Update: HOLLIDAY A CARD 7yr/120 million, p178

[cards2468]

Thank you for changing the thread title rather than, say, banning me.

BANNED!

[phins]

I can only report what I know: I just had a great breakfast taco.

Let us know what back-end deal emerges this evening.

I'm almost positive that the taco will exercise its 6th hour opt-out clause.

There are some clever people on this board...this is the second time I've laughed at my cubicle in about three posts.

[JL21]

http://vozme.com/speech/en-ml/c4/c425f4 ... 9a16f0.mp3

Tracy Ringolsby's FOX Sports column today contains information on Matt Holliday's current contract demands as well as a couple of offers that have been made.

Ringolsby says Holliday wants to top the $18MM average salary of a four-year, $72MM deal the Rockies once offered. But if you look at our post from Monday, you'll see that the Rockies' reported offers are all over the map.

Ringolsby says the Cardinals "made a proposal that could reach $140 million over eight years." This fits with Joe Strauss' mid-December article for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that said the Cardinals offered "around $15 million-$16 million a season for up to eight years." In both cases the vague wording makes me wonder whether the offer was eight years guaranteed, or just five years plus options as some have suggested. I have an email out to Ringolsby for clarification.

Ringolsby adds that the Orioles made an eight-year, $130MM offer to Holliday. What's more, he says Andy MacPhail "did discuss the possibility of arranging a meeting between himself, Orioles owner Peter Angelos and Holliday in Austin, Texas, where Holliday is living in the offseason." If true, the Orioles could be more serious about Holliday than previously thought.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/m ... esday.html

[Leroy]

Who was it that said something about the Orioles doing something stupid?

[Bo Hart]

Apparently MacPhail denied the Orioles' offer...

[Jocephus]

Orioles president Andy MacPhail "vehemently denied" a FOXSports.com report that the club made an eight-year, $130 million offer to free agent outfielder Matt Holliday, reports Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun.
So it goes. Zrebiec writes that the Orioles spoke with Scott Boras during contract negotiations with Mike Gonzalez, and had brief discussions about Holliday, but they have no interest in the big-ticket outfielder unless his price tag drops significantly. "There's no validity to that report whatsoever," MacPhail said. Gee, who would benefit with reports of a rumor like that?
Source: Baltimore Sun

[Leroy]

Oh, vehemently. That's huge.

[Swingingbunt]

Orioles president Andy MacPhail "vehemently denied" a FOXSports.com report that the club made an eight-year, $130 million offer to free agent outfielder Matt Holliday, reports Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun.
So it goes. Zrebiec writes that the Orioles spoke with Scott Boras during contract negotiations with Mike Gonzalez, and had brief discussions about Holliday, but they have no interest in the big-ticket outfielder unless his price tag drops significantly. "There's no validity to that report whatsoever," MacPhail said. Gee, who would benefit with reports of a rumor like that?
Source: Baltimore Sun

HA! I love that even the bloggers are starting to wise up to Boras.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

I can't believe people were taking this guy seriously.



Toss in a Sepia background and he looks like Leroy's buddy.

[Michael]

I can't believe people were taking this guy seriously.



Toss in a Sepia background and he looks like Leroy's buddy.

LOL