Per Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune, Matt Holliday's agent, Scott Boras says that Mark McGwire was to blame for Holliday's horrid first part of 2009. Boras says Holliday's slow start for the A's last spring was due to swing changes McGwire made with Holliday during offseason coaching sessions the two had.
"After five weeks (Holliday) went back to his old stance," Boras said. "From that point on, he was the same player he always has been."
He says all this at the same time he wants the Cardinals to sign Holliday to a long-term $22.5 million a year contract.
These are the same Cardinals that just hired Mark McGwire as their hitting coach.
You can't make this stuff up.
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4 comments:
I think he's less worried about scaring off the Cardinals than he is about the American League teams being concerned that Holliday won't be able to handle AL pitching.
Still, it does seem a bit odd.
Paul,
Never thought about it that way.
By the same token, Boras has been making noise lately that the Cardinals are not a middle-market team and that they drew 3 million and can definitely afford him blah blah blah..
Kevin
WOW---that kind of cash for the kind of home/away splits he put up when he was with the Rockies? Straight up, someone will pay him, and it will be a Bonilla with the Mets, franchise crippling contract that will cost many people their jobs and make a fanbase weep for years to come.
He also worked with Bobby Crosby as well. So what happened to Bro Cro! just another case of bad luck for him I guess.
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