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Matt Holliday | OF

TEAM: St Louis Cardinals
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'4' / 235
DOB: 1/15/1980
AGE:30
CONTRACT INFO: 1/7/10: Signed a seven-year, $120 million contract.
 Matt Holliday-OF- CardinalsJan. 7 - 4:07 pm et
Cardinals signed OF Matt Holliday to a seven-year, $120 million contract.
In a symbolic gesture, Holliday will now wear the No. 7 on his back. The contract is the biggest of the offseason and the richest in Cardinals' history, surpassing the seven-year, $100 million extension Albert Pujols signed in 2004. Holliday will also receive a full no-trade clause and a vesting option for 2017 if he finishes in the Top-10 of the NL MVP voting in 2016. Holliday struggled during the NLDS, infamously fumbling a flyball in Game 2, but he was the perfect compliment to Pujols upon joining the team in July, batting .353 with 13 homers and 55 RBI in 235 at-bats as the Cardinals reclaimed the NL Central for the first time since 2006. With Holliday locked up for the long-term, hopefully Pujols will follow.
 Matt Holliday-OF - Cardinals Jan. 7 - 9:25 am et

Under the terms of his new seven-year, $120 million contract, the Cardinals will pay Matt Holliday through 2029.
It doesn't quite match the infamous and often mocked contract Bobby Bonilla signed with the Mets. Holliday's contract includes a $17 million team option for 2017 with a $1 million buyout. The option becomes guaranteed if Holliday finishes in the Top-10 of the 2016 NL MVP voting. However, Depending on whether the option is exercised by the team, Holliday will receive $1.4 million or $1.6 million each July 15 from 2020 until 2029. The Cardinals are expected to finalize the agreement with Holliday on Thursday.
Source: Associated Press
 Matt Holliday-OF - Cardinals Jan. 5 - 7:19 pm et

Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that Matt Holliday's new seven-year, $120 million contract with the Cardinals includes a vesting option for an eighth year.
According to Heyman, Holliday would receive an additional year at $17 million if he finishes in the Top-10 of the MVP voting in the seventh year. In other words, not so scary. If he's still putting up that kind of production seven years from now, it will be the contract that keeps on giving.
Source: Jon Heyman on Twitter
 Matt Holliday-OF - Cardinals Jan. 5 - 6:46 pm et

According to Matthew Leach of MLB.com, Matt Holliday will receive an even $17 million per season as part of his new seven-year contract with the Cardinals.
As bits and pieces of the negotiations surfaced in the media there were some reports that the Cardinals would attempt to backload the deal, but Holliday will receive the same annual salary throughout the length of the new $120 million contract. The Cardinals are expected to make the signing official this week, but Holliday will have to pass a physical first.
Source: Matthew Leach on Twitter
 Matt Holliday-OF - Cardinals Jan. 5 - 6:00 pm et

The Cardinals and Matt Holliday have reached agreement on a seven-year, $120 million contract according to SI.com's Jon Heyman.
Holliday confirmed he is staying in St. Louis during an appearance on ESPN Radio. Holliday will receive a no-trade clause as part of the new pact, according to Heyman. The final deal is worth just more than $17 million annually. Holliday hit .353 with 13 home runs and 55 RBI in 63 games with the Cardinals after he was acquired from the A's. A formal announcement from the club is expected in the next 48 hours.
Source: SI.com
 Matt Holliday-OF - Cardinals Jan. 5 - 5:55 pm et

The Cardinals and Matt Holliday are "very close to reaching an agreement," according to Yahoo! Sports' Tim Brown.
Brown tweets that an agreement could be reached within the next few hours. No word yet on the terms of the contract, but SI.com's Jon Heyman previously reported that the Cardinals at one point offered a seven-year, $112 million contract to Holliday -- a bid of $16 million annually. The market for Holliday was not what he or agent Scott Boras expected, so it appears that they will settle on the best long-term contract. Expect an announcement on the 29-year-old outfielder soon.
Source: Tim Brown on Twitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

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