Week Ahead: Can big offseason signings get back on track?

June 13th, 2010 admin

Perhaps Jason Bay will find his power facing AL teams. Maybe the interleague interruption will help Matt Holliday recover his home run swing. They need some sort of lift. So do Chone Figgins and John Lackey. So far the free agents who signed the largest contracts last offseason are not performing up to their multi-year deals. How they’re faring as the interleague schedule moves into Day 4 of a 17-day run: Matt Holliday isn’t putting up the kinds of …


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