By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
07/24/09 12:40 PM ET
ST. LOUIS -- A Major League source has confirmed that a deal is in place for the Cardinals to acquire Matt Holliday from the A's in exchange for Brett Wallace and two other Minor Leaguer, Triple-A right-hander Clayton Mortensen and Double-A outfielder Shane Peterson.
Oakland will send cash to St. Louis to offset the remaining cost of Holliday's contract
Holliday has long been a target of the Cardinals, who talked trade with Colorado over the winter before the Rockies shipped the three-time All-Star to Oakland. He bolsters the team's outfield and offers the cleanup hitter that manager Tony La Russa has long coveted to slot behind Albert Pujols in the Cardinals lineup.
Holliday, 29, can be a free agent at the end of the 2009 season. His current contract pays him $13.5 million, of which approximately $6 million is still due.
Wallace, 22, was St. Louis' first-round pick in the 2008 Draft and has rocketed through the Minor Leagues. He is currently playing at Triple-A Memphis. Mortensen, 24, is also at Memphis and was a supplementary first-rounder in 2007. Peterson, 21, was a second-round selection in 2008.
Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com
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Cardinals Acquire Matt Holiiday
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Posted July 24, 2009 - 10:37 AM
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Posted July 24, 2009 - 10:38 AM
Good trade for the Cardinals. Having Pujols and Holiday is a nice duo.
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Posted July 26, 2009 - 04:55 PM
dammit
i wanted him in the bay
i wanted him in the bay
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Posted July 27, 2009 - 07:17 PM
No Duncan got traded to the Red Sox for Julio LugoHolliday > Duncan?
He would of help u guys alittle bit in offense. Only reaso he was good and put alot of homeruns a year was becuz he played in Colorado.dammit
i wanted him in the bay
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