Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Matt Holliday and the New York Yankees have agreed to a one-year deal worth $13 million, a source told ESPN's Jim Bowden, confirming multiple reports.
The Cardinals informed Holliday they wouldn't be picking up his $17 million option in late September, allowing the team and Holliday to plan out his farewell on the team's final homestand of 2016. In what were supposed to be largely ceremonial at-bats, Holliday, still recovering from a broken right thumb, swatted a home run and had a key RBI single. He got a roaring ovation when manager Mike Matheny sent him out, alone, to left field and then immediately subbed him out on the final day of the regular season.