Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak says that the seven-year, $120 million deal they gave left fielder Matt Holliday was as high as they were prepared to go. "We were at that threshold where we needed to have a deal," Mozeliak said. "Otherwise we would have had to consider allocating in a different direction." The GM added that St. Louis was so prepared for Holliday to turn down the deal that they had enough options to spend money elsewhere. "I think we had enough things lined up that if we wanted to get it going, we probably could have pulled this off in seven to 10 days," Mozeliak said.