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Holliday likely to be next free-agent prize

By Buster Olney

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Matt Holliday is set to become a free agent in the fall, and Oakland will not re-sign him. For the Athletics, a team with a modest payroll, an investment of 25-30 percent of their resources in one player is high risk, something they've always avoided. (See Zito, Barry; see Hudson, Tim; see Mulder, Mark; see Tejada, Miguel). And historically, the teams that have devoted a high percentage of their payroll usually wind up regretting it (see Rockies, Colorado, re: Todd Helton). So regar ...

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