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Matt Holliday, OF, Free AgentHot off the Wire Fantasy Sports NewsRed Sox | Still looking to sign an outfielder ESPN's Peter Gammons reports the Boston Red Sox would still like to re-sign OF Jason Bay after they acquired OF Jeremy Hermida. Bay has brushed off a four-year, $60 million offer thus far. If they can't sign Bay, the Red Sox would pursue OF Matt Holliday (Cardinals), who has a family connection with pitching coach John Farrell. Cardinals | Seven file for free agency The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Rick Ankiel, 3B Mark DeRosa, 3B Troy Glaus, 3B Khalil Greene, OF Matt Holliday, C Jason LaRue and SP John Smoltz filed for free agency Thursday, Nov. 5. Cardinals | May have discussed framework of deal with Holliday The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss reports the St. Louis Cardinals may have discussed the framework of a six-year, $96 million contract with OF Matt Holliday's agent Scott Boras. Red Sox | Make offer to Bay? Jon Heyman, of SI.com, reports the Boston Red Sox are thought to have made an offer of $15 million to OF Jason Bay. If Bay does not return for the 2010 season, the team would likely target St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday. Braves | Unlikely to pursue Holliday SportingNews.com reports the Atlanta Braves are unlikely to pursue St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday in free agency this offseason, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cardinals | Boras compares Holliday to Teixeira The Los Angeles Times reports Scott Boras, the agent for St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday, is comparing Holliday to New York Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira. "These guys are blue-collar superstars," Boras said. "They don't hit 50 home runs, but they're complete players. They can give you something without swinging a bat." Holliday is eligible for free agency in the offseason. Yankees | Holliday interested in joining team SI.com's Jon Heyman reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday has listed the New York Yankees as the first team on his free-agent list, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and New York Mets. Giants | Could make a run at Holliday SI.com's Jon Heyman reports the San Francisco Giants could pursue OF Matt Holliday (Cardinals) in the offseason. Braves | Could make a run at Holliday SI.com's Jon Heyman reports the Atlanta Braves could pursue OF Matt Holliday (Cardinals) in the offseason. MLB | Holliday prefers New York Newsday's Ken Davidoff reports a source told him that soon-to-be free agent OF Matt Holliday's (Cardinals) top two targets will be the New York Yankees and New York Mets this offseason. Cardinals | Holliday comes up empty in Game 3 The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday went 0-for-4 in Game 3 of the National League Divisional Series. Cardinals | Pineiro could leave in offseason Mark Miller, of Yahoo! Sports, reports St. Louis Cardinals SP Joel Pineiro might not return to the team in 2010, as he is eligible for free agency after the 2009 season. The team will be looking to re-sign OF Matt Holliday and 3B Mark DeRosa. 1B Albert Pujols could also be in line for a long-term deal. Cardinals | Holliday's error leads to rally The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday dropped a line drive in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Holliday's error led to a two-run rally and a 3-2 victory Thursday, Oct. 8. Cardinals | Holliday back on active duty The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (illness) returned to the lineup Tuesday, Sept. 29, after missing the game against the Colorado Rockies two days before with a severe chest cold. Cardinals | Holliday returns Tuesday Rick Hummel, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (flu) returns to the cleanup spot Tuesday, Sept. 29, after dealing with a cold and the flu over the weekend. Cardinals | Holliday not in Sunday's lineup St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (illness) is not in the starting lineup Sunday, Sept. 27, because of an illness, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. Cardinals | Looking to extend contracts of Pujols, Holliday Jon Heyman, of SI.com, reports the St. Louis Cardinals will be looking to extend the contracts of 1B Albert Pujols and OF Matt Holliday during this offseason. Pujols' contract expires at the end of the 2011 season, and is expected to seek or beat New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez's yearly salary of $30.5 million. Holliday is expected to try for a contract in the range of New York Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira's $180 million, eight-year deal. Cubs | Heilman suffers loss Friday Chicago Cubs RP Aaron Heilman served up a walkoff homer to St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday Friday, Sept. 18, with no outs in the ninth inning, according to The Associated Press. Heilman was tagged with the loss, falling to 3-4 on the season. Mets | Will be players for free agent outfielder, catcher SI.com's Jon Heyman reports the New York Mets are looking at St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday and Boston Red Sox OF Jason Bay as targets when they become free agents after the season. They will also be interested in San Diego Padres 1B Adrian Gonzalez if he is shopped. San Francisco Giants C Bengie Molina could also be a fit. Cardinals | Holliday knocks in three The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday drove in three runs to reach 102 RBIs Monday, Sept. 14. He's hitting .371 with a team-leading 48 RBIs in 47 games since being acquired. Cardinals | Holliday playing Friday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (knee) was back in the lineup Friday, Sept. 11, after bruising his left knee earlier this week. Cardinals | Holliday expects to play Friday The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (knee) expects to play Friday, Sept. 11. Cardinals | Holliday leaves game Wednesday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (knee) left the game early Wednesday, Sept. 9, with a bruised left knee after he fell to the ground running out a groundball. Holliday was removed for precautionary reasons, according to a team spokesman. Cardinals | Interested in retaining Holliday Joe Strauss, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports the St. Louis Cardinals are interested in keeping OF Matt Holliday around for the 2010 season. Cardinals | Holliday hits game-winner The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning off Milwaukee Brewers CL Trevor Hoffman to give the Cardinals a 4-3 victory Tuesday, Sept. 8. Cardinals | Several starters given Saturday's game off St. Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols, OF Matt Holliday, C Yadier Molina, and IFs Mark DeRosa and Brendan Ryan were given the day off Saturday, Sept. 5, against the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to The Associated Press. Cardinals | Holliday collects three hits Thursday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday collected three hits, including his 10th home run with the team, Thursday, Sept. 3. Holliday now has 21 homers on the year and recorded his 1,000th career hit in the contest. Cardinals | Holliday goes yard Tuesday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday hit a three-run home run Tuesday, Sept. 1, and is batting .371 since joining the team. It was his 20th home run of the year and ninth in 35 games with the Cardinals. Holliday is a career .406 hitter with six home runs and 16 RBIs at Busch Stadium. Cardinals | Holliday, Rasmus each hit three-run homers Saturday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday and OF Colby Rasmus each hit three-run homers Saturday, Aug. 29, in a 9-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Holliday is hitting .376 with eight home runs and 32 RBIs since joining the Cardinals on July 24. Yankees | Unlikely to make a big splash in offseason? ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports scouts say they have been told by New York Yankees scouts that the team doesn't plan on being serious shoppers this offseason. They probably won't make a run at St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday or Boston Red Sox OF Jason Bay. Cardinals | Signing Holliday a bad thing? ESPN.com's Jayson Stark said one American League executive said the St. Louis Cardinals signing OF Matt Holliday to a long-term deal would be a bad thing. "The worst thing they could do is re-sign him," one American League exec said. "If you start thinking about their long-term payroll, what's the biggest payroll a city like St. Louis could absorb? Let's say it's $100 million. Now you have to give Holliday $15-16 million a year. Then you have to give (1B Albert Pujols) $25-30 million, and probably $30 million. So now you're paying two guys $45-50 million? That's a lot of money in that market." Stark also said the Cardinals would not be able to keep SP Chris Carpenter and/or SP Adam Wainwright when they become free agents if they re-signed Holliday. Cardinals | Holliday goes deep Thursday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday hit his 18th home run of the season in a losing effort Thursday, Aug. 27. It was his seventh homer in 31 games with the team. Cardinals | Holliday slumping The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday is in a 4-for-26 slump. Cardinals | Holliday drives in three runs Saturday St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday went 2-for-3 Saturday, Aug. 22, against the San Diego Padres, with a home run and three RBIs, according to The Associated Press. Cardinals | Pujols, Holliday combine for winning run The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols walked, stole second and advanced to third on a wild throw to second base in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday, Aug. 19. OF Matt Holliday drove Pujols in with a sacrifice fly to score the eventual winning run. Cardinals | Holliday starts Tuesday Matthew Leach, of MLB.com, reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (foot) was back in the lineup Tuesday, Aug. 18, after fouling a ball off his left foot Monday, Aug. 17. Cardinals | Holliday may sit Tuesday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (leg) fouled a ball off his leg in the ninth inning but stayed in the game and beat out an infield single before leaving for a pinch-runner Monday, Aug. 17. Manager Tony La Russa planned to wait until Tuesday, Aug. 18, before deciding whether Holliday will play that night. Cardinals | Holliday's hot hitting continues Entering play Sunday, Aug. 16, St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday was hitting .475 with five home runs and 22 RBIs in his last 20 games, since being acquired from the Oakland Athletics, according to The Associated Press. Cardinals | Holliday collects three hits, three RBIs The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday collected three hits and three RBIs in a victory Friday, Aug. 14. He is now a career .463 hitter at Busch Stadium with eight home runs and 18 RBIs. Cardinals | Holliday has three hits Wednesday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday went 3-for-4 with an RBI double in a winning effort Wednesday, Aug. 12. He is a career .455 hitter at Busch Stadium with eight home runs and 16 RBIs in 77 at-bats and has five games with three or more hits since joining the team July 24. Mets | Expected to target Holliday Newsday's Evan Drellich reports the New York Mets are expected to pursue St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday this offseason if he becomes a free agent. Cardinals | Holliday homers twice Saturday St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday went 3-for-4 Saturday, Aug. 1, against the Houston Astros, with two solo home runs, according to The Associated Press. He has hit safely in his first nine games with the Cardinals, one shy of the club record shared by Alvin Dark (1956) and Charley Smith (1966). Holliday has seven hits in his last eight at-bats, with four RBIs and three runs scored over the two-game stretch. Cardinals | Holliday records four hits Friday R.B. Fallstrom, of The Associated Press, reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday recorded four hits Friday, July 31, for the second time in his eight games with the team. He is hitting .586 (17-for-29) with a home run and eight RBIs since joining the team. Holliday is a career .439 hitter with six home runs and 12 RBIs at Busch Stadium, the home of the Cardinals. Cardinals | Holliday hits, others don't The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Los Angeles Dodgers SP Hiroki Kuroda held St. Louis Cardinals hitters, with the exception of OF Matt Holliday, to a 2-for-19 mark Thursday, July 30. Cardinals | Holliday hits first homer with new team The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday hit his first home run as a Cardinal in the fourth inning Thursday, July 30, against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Holliday doubled in each of his first four games with St. Louis, becoming the first newcomer since 1954 to do so. He became the only Cardinal since 1920 to open his career with the team with an RBI in each of his first four games. Cardinals | In no hurry to discuss contract with Holliday The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday is in no hurry to discuss a long-term contract with the team and vice versa. "I'm going to enjoy myself and try to help this team get to the playoffs and to the World Series and work every day I can to be the best player I can be," Holliday said. "And leave it there. I think there's a time and a place for all those other things and when that time comes is when I'll do my evaluating." Cardinals | Holliday gets two hits Saturday Andy Jasner, of MLB.com, reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday went 2-for-4 with two doubles and one RBI Saturday, July 25. Cardinals | Holliday contributes in first start with St. Louis The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday went 4-for-5 with one RBI in his debut with the Cardinals Friday, July 24. Holliday tied a career high with his four hits. Cardinals | Holliday in lineup Friday Mike Smith, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday is in the starting lineup batting fourth Friday, July 24. Cardinals | Holliday could be in lineup Friday Reid Laymance, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said in a text message sent to the Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold that if OF Matt Holliday arrives in time for the team's game Friday, July 24, he will be in the lineup. | Feature LinksFantasy Football Weekly Playbook FREE Fantasy Baseball
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