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Tuesday, November 29, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves
After a stressful non-lunch, here's the news --
Rangers Interested In Zito, Moving Soriano
The Texas Rangers are interested in Barry Zito according to the Star-Telegram. Supposedly the Angels have interest in acquiring Alfonso Soriano, though I can't imagine this is anything besides posturing from the Rangers; why would Bill Stoneman acquire Orlando Cabrera, famously for his glove, and then giveth away that much more on the right side?Ausmus To Re-Up With Astros -- Or Maybe Join The Padres?
Astros catcher Brad Ausmus says he would like to stay with the Astros, or if not, to work for the Padres. Ausmus lives in the San Diego area.Manny To Mets Talk Update
The stakes the Mets are willing to pay to get Manny Ramirez in Queens just got higher, with a Bergen County Record story indicating a trio of Cliff Floyd, Aaron Heilman and Lastings Milledge could get the job done. Bob Klapisch thinks the Mets are headed in the direction of a "win now" mode a la the Yanks, but the Yankees at least have -- or had -- a core of good players. The Mets don't have that, and wouldn't have much in their farm were they to unload these guys.But how are they planning on paying for all this? Tom Verducci says the easy answer of a new cable network that starts next year isn't correct, as it's working the other way; the club wants to get subscribers, and winning is the best way for that to happen. No, it's $20M in extra stadium revenues versus 2004, an anticipated $8M more in 2006, and an anticipated $23M check from MLB for MLBAM. Color me unconvinced; the net result of this will be bad teams going after expensive, mediocre free agents. Three years from now, they'll be wondering why Manny spent 45 days on the DL.
Giants Letting Tomko Walk
Not much of a surprise.Jays After Giles
Another ridiculous contract, but again, the Blue Jays are getting paid in Canadian dollars, they now own Rogers Centre free and clear, and they're the only Canadian team in baseball. They could be the club to beat in the AL East next year.Furcal To Speak To Colletti Tonight
ESPN reports that Ned Colletti and free agent shortstop Rafael Furcal are to meet tonight.
Comments:
I agree with Matt on all three accounts. All of this rumor mongeringwith the Angels is getting ridiculous. It could be that these things are all a part of Arte's plan...make people think the Angels are after everyone a la the Yankees. Of course it could be an alternate reason, which is that teams and players sudeenly see the Angels as a free spending team and use them to drive their prices up. Both of these scenarios would be considered neutral to good. The other scenario is the bad one: that the Angels are actually going after these people.
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