Buzz: Cardinals Optimistic about Holliday
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports says that the Cardinals remain optimistic that they will be able to re-sign Matt Holliday.
According to Rosenthal, Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said:
“Like any club, you have to set your budget and make sure you live within it…As it relates to Matt, we have an internal sense of what we can do. Hopefully, he’ll view that as enough… The process has to play itself out. There’s no point in getting into the posturing that seems to be going on out there a little. We’re trying to keep him. We love Matt. We’re trying to get him signed. If not, we’ll move on to a Plan B.”
…i think the best chance for the Cardinals to re-sign Holliday came in the last 15 days when they had exclusive negotiating rights…it’s not to say they can’t retain him and they have made every indication that they want him back, but once the big-market teams can bid, the Cardinals might not be able to counter with a competitive response…
On Tuesday, DeWitt told Bernie Miklasz of ESPN Radio that if a big market team goes all out to sign Holliday, the Cardinals don’t stand a chance.
For the latest rumors from around the Majors, check out Rosenthal’s blog here.
