Some links for Friday before Roy Halladay tries to restore order for the slumping Phillies…
- Grady Sizemore will miss the rest of the season as he recovers from today's operation on his left knee, according to the team. He is expected to be ready for spring training next year.
- Rogers Sportsnet reported last weekend that the Blue Jays finalized their Fred Lewis acquisition for cash, according to John Lott of the National Post.
- Jon Heyman of SI.com says the Yankees will likely seek a bat with a high on base percentage and wonders if David DeJesus could fit (Twitter link).
- Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe speculates that Mike Lowell and Boof Bonser could be trade bait.
- Jon Heyman of SI.com says it's a "long shot" that the D'Backs deal Dan Haren.
- Cuban player Yadil Mujica could sign soon, according to Jorge Ebro of El Nuevo Herald (Twitter link).
- Ebro reports (via Twitter) that the Phillies are eyeing Dominican pitcher Yunesky Maya.
- Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun presents 12 possible replacements for Dave Trembley, including Eric Wedge, Bobby Valentine and Bob Melvin.
- Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says firing Dave Trembley won't be enough for the Orioles. He says the club needs to hire a "high-profile, kick-ass manager."
- David Ortiz told John Tomase of the Boston Herald that he "definitely" hopes to see Lowell traded, since it would be "a wonderful thing" for Lowell's sake.
- As Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald reports, the Red Sox have more high picks than usual this year, partly because Type A free agents Jason Bay and Billy Wagner signed elsewhere last winter.
- ESPN.com's Rob Neyer wouldn't give up more than one 'B' prospect to acquire Derrek Lee if he were running the Angels.
- Freddy Sanchez, who will play in Pittsburgh for the first time since the Pirates traded him last summer, tells Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he loved playing in Pittsburgh and can't wait to return.
Translation: David Ortiz hopes that he “definitely” hopes to see Mike Lowell traded, since HE WILL GET MORE ABs
Translation: I don’t know what I’m talking about.
You’re too bitter for my city. Move to Philadelphia.
Pointless, misinformed post. Lowell hasn’t been taking at-bats from Ortiz lately. That platoon is long gone. In fact, when Lowell played yesterday during a routine day off for Ortiz, Ortiz came in to pinch hit for him a little more than midway through the game. More likely, Ortiz sees that his friend is miserable as a bench player and hopes that he is traded to a place where he has a better chance to get more playing time. Nice try though.
If the Angels take on Lee with his $13m salary and give up a B level prospect Reagins should be fired on the spot.
i think the giants should get in on lee. he lives in the sacramento area.
I dont’t that should happen because he is 35 and is only getting older with injury problems. Plus then we would be way to overcrowded in the infield and if Huff produces this year. I’d rather sign him for a two year with a third year option.
one name, sabean. you listed all the attributes of players he likes to sign.
I think they will see what Burrell has first. He was 5-12 with an HR in Fresno.
yeah. i live in fresno and i didn’t even get to see how he was hitting. i think he was 5 for 13 with a HR and 6 rbi’s. not too bad.
I say Xavier Nady will get traded before Lee. Lee, is a captain of the team I expect him to finish this year out as a Cub. I don’t see him back next year. Their has been speculation that Colvin could be sent back down to learn 1B. Lilly, Lee, A-Ram and Fukudome are coming up on their contracts. Lee, Lilly are gone prolly, Fukudome could be traded and A-Ram has an opt out clause after the season. The Cubs might ask him to opt out. I could see the Cubs rebuilding Castro, Cashner, Jeff Stevens looks really good now are up now and if I were the Cubs Vitters looks to be mediocre and doesn’t give much effort so I would trade him. Jackson J.Jackson Gaub will come eventually.
Yeah, Nady should be traded given their crowded OF. Trying to squeeze Fukudome, Soriano, Byrd, Colvin, and Nady in there isn’t going to work. And, correct me if I’m wrong, I think Nady is the only one who has played another position besides the OF.
And I keep hearing that they want to give Colvin more AB’s. All 5 of these guys could be starting OFers, so you may be looking at trading 2 of them if Colvin is going to get in there more often. Maybe Nady and Fukudome? Given that Soriano is basically untradeable (even though he’s bringing some solid offense this season). That would give you Soriano in LF, Byrd in CF, and Colvin in RF.
Or if you want to get better prospects, maybe try trading Lee and slotting Nady at 1B?
By the way, I was just wondering.. Why did they sign Nady in the first place? It seems like they did it just to do it.. Maybe just Hendry proving he can avoid giving someone a contract that doesn’t involve a NTC. I’m sure there’s a reason, I’m just trying to figure out what it is..
Soriano is injury prone and was coming off a terrible year and Fukudome didn’t hit lefties at all. The thought was Nady could platoon some with Fukudome and fill in for Soriano if and when he got hurt without losing too much production. The Cubs also didn’t expect the emergence of Tyler Colvin as a solid 4th outfielder. If they had, it’s doubtful they would have pursued Nady. But then again, this is Hendry, so you never now.
I think the better question is how the Elias Rankings this year will work out for Lee, if he can qualify for type A, hell even type B, he’s worth holding onto for the draft pick.
You think the cubs will risk paying him ~13-16MM next season just for the chance at a mid to late first rounder or sandwich pick? I guess one can never rule out Hendry to be willing to pay someone big money at age 35.
Boof is DFA bait
$75,000 for Fred Lewis LOL… Thank You San Francisco