OT: Holliday Inked Long Term By Cards

zilby · Post #1 » by **zilby** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 12:11 am

The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a seven-year, $120 million deal with Matt Holliday, SI.com has learned. Holliday will also get a full no-trade clause.

Holliday batted .353 with 13 home runs and 55 RBIs in 63 games with the Cardinals after being acquired in a July trade from the Oakland Athletics.

via wiretap.

why do i feel this will completely backfire on them?

youngLion · Post #2 » by **youngLion** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 1:29 am

I think this move is about keeping Albert Pujols as much as anything else, and if I were him I think it'd help persuade me. Right now STL has as nasty of a 3-4 combination as there is in the league.

Relentless88 · Post #3 » by **Relentless88** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 2:05 am

These 7 year, 100+ million dollar deals will always back fire at some point.

See Wells, Soriano, Zito, probably A-Rod as well and whoever else is on the list.

rapsfan1231 · Post #4 » by **rapsfan1231** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 3:10 am

This imo is as bad as the wells deal, wells put up about the same numbers as holliday and he was considered to be a very strong defender at the time of the contract which holliday is not...they could ahve probably signed him to a 90 million dollar contract... the most he was getting was a 82.5 million offer from the red sox.. anyways very stupid.. holliday's play will decline in a hurry like wells..

Avenger · Post #5 » by **Avenger** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 7:47 am

That's an absurd contract

kelso · Post #6 » by **kelso** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 1:14 pm

Holliday has 5 fewer seasons under his belt and has had better numbers than Wells. As well, in 6 seasons Matt has been in the MVP voting in 4 of his 6 seasons, where as Wells only made the voting twice (04 & 06) and never finished higher than 8th. Holliday has better numbers in basically every category over 162 games and is almost 60-points higher in OBP which is where Wells is brutal. Given the choice between the two players and their gross contracts, I would take Holliday 10 times out of 10.

Relentless88 · Post #7 » by **Relentless88** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 6:13 pm

kelso wrote:Holliday has 5 fewer seasons under his belt and has had better numbers than Wells. As well, in 6 seasons Matt has been in the MVP voting in 4 of his 6 seasons, where as Wells only made the voting twice (04 & 06) and never finished higher than 8th. Holliday has better numbers in basically every category over 162 games and is almost 60-points higher in OBP which is where Wells is brutal. Given the choice between the two players and their gross contracts, I would take Holliday 10 times out of 10.

Of course, anyone would, still doesn't make the contract a good one.

J-Roc · Post #8 » by **J-Roc** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 6:27 pm

Boras pulled one off again. I don't get it.

Post #9 » by **Nolan** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 7:25 pm

That's a lot of money. But I think this is one of those your damned if you do and your damned don't situations.

Relentless88 · Post #10 » by **Relentless88** » Wed Jan 6, 2010 7:54 pm

Nolan wrote:That's a lot of money. But I think this is one of those your damned if you do and your damned don't situations.

+1, they want Albert Pujols to stay.