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Justin Upton has been in the news all offseason, especially once the Arizona Diamondbacks needed to fix their outfield logjam after signing free agent Cody Ross. Rumors throughout the winter included both Upton and Jason Kubel, but Braves acquired th...

Marco Scutaro looked up through the pouring rain, caught Matt Holliday's popup for the final out and punched his ticket to the World Series for the first time at age 36.

California once again tops the charts on the annual ESPNHS World Series Alumni honor roll. Twelve players who are from California high schools are among the 50 on the active rosters of either the Texas Rangers or St. Louis Cardinals. Those two beg...

Based on that final balloting update, it appears the American League starting lineup for the All-Star game will be loaded with Yankees and Red Sox.

Some notes from around baseball Friday night • Jose Bautista continued his ridiculous 2010 season. Bautista cracked two more home runs and now has 46 on the season, which is one shy of matching George Bell's single-season franchise record set ...

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Matt Holliday homered and drove in three runs in his first successful night in the No. 2 slot, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Friday.

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Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at the fantasy implications of Matt Holliday staying with the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cardinals and Matt Holiday continue to make progress and are close to a deal, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.

The Cardinals are optimistic that they can sign Matt Holliday, sources said on Tuesday.

Baseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Nobody will know how the St. Louis Cardinals' season might have ended if the third out hadn't escaped them in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2, if that little looping line drive had hit Matt Holliday in the pocket of his mitt instead of in th...

Blog | Conversation | October 11, 2009

The Cardinals have become the best team in the NL -- with a lot of thanks to Matt Holliday -- but their salary history suggests that keeping the slugger around might be a stretch, writes Buster Olney. A prediction on where he'll be playing next season.

Blog | Conversation | September 11, 2009

The Oakland Athletics have recalled rookie pitcher Clayton Mortensen from the minors to start against the Seattle Mariners.