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Sunday, November 20, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves, Bedtime Edition
Dodgers Interview Fregosi; Collins Out Of The Running
GM Ned Colletti and three other Dodger executives interviewed Jim Fregosi regarding the team's open managerial spot. Both Colletti and Fregosi said the interview went well.Terry Collins no longer appears to be a candidate for the manager post, though he did meet with Colletti about the farm. Other names under consideration are Angels pitching coach Bud Black, Padres hitting coach Tony Muser, and Braves third base coach Fredi Gonzales. Muser has a 317-431 record in six years with Kansas City (1997 through 2002), and is the only one of the three to manage at the major league level. So much for proven winners.
Olympic Qualifier Pix
Brian Clevinger once again snaps some good photos of the USA/Canadian Olympic qualifiers.Olympic Qualifiers: USA 5, Canada 2
Speaking of the Olympics, Team USA swept their first round of qualifiers. Howie Kendrick hit a two-run shot that temporarily gave the USA the lead, and Brandon Wood doubled and scored the go-ahead run, going 2-4 overall. Jeff Mathis went 2-3 and scored a run. Angels system pitcher Eric Cyr, now a minor league free agent (so far as I know, anyway) and presently representing Canada, gave up a pair of runs over an inning and two thirds.The Great Florida Fire Sale Of '05
It's 1998 all over again in Florida as virtually the entire team from Paul LoDuca to Josh Beckett to Carlos Delgado -- in fact, everyone except Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera -- is up for sale thanks to orders from team owner Jeffrey Loria to cut the team's payroll to as little as $40 million, which would easily make it the lowest in the majors if it indeed got so low. Talks of decreasing payroll follow on the heels of stalled negotiations for a new stadium for the Fish.
Comments:
Obviously a fire sale is worth going to to see if you can pick up some bargains, but I'm not too impressed with the value of Marlin's talent.
Sure Delgado is a fine player, but he is paid an arm and a leg. I'll pass on Pierre and his .680 OPS last year (even with 3 years in Colorado his career OPS is only .730). If the Marlins do pick up Blalock and then want to flip him I might be interested. If you get the Blalock of 2003 and 2004 (OPS .872 and .855 respectively) then sign me up, but it's not so good if last years version (OPS .749) shows up. His salary is relatively low though, so I'd be intereted.
Sure Delgado is a fine player, but he is paid an arm and a leg. I'll pass on Pierre and his .680 OPS last year (even with 3 years in Colorado his career OPS is only .730). If the Marlins do pick up Blalock and then want to flip him I might be interested. If you get the Blalock of 2003 and 2004 (OPS .872 and .855 respectively) then sign me up, but it's not so good if last years version (OPS .749) shows up. His salary is relatively low though, so I'd be intereted.
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