Will The Yanks Go After Bay Or Holliday?

With all the controversy surrounding weather to bring back Johnny Damon or Hideki Matsui, many fans have brought up the idea of signing outfielders Matt Holliday or Jason Bay.

To me, when you win a championship, you shouldn't really try to change your team all that much, unless there's a guy like Mark Teixeira or CC Sabathia out there on the market, which this year, there isn't. The top pitcher on the free-agent market is John Lackey, and the best power-hitters are Jason Bay and Holliday.

Holliday hit a combined .313 with 24 home runs and 109 RBIs with the Oakland A's and the St. Louis Cardinals. But most of his time with the A's in the American League, he struggled, and the former Rockie is definitely more comfortable playing in the National League rather than the Yanks an the American League. Defensively, he's an upgrade from Johnny Damon, but if you saw Game 2 of the NLDS, not by much.

Jason Bay hit .267 with 35 homers and 119 RBIs for the Red Sox this past season. He came over in the 3-team Manny Ramirez deal back in July of '08, and since then has been pretty good for the Red Sox out in left. He'll get you 100+ RBIs and 25+ home runs, and he'll make the plays needed in left field, so all in all, I wouldn't be that mad if the Yanks picked him up. But I wouldn't be too mad if they didn't either.

Like I said, when you win a championship, you should really try to stick with your guns and try to keep the same players, but singing a couple guys here and there wouldn't be too bad. But I only see the Yanks signing Bay, Holliday, or even John Lackey if the Red Sox want 'em. And like last Christmas, you never know what'll happen.