Holliday likes NY...

According to an inside source, Ken Davidoff of Newsday is reporting that Matt Holliday wants to play in NY. The Yankees are his first choice with the Mets coming in second.

While the Yankees may not want to spend on a big dollar signing, they have 40M coming off the books and four outfielders ( 201M-2009/ 166M-2010 with Matsui, Damon, Nady and Hairston gone) so there's room on the field and financially.

Holliday struggled in his half season in the America league but it also sounds like the size of Citi Field. I can see the Yankees once again winning a bidding war for the prize free agent.

Of course, this could all be a ploy to get the large markets involved and drive the price up...

Holliday's primary reservation about joining the Mets? Yup, hitting at Citi Field. Maybe they can alter the dimensions? Jerry Manuel hinted near the end of the season that wasn't impossible. source Newsday