Buzz: Holliday, Bay and the Red Sox
Mike Silverman of the Boston Herald says that the Red Sox are expressing interest in Matt Holliday.
According to Silverman, the Red Sox consider Holliday a more expensive alternative to Jason Bay, should they be unable to retain him.
Speaking of Bay, Peter Gammons of ESPN.com believes that he will eventually re-sign with the Red Sox for somewhere in the four year, $64 million range.
Yesterday Jon Heyman of SI.com said that Bay recently rejected the Red Sox initial offer of four years and $60 million, which you can see here.
…i don’t know what Bay will ultimately get, but considering what he recently turned down from Boston i feel it will take considerably more to secure him…but i do agree and think Bay will ultimately re-sign in Boston but i feel that he will wait for Holliday to sign first so he has a basis to set his salary demands on…
Gammons does not think that the Mets will go that high to sign Bay, and he thinks the Angels are too busy trying to retain Chone Figgins and John Lackey.
