Matt Holliday

5 posts

  1. Trades in the Balance

    Is this a fair rotisserie baseball trade? The league scoring is standard 5x5, except we use onbase percentage rather than batting average. The Randy Randos trade: Clay Buchholz Brandon Phillips Hunter Pence Desmond…

  2. Midweek Players of the Week

    Before we get to the usual seamhead talk, can we take a minute to discuss the World Cup? I love this event. The first World Cup I remember was the summer after the Bears won the Super Bowl: 1996. When I was a kid, the…

  3. The Best Team Money can Buy

    We hear the expression all the time. Usually teams with stars that win titles and have high payrolls, like the Yankees, Red Sox, and in other sports the Lakers or Real Madrid. But, building powerhouse teams is of course…

  4. Top 50 Free Agents

    Our scouting trip to the deep south concluded with thoughts on the "Top 50 Free Agents" in baseball. There are several writers supplying their lists, so I thought I'd throw in our two cents. This hot stove league looks…

  5. Where Have We Been?

    So, here we sit on Saturday, September 5th, and we didn't do a Sept 1st update to our season predictions. How embarrassing. If it weren't for the cries of a few loyal readers, we'd just be moving right along with posts…