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

[RickStain]

annnnd moving this to the correct thread:

Median salary for a news reporter is $70,000 a year. Not exactly financial elite, but i'm sure most people would take that salary.

Not even close http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes273022.htm

The median salary for a newspaper reporter is $40k/year as of May 2008, and shrinking rapidly.

[JCShutout]

annnnd moving this to the correct thread:

Median salary for a news reporter is $70,000 a year. Not exactly financial elite, but i'm sure most people would take that salary.

Not even close http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes273022.htm

The median salary for a newspaper reporter is $40k/year as of May 2008, and shrinking rapidly.

Dude, $70k/year is pretty elite, unless you think making more than 99.15% of the world is middle of the pack. http://www.globalrichlist.com/

I do hope we can find a way to keep Holliday around for $18-$19mm per. And to think I thought $16 was overpayment months ago. Hah!

[TheoSqua]

annnnd moving this to the correct thread:

Median salary for a news reporter is $70,000 a year. Not exactly financial elite, but i'm sure most people would take that salary.

Not even close http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes273022.htm

The median salary for a newspaper reporter is $40k/year as of May 2008, and shrinking rapidly.

Dude, $70k/year is pretty elite, unless you think making more than 99.15% of the world is middle of the pack. http://www.globalrichlist.com/

I do hope we can find a way to keep Holliday around for $18-$19mm per. And to think I thought $16 was overpayment months ago. Hah!

I think the number I was looking at was for News Anchors.

[RickStain]

Dude, $70k/year is pretty elite, unless you think making more than 99.15% of the world is middle of the pack. http://www.globalrichlist.com/

They don't make $70k.

For these prices, someone else can have Holliday. They'll be other free agents in other years.

[cards2468]

will Holliday sign for $70k a year? I realize it's above the median reporter salary, but for him it's worth it

[RickStain]

will Holliday sign for $70k a year? I realize it's above the median reporter salary, but for him it's worth it

Can he rush to print rumors onto the web site as fast as possible without taking the time to verify? If so, he's hired.

[danh35]

According to Steve Henson of Yahoo! Sports, the Yankees aren't yet satisfied with their outfield and are still in on Matt Holliday.
So much for cost-cutting. If the Yankees do land Holliday, it's safe to assume either Melky Cabrera or Nick Swisher will be traded, and perhaps both. The 29-year-old Holliday finished with a .313/.394/.515 batting line in 2009 with 24 home runs and 104 RBI. He would be an asset to any team. Agent Scott Boras is reaching for the stars in negotiations, though, comparing him at one point to Mark Teixeira, who inked an eight-year, $180 million contract last winter.
Source: Steve Henson on Twitter
Related: Yankees

I want the Cards to re-sign him, but if he doesn't stay in St Louis, I would rather him be on the Yankees than the Red Sox.

[Eephus Speed]

For these prices, someone else can have Holliday. They'll be other free agents in other years.

Comparable position players - and there aren't many - will be just as expensive. Werth and Crawford are due to become free agents next season, but neither has been as consistent as Holliday and neither is quite as valuable.

Superior position players (e.g. Mauer) will either be re-signed by their current club or out of our price range (i.e., signed by the Yankees).

As for pitchers (think Halladay, Beckett and Cliff Lee--all due to become FA next year), I don't think they'll be much less expensive and they carry greater risk.

[Jocephus]

boras/holliday article

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

[ghostrunner]

Guys, the meetings are here in Indy. Give me a plan of attack.