Cardinals offer Holliday eight-year deal
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals have offered free agent outfielder Matt Holliday an eight-year contract worth roughly $16 million per year.
With the Cardinals increasingly impatient to reach a resolution, sources familiar with the talks believe it possible Holliday could reach a verdict before Christmas.
The New York Yankees may represent the most dangerous variable to the Cardinals. Previously insistent that they are not interested in entering bidding for Holliday, they could be enticed to enter at the eleventh hour.
The Yankees pose as another club’s biggest challenge when it comes to signing free agents – there’s a shock.
It’s hard to believe that Holliday would receive a better offer than the $16-million per-year deal the Cardinals just put on the table. But knowing Scott Boras (Holliday’s agent), he’ll be looking for one.
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Is Halladay that much of a upgrade over Lee? I don’t see it, I dont get it. I understand Toronto sending him out of the division and that makes sense. The Yankee’s may have just saved a ton and Seattle just got better. Today’s looser is the Angels
Lee was excellent in Philadelphia, but Halladay is sensational. He eats up a ton of innings and can take over a game single-handily.
Lee rejected a contract extension from the Phillies, while Halladay agreed to a long-term deal. So it’s not a question of whether or not Lee is better than Halladay or vice-versa, it’s that the Phillies could lock up Halladay long-term.