Nov 06, 2009 8:48 AM EST

Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the chances of Matt Holliday re-signing with the Cardinals may be decreasing.

"Holliday has yet to file for free agency and pessimism grows surrounding his return to St. Louis," Strauss wrote.

"Chairman Bill DeWitt recently denied that the club has made Holliday an offer; however, there are suggestions that the Cardinals discussed a 6-year, $96 million framework with Holliday's agent, Scott Boras. That, obviously, is nowhere near the "Teixeira money" (8 years, $180 million) that Boras was talking about during the NLCS."

Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch