Cardinals Agree On 7 Year Deal With Matt Holliday

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• nosh January 5, 2010 at 6:48 pm

  I wish Boras was my agent. I know a lot of people dislike him but man is he good at what he does.
  • Joe D January 5, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    He’s the best!
• nosh January 5, 2010 at 6:54 pm

  Holliday did get overpaid but it makes more sense for the Cards as they have a roster that is ready to compete for a championship for the next few seasons. The Mets unfortunately do not. Still, I don’t think we overpaid for Bay.

  Still no one else was gonna give Holliday 100 mill and Boras got the Cards to go $120. Pretty impressive.
  • Harry Parker January 5, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    Actually, this may come to hurt them. When Pujols contract is up, which I think is in a year or two, he’s going to command and demand MUCH more and all that money on two players will hurt them when they can’t get pitching.

    As far as the Cards having a roster that is ready to compete – keep in mind – they have added nothing this year they didnt’ have last year and they fizzled out in the post season, and they played in a subpar division.

    I know we LOVE to slam the Mets – but can we take off the rose colored glasses when looking at other teams. If you are going to underrate the Mets, that doesn’t mean you can overrate others.
    • nosh January 6, 2010 at 12:22 am

      I’m not slamming the Mets for the Bay signing. I like Bay. And I said the Cards overpaid for Holliday. Although I think it was a no brainer to re-sign him.

      As far as being ready to compete. The Cards have 2 aces in Carpenter and Wainwright. Loshe as a solid #3 and with Duncan there I expect them to develop another under the radar arm as they seem to do every year. Piniero being last years example.

      The lineup now consists of the best hitter in baseball, Holliday, who I expect to go for 30-110-.310 the next few seasons. Ludwick who in an off year still hit 22 HR’s and 97 RBI. Colby Rasmus and a great defensive catcher in Molina. And a closer in Franklin who was excellent last season.

      And most importantly they have heart, something the Mets haven’t shown since 2006. Again I’m not bashing the Mets, I’m just saying that the Cardinals are def more ready to compete for a title (although I think the Phillies are by far the best in the NL). Perhaps Bay brings some fire to the clubhouse and things will change. But with “leaders” like Delgado and Beltran coming back and a look at our rotation I doubt it.

      But like I said on another thread, at least now with Bay in the lineup this team will be watchable.
      • Harry Parker January 6, 2010 at 12:14 pm

        I didn’t say you were bashing the Bay move, but it “seems” more of the well they did something and we have not done much, whereas I was pointing out, they haven’t done a thing.

        Frankly I’m so sick of the “no heart” comments, I don’t see it the same way, I think fans through that comment out when a team loses. A team can have alot of heart and a team can have NO heart and win (i.e. Yankess from years gone by I thought this year they showed some). In that case, I’d say the Cards had NO heart in that post season play – they were flat and franky didn’t show up. So I really hate to hear they have it and we don’t.

        I also think “we” the public judge heart on post game interviews and we ASSume what they think.
• Kevin Brach January 5, 2010 at 7:07 pm

  The Cardinals can keep Holliday, and I’ll gladly keep Jason Bay. But I do believe if it was the other way around, the Mets would still get raked over the coals.
• shea73 January 5, 2010 at 7:56 pm

  So it appears the Cards bid against themselves and no one else to pay Holliday $!20 million. Now that’s capitalism! Boras is a genius.
  • Des January 5, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    I love capitalism but there are good deals and bad deals. Straight up with no risk analysis, the deal is OK for the Cardinals. But on a risk/reward basis, the Cards overpaid big time.

    Holliday is a rich man now!!!
• Shamik January 5, 2010 at 8:33 pm

  Mets contract is perfect, not sure if it was confirmed but the supposed 3 mil buyout of year 5 makes the contract worth it.
• BrooklynsOwn January 5, 2010 at 8:41 pm

  I still think Bay was the way to go for the Mets. I’m still leary about Holliday even if he did hit well in St. Louis not sure how well he would’ve hit in NY. Met fans need to relax that the Cards overpaid for Holliday too *cough* Ollie *cough*
  I like how Bay played well in Boston too a very baseball driven market where everything is scrutinized and it only took half of what Holliday got to sign Bay. I don’t care if Holliday puts up better #’s during the duration of his contract, Bay was still the better fit for the Mets.
  • Bob L January 5, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    Holiday’s #s in Oakland pale in contrast to his #s in ST Louis.
• Pedro January 5, 2010 at 11:59 pm

  Joe D- I got one for you!

  http://www.royalsreview.com/2010/1/5/1235995/cards-overpay-for-holliday

  Those vicious and jealous Kansas City blogers is at it again.
• dan January 7, 2010 at 7:28 am

  Short run – it was a good sign. We still have a pretty good pitching rotation. But we could definitely use one more good starting arm in the rotation for sure and could actually stand to pick up two good arms. That is going to cost some money and with Albert’s contract coming up soon I don’t expect good arms to be affordable in the near future.

  Longterm we might have painted ourselves into a corner.

  But for now we should be looking pretty good. Just find one more good arm and I would be a little more comfortable with the deal.