Matt Holliday available?

Pavlov style at the thought of Holliday filling out the Rangers revamped OF and providing protection for Hamilton for the next several years. And the Rockies are said to be looking at lower level prospects to avoid a 40 crunch in the near future. But here’s the thing. While Holliday is from OK and might be willing to sign here long term in the money was right, he is still a Boras client, so he will almost surely test the market.

If we can get some assurance that he is willing to negotiate on a long term deal before he hits the market (remember, it is not only that Tex was a Boras client, it was that Tex was tired of Texas and wanted out), then I would at least kick the tires. A deep farm system doesn’t do any good if the team is not willing to leverage it in an advantageous situation. But to waste our prospects on a rental, I would hate to see that happen.

Talk to me in 2 years if an Upton caliber player is available with 1+ left.

Two letters….

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If you can get it done (like Johan) where you negotiate it and can get him signed, then yes I would trade a bunch of lower prospects to get Holliday. He would absolutely MASH here.

I have no problems paying for him…he’ll actually give you meaningful hits, unlike Tex.

I’d have to think about it a bit more.

That article mentions Atkins as a possibility for a trade and he is having a great season so far. If in another couple of weeks to a month we are still in the middle of the al west standings, what would you give up for a year and half of atkins and put him at first base?

1) he would cost the Rangers a lot of good prospects when this is a young rebuilding team.

2) His is a great player, but not worth the salary he will get when he hits the FA market.

3) His agent is Boras so a extension before he hits the FA market is not likely.

I just don’t know anymore.

Why would we trade the Rox a Tex-type package for one player? That would pretty much reverse the entire direction this team is going, and send us back to trying to compete with a couple superstar players, and a patch-job filling out the rest of the team.

So if the Rox really are trying to sell Matt Holliday: NO, thank thanks anyway, and goodbye.

because I’d have to know that first…

if it’s Boggs, Hurley, Whittleman and Hunter would I do it? probably if we can guarantee that he signs a 5 year deal

if it’s Davis, Main, Feliz and Borbon I don’t think I would

Kinsler-Young-Hamilton-Holliday-Bradley-Blalock-Davis-Saltalamacchia-Boggs/Murphy would look PRETTY freakin sweet for the next 4-5 years (until Andrus, Teagarden, MaxRam, JMJ, etc. make the next step…)