Matt Holliday News

Teams send out feelers, check medical records and weigh their options. They might discuss parameters of a deal, but only rarely do they start sincere negotiations before Thanksgiving.

At 12:01 a.m., all 171 free agents, including six from the Red Sox, received the green light to begin negotiations with all 30 teams.

The Yankees WILL NOT come close to spending a half a billion dollars this winter.

One of the Pirates ' priorities this offseason is finding left-handed help in the bullpen.

It is most definitely not summer anymore. In fact, this weather is much like a lazy fly ball to St.

The flip side is that some baseball executives believe that the rest of the free agent crop will fall through the cracks, sitting and waiting unless they are willing to take a bargain deal.

Matt Holliday formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals and Jason Bay formerly of the Boston Red Sox are the prize hitters in the 2009 2010 free agent market.

General Manager Tony Reagins on Monday shot down a Foxsports.com report that the Angels are one of three teams, along with the Yankees and Red Sox, that have expressed serious interest in free-agent outfielder Matt Holliday .

With the trading rumors swirling away, a couple of big names are being thrown around that Boston Red Sox fans are veryA familiarA with.

Cards mull life without Holliday GM Mozeliak says team has options if efforts to keep the free-agent left fielder on payroll fall through.

Tonight on SNY's Mets Hot Stove , SNY Insider Jon Heyman, from SI.com, said the Mets would have enough minor-league talent to get Roy Halladay from the Blue Jays, 'but they'll have to be very aggressive and gut their system.' Heyman believes the Mets will look in to acquiring Halladay.

Earlier this week, MLBTradeRumors.com - a site that has become an essential clearinghouse and one-stop shop of reports, rumors and, yes, even tweets this time of year - handicapped the 2010 Free Agents by ranking them No.

It's best to ignore Boras' bombast Cardinals shouldn't let agent take them to the cleaners.

It's not even winter yet and the Cardinals Hot Stove League is burning red hot about Matt Holliday.

Upon further review ... baseball general managers like instant replay the way it is.

St. Louis Cardinals The Cardinals, an organization that has notoriously had an underwhelming farm system, reaped rewards from the minors last season, graduating a number of rookies to the majors and dealing prospects in aggressive trades for Matt Holliday and Mark DeRosa .

Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak conceded Tuesday that the club continues to ponder how and when to re-introduce Mark McGwire, hitting coach, to the team's fan base and expectant local and national media.

By winning the World Series this fall, the big-budget Yankees have made the offseason more challenging for Cardinals manager John Mozeliak.

Upon further review ... baseball general managers like instant replay the way it is.

A year after doing business at an ostentatious resort perched on Southern California bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Major League Baseball is sticking with a minimalist theme for this week's annual meetings of general managers.