Busch Stadium – St. Louis Cardinals
The way Scott Boras describes him, Matt Holliday should be in the Hall of Fame today. Scouts and GMs disagree. The truth is that Holliday isn’t great, but he’s the best free agent available, Danny Knobler says.
A surplus of pitching and prospects? Signs of a good franchise. Contact-averse middle relievers? A hallmark of the lowly Astros. Larry Dobrow breaks down all 30 franchises in his annual Organizational Rankings.
A surplus of pitching and prospects? Signs of a good franchise. Contact-averse middle relievers? A hallmark of the lowly Astros. Larry Dobrow breaks down all 30 franchises in his annual Organizational Rankings.
The MLB winter meetings are commencing this week in Indianapolis.
In my free agent primer , I wrote that Brad Penny and Randy Wolf had to stay in the National League in order to be successful.
Brad Penny is headed to St. Louis. According to ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney, Penny and the Cardinals have agreed upon a one-year deal for the 2010 campaign. Penny, 31, will earn a base salary of $7.5 million and can earn up to $1.5 million in performance bonuses. The deal is currently pending a physical, which?with Penny?is no sure thing. St. Louis, the reigning National League Central champion, is facing the loss of three starting pitchers to free agency, and all three?Joel Pineiro, John Smoltz, a
Cards GM John Mozeliak confirmed to MLB.com on Friday the club has made a formal contract offer to free-agent Matt Holliday, saying the outfielder was a “key component” to the lineup.
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