2008-11-06T10:10:48-05:00 <p>DANA POINT, Calif. --&nbsp;<strong>Matt Holliday</strong> and the Rockies are so far apart in negotiations that both sides understand there's no chance for a long-term deal, which is why he's on the trading block.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Rockies offered Holliday a guaranteed $68 million over four years, plus an option that could bring it to $85 million, according to people familiar with the talks, and that isn't half of what Holliday, 28,&nbsp;may get as a free agent after 2009, assuming a typical season in the coming year.</p> 2008-11-05T17:17:16-05:00 0 2008-11-05T17:17:16-05:00 1 0 10 0 <p>DANA POINT, Calif. --&nbsp;<strong>Matt Holliday</strong> and the Rockies are so far apart in negotiations that both sides understand there's no chance for a long-term deal, which is why he's on the trading block.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Rockies offered Holliday a guaranteed $68 million over four years, plus an option that could bring it to $85 million, according to people familiar with the talks, and that isn't half of what Holliday, 28,&nbsp;may get as a free agent after 2009, assuming a typical season in the coming year.</p> <p>The Rockies are talking to teams about deals involving Holliday, who hit .321 with 25 home runs and 88 RBIs last year. But it's going to be hard for them to get equal value considering he's only a one-year rental.</p> <p>The Rockies have a good young team that underachieved in 2008, and their people all love Holliday, a great leader as well player. But they are fearful of repeating the nightmare that is <strong>Todd Helton's</strong> $144-million contract, so they want to avoid multiyear deals that bring the player into the mid-to-late 30s.&nbsp;</p> <p>Holliday, though, has reason to believe he can get a deal for at least seven or eight years as a free agent next winter.</p> 20646 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/64/thumb/Heyman_Jon.png 0 NY Jon Heyman New York 10084