Cards to offer Holliday mammoth deal?

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Cards Offer Most Lucrative Deal In Team History To Holliday

By Zach Links [December 14 at 11:10pm CST]

The Cardinals have offered Matt Holliday a deal which would pay him $16MM per year and could extend through eight seasons, writes Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It's unclear at this point how many of the seasons are options years - if any. As St. Louis is anxious to reach a resolution, those familiar with the talks believe it possible that Holliday could reach a verdict before Christmas.

 

This proposal dwarfs the average value of the 7-year, $100MM contract Albert Pujols inked in the winter of 2004. Of course, the average value of Pujols' next contract will likely overshadow the pitch made to Holliday.

 

Strauss writes that the Yankees may be the most dangerous variable to the Cardinals, despite their insistance that they are not pursuing Holliday. With Jason Bay pointed towards signing with the Mets and the Red Sox inking Mike Cameron, two potential suitors are presumably off the chase.

 

Do you believe that the Yanks are seriously considering throwing their pinstriped hat into the Holliday ring? Could Scott Boras be overplaying his hand on what seems to be a titanic offer? Let's hear your thoughts in the comments section.

 

Still not as big as the Soriano contract but big. This could get sticky for them when its time to extend Pujols, unless of course they dont mind spending at leat 5 years with Pujols, Holliday, and whatever prospects or scraps they build around them.

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Cards Offer Most Lucrative Deal In Team History To Holliday

By Zach Links [December 14 at 11:10pm CST]

The Cardinals have offered Matt Holliday a deal which would pay him $16MM per year and could extend through eight seasons, writes Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It's unclear at this point how many of the seasons are options years - if any. As St. Louis is anxious to reach a resolution, those familiar with the talks believe it possible that Holliday could reach a verdict before Christmas.

 

This proposal dwarfs the average value of the 7-year, $100MM contract Albert Pujols inked in the winter of 2004. Of course, the average value of Pujols' next contract will likely overshadow the pitch made to Holliday.

 

Strauss writes that the Yankees may be the most dangerous variable to the Cardinals, despite their insistance that they are not pursuing Holliday. With Jason Bay pointed towards signing with the Mets and the Red Sox inking Mike Cameron, two potential suitors are presumably off the chase.

 

Do you believe that the Yanks are seriously considering throwing their pinstriped hat into the Holliday ring? Could Scott Boras be overplaying his hand on what seems to be a titanic offer? Let's hear your thoughts in the comments section.

 

Still not as big as the Soriano contract but big. This could get sticky for them when its time to extend Pujols, unless of course they dont mind spending at leat 5 years with Pujols, Holliday, and whatever prospects or scraps they build around them.

 

Might not be as big as Sori's but its similar to the thread already posted about this offer.

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