sports by Jon Paul Morosi who surmises that free agent outfielder Matt Holliday is on his way back to the American League.
He specifically cites the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox as the three finalists for Holliday’s services.
Only a handful of teams have the resources and desire to sign Matt Holliday. In that sense, the market for the left fielder’s services is quite small. But it’s plenty big enough for Scott Boras to exploit. And you can bet that Holliday will end up with the contender who offers the most money.
The big-money AL teams will have their sights set on Matt Holliday.
The Yankees, who need a left fielder, are interested.
The Red Sox, who need a left fielder, are interested.
The Angels, who need a power bat, are interested.
So, I fully expect Holliday to play in the American League next season. The highest bidder will determine where. He won’t be back in St. Louis, where he finished this season and seemed so comfortable in the process. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Boras clients — along with most ballplayers and most people in this country — affix their signatures to the biggest offer they can find. It’s very hard to find fault with that.
He’s right you know. Unless the Mets turn out to be the highest bidder, they have no chance of landing the free agent slugger. The Mets already have the deck stacked against them with the perception that CitiField is unkind to power hitters. Of course that isn’t true, but the reality is that it’s the prevailing perception.
Here are some poll results from 1,791 voters who were asked: Where will Matt Holiday end up?
31% Yankees
25% Red Sox
12% Angels
17% Cardinals
15% Somewhere else
Of course the somewhere else includes about a half dozen or more other teams.
I’ve asked this question before, and as the days pass and the rumors and speculation persist, it becomes more and more relevant to Mets fans.
If the Mets fail to get Matt Holliday or Jason Bay, than what will ”Plan C” be?
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Plan C? If it comes to plan C we may be SOL. Maybe Figgins will want to come and play left full time. That will force Omar to make a move for someone like Lee or A-Gon. I hope Holliday signs quickly to give omar the chance to make a move in the event that he doesn’t sign with the mets.
People are getting to worried. Yankees will resign Johnny Damon and wait till Austin Jackson is ready they do not need Holliday . Thats not saying the Mets will get him either its just that Boston wants Bay back and its between the Mets and Angels for Holiday .
PAT, POINT OF INTEREST; A QUICK FREE AGEBNT SIGNING AND A F/A REP’ED BY BORAS ARE INCONGRUOUS STATEMENTS. TAKE A NAP IS MY SUGGESTION. PERSONALLY, I PREFER BAY; BUT WITH EITHER INKED, DON’T WE STILL NEED A CLEANUP HITTER? BETWEEN BAY,HOLLIDAY, BELTRAN,WRIGHT, FRANCOUER TEHRE ISN’T ONE TO BE FOUND, IN MY OPINION. PERHAPS REYES? LMAO!!! JERRY SEEMS TO THINK HE CAN BAT ANYWHERE!
Holliday is a better fit for the Yanks and their stadium. Holliday’s only 30+ HR years were playing in Colorado. Very good hitter but not the power hitter we need.
Mets have to get their power at 1B and stop with this Daniel Murphy nonsense. Good kid but a bench player/pt player or DH in the AL.
We get our power at 1B and then get another speedster/good hitter for LF and until i’m convinced that Adrian Gonzalez is absolutely not available he’s the person we need.
Buster Olney just reported Holliday will NOT sign with the Yankees
Hence – its still early in the winter rumors and lots and lots and lots of contradicting reports are coming out………..
As I’m sure more saner minds than mine have said this, but the Mets must send a message! Somebody on this website who knows somebody with the Mets MUST make this plain! Why shouldn’t they spend the money that they are going to recoup by putting a competative and competent (?) line up. Think BIG!:
Molina, Arroyo, Phillips, Eckstein, Holliday, Gonzalez and Lackey.
That’s two trades and two signings with some hair on them. If you have a billion dollar network, a billion dollar stadium and you are able to (again, with this lineup) attract 4 million people to watch, what is $200 million??!!
I am dead serious. Don’t tell me it’s not possible when you give Oliver Perez all the money he got. Or Luis Castillo. SOMEBODY LISTEN TO ME!!!
DEEEBO, I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR BILLION DOLLAR STADIUM & NETWORKS ARE IN THE BRONX WITH THE $200 MILLION PAYROLL!
NYM CAN DO IT, I’ STILL SAY PRINCE IDS THEIR #1 TARGET FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY LACKEY & MARQUIS. FORGET WOLF, NOBODY CARES TO KEEP HIM LONG, SOMETHING’S AMISS. PHL,LAD,SD,HOU,LAD ALL SINCE ’06! THAT’S CERTAINLY ALARMING FOR A SEEMINGLY EFFECTIVE 32 YR OLD LHSP IN ’06!
Too me plan C,should be 1st. Sign DeRosa and Figgins.Let F-Mart start in Buffalo.Let Murphy start 5/7 games at 1st,with derosa playing 2/7 at first.2/7 in left and 2/7 at 2nd.That way derosa is playing every 6 of 7 games.Figgins is playing 5/7 plus more.Castillo is playing 5/7.Murphy is playing 5/7.Plus those players can play more,with DeRosa also sparing Wright at 3rd and Francour in Right.That way the whole team stays fresh.Also Ike Thole and fmart should play all year in Buffalo,except maybe a September callup.
Yankees are bringing Johnny back, the Soxs are bringing Bay back. As far as the Cardinals and Angels we can out bid both teams.
IF BOSOX WERE SO INTENT ON BAY, WHY ACQUIRE HERMEDA, DEALING 2 VALUABLE PITCHING PROSPECTS? BAY MAY BE EASIER TARGET THAN HOLLIDAY AS WELL AS BETTER DEFENDER. MOST OF HOLLIDAY’S ERRORS CAME IN CITI TYPE LF IN COL. SHUDDER! IN SHEA WE OFTEN “GOT BY” WITH SOMEWHAT RANGELESS FIELDERS IN FLOYD,ALOU,TATIS, EVANS,MURPHY; BUT NOT IN CITI WHERE ACREAGE WILL TAKE IT’S TOLL ON THE BEST. I CERTAINLY ATTRIBUTE BELTRAN’S KNEE ISSUES TO HIS COVERING SOOO MUCH TERRITORY. ANYMORE OF WHICH WE MAY HAVE TO SHOOT HIM LIKE A LAME HORSE.
i disagree with the notion that we can’t haul Holliday to CitiField on a pile of more cash than the Angels offer. The Angels are the competition here, not the Yanks or Boston…and ‘cash’ wins over ‘location’…and i don’t see why we can’t prevail.
We need more power bats, which is why i like the notion of going after Nady, if he’s healthy. (The Yanks will likely release him.) i think Nady would be a nice ‘platoon’ with Murphy at 1B.
i also think, trading Castillo and signing Chone Figgins to play 2B is a great idea. ‘Who’ we go for in exchange for Luis is a good question. Many of you guys like Casey; i like Pierre, but don’t know whwere to put him in a crowded OF.
BUT the critical need we have, that the lack of still has us in ICU, is the SP picture. We must get Lackey. i have been a huge proponent of trading for Doc Haliday, but i have been swayed by Joe D’s great blog, so i demur on that idea.
However, after we get Lackey (no doubts ’cause we MUST get him), we should go after 2 of 3 of Sheets (if healthy), Marquis, or Wolf.
We’d then have a very deep rotation, with Pelfrey and Maine vying for the 5th spot. Ollie goes on a long train ride to Siberia.
And we’d have depth in the bullpen, with Pelf and Niese, et al.
WRONG! No one thought my Cards could do it but we got him back! SUCK IT YANKS AND SOX!