Baltimore in the chase for Matt Holliday
ByUpdate 13:50pm PST: Ed Price of FanHouse.com Tweets: I hear #Cardinals not inclined to offer Holliday above 5-6 yrs x $15M. Team seems to think just as good using $ to fill number of positions.
Update 11:07am PST: Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports speaks about Holliday’s close friendship with Garrett Atkins (once teammates together in Colorado), and Orioles’ second baseman Brian Roberts. Both Roberts and Holliday are involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Update 12/17: 10:35am PST: Buster Olney of ESPN Tweets: “Sources: The Orioles had brief contract talks with Matt Holliday 10 days ago, but they haven’t been active for awhile and are dormant now.”
Update 12/17 10:29am PST: Tim Brown of Yahoo Tweets: “Hearing Holliday has another legit offer beyond Cards and O’s, from an East Coast team. Boras response: “Matt has multiple offers.”
The Orioles are actively pursuing free agent outfielder Matt Holliday according to Fox Sports, Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi. However, the Oriole’s history of losing seasons may persuade Holliday to look elsewhere unless the Orioles can significantly beat the Cardinal’s offer. Last week the Cardinals offered Holliday a contract for “around $16 million per season” for 8-years.
Rosenthal and Morosi go on to say that Holliday signing with the Orioles makes sense for several reasons:
- The Orioles are a team on the rise.
- The Orioles have the money
- There’s a relationship between Holliday and the newly signed Garrett Atkins from their days in Colorado
- Orioles owner Peter Angelos is open-minded in spending in free agency and work with Scott Boras.
- The increased depth of outfielders could help the Orioles trade for pitching. The Orioles have one of the best young outfields of Nolan Reimold, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis.
Despite all of these reasons, Rosenthal and Morosi believe that Holliday will return to the Cardinals.
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