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H2ODOG said:
Matt Holliday has announced he will defer a couple million a year to get the deal with Albert done. Even he knows that the Cardinal fans won't be happy with him if Albert does not get signed.....since there are several fingers pointing at him now with his huge signing last year.

5 days and counting to get the deal done and I still dont' think either side is close to a deal.

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Hard telling what the motivation is behind Holliday's comments. At first glance, it appears to be a sincere attempt to "help." But let's be realistic. Any deferring of money is done with full interest and only delays the expense. When the owners of the team are billionaires (collectively), you hardly need to have a player defer a few million to make a deal happen. Maybe KC or Pittsburgh may need that but not the Cardinals. And let's not forget who the agent is for Holliday. If a Scott Boris player does or says anything related to his contract or deal, in any way, you cab rest assured, it was well thought out and calculated. That dude does nothing without a full plan, in place.

So a few things to consider. First, what angle is Boris playing? And you know there is an angle. Second, this makes Holliday look very good to STL fans. If they don't sign Pujols, this will become Holliday's team and he knows it. Anything he can do to endear himself to the fans, is just good business. Lastly, there can be no doubt that Holliday is going to be a better player with Pujols in the line-up for the next 5+ years...

Hard to figure what's going on with this one. But I would bet a pile of money there's more to it than we see on the surface...

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