Holliday’s Cards tenure over with Yanks deal

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ST. LOUIS — Matt Holliday’s chances of returning to St. Louis in 2017 went from slim to none on Sunday as he agreed to a one-year contract with the Yankees. Holliday, according to MLB.com’s Jon Morosi, will earn $13 million under the one-year deal.

The move to New York puts an official end point on Holliday’s career as a Cardinal. The organization choose not to exercise the left fielder’s $17 million option at the end of this season after agreeing that it was time to go in a different direction with its outfield makeup.

Holliday’s time with the Cardinals began in 2009, when he was acquired from Oakland at the non-waiver Trade Deadline. He signed a seven-year, $120 million contract with St. Louis that next offseason and became a core piece for a club that advanced to …

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