Here are some links from around the league as Wednesday turns into Thursday…
- Scott Boras told reporters (including WEEI.com's Rob Bradford) that a "couple of teams" have inquired about J.D. Drew during the season. "I've got no indication from him a desire to return," said Boras of the outfielder, who has been at home. "But then again I haven't addressed the issue with him, if he's done anything formally."
- Steve Melewski of MASNSports.com reports (on Twitter) that clubs keep asking the Orioles for top prospects Dylan Bundy and Manny Machado in trade talks. Needless to say, those two are as close to untouchable as it gets.
- The Blue Jays promoted Andrew Tinnish to assistant GM, reports Bob Elliott of The Toronto Sun (on Twitter). Tinnish had been the team's amateur scouting director.
Teams can keep dreaming…..Bundy and Machado ain’t going anywhere.
“But I’ll throw in Juan Rivera, maybe even James Loney!”
-Ned C.
Ned C doesn’t like prospects! lol
King Felix would look pretty good in that rotation. And, he loves to pitch against the Red Sox and Yankees.
his velocity is also down and he’s giving up more hits than he ever has in his career
Have a hard time thinking of a team wanting JD Drew on it’s MLB roster after watching him in 2011 and i was one of his supporters the 1st 4 seasons in Boston. He was a shell of himself last season, couldn’t even run/move in RF to take advantage of the good glove he brought with him and his bat was flat out awful in 2011.
and then in September after he was mysteriously absent most of the season with an equally mysterious ailment, he suffers a setback–he hurt his middle finger (probably happened when he flipped the Boston fans ‘the bird’). I am thankful for that Grand Slam in the 07 ALCS–he got the Sox rolling in game 6–but 08, 09, 10, and especially 11 were a joke with him, aside from moments during the 2008 postseason.
Alright, I’ll bite… .927 OPS in ’08, .914 OPS in ’09…total joke, riiiiiiight.
JD Drew is the poster boy for saber or “I know what I see” The I know what I see crowd thinks he is the worst player the Red Sox ever had. The saber crowd is like whoa hold on yea he looks like an emotionless statue but dude is putting up .900+ OPS seasons. If Boras is telling the truth(yes I know big if) thsoe teams were probably the rays/As.
look how many games he missed those seasons! 2008: 109 games played! 2009, 137 games played! I meant in terms of “games played”. Serious injuries (Broken foot (Pedroia), broken Ribs (Ellsbury)) is one thing but with J.D. Drew it always seemed to be that he refused to play through minor injuries. the sore back. that sort of thing. Sore legs. It just seemed to me that he always sat out if he wasn’t 100% and he always–always was good for an extended DL stint. Besides, even looking past my points, is two really good seasons (08-09) in which he played under 140 games both times worth $70MM to you?
I’ll be honest, if I’m a GM calling Boras to inquire about JD Drew I’m asking, “How much will it take for you to never mention my team in connection with Mr. Drew?“…in other words, after he stole all that money from the Red Sox, I wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole.
In comparison to Lackey, Lugo, Dicek, and Crawford Drew looks like a bargain price all star.
your bitterness is unexplainable
Machado and Bundy for Felix—-that’s just for starters right?
How the asking price has fallen since suitors started calling. Add on Weiters and we are starting to get to Felix territory. Pretty soon, you get where I’m going– the O’s become the M’s without Felix. Then good luck paying the $18 M.
I would imagine Bundy is about as untouchable as anyone in baseball right now, majors or minors. It beats me how any GM can seriously ask for him in return, unless that return is Verlander. True ace potential is something so hard to find.
I would include Machado in a deal for the right player. An ace-level pitcher for sure, if the O’s can still work in a contract extension under the new CBA. David Wright comes to mind as well, though he’s getting close to the big 3-0.
Bundy is a different story. He’s not going anywhere.