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Considering the landscape of this free agent market, this year could be the biggest off-season of trades in quite some time.
Johan Santana, Miguel Cabrera, Dontrelle Willis, Scott Rolen, and Miguel Tejada are among those who could be seeing a change in scenery this winter.
In terms of Santana, Jayson Stark on ESPN writes that the Mets might be the team most willing to give up the prospects needed to get him.
One NL executive says: Watch out for the Mets, given the pressure on GM Omar Minaya to win now.
“Omar seems determined to make a huge splash,” the exec says. “And I think that’s the guy they’ve had earmarked all along.”
The Dodgers, Angels, Yankees, and Mets would appear to be the top teams in the running for Santana.
The Yankees don’t appear willing to deal Joba Chamberlain, Ian Kennedy, or Phillip Hughes, which would likely put they out of the running for Santana.
The Dodgers would need to make a choice on who to use their prospects on, Cabrera or Santana. Buster Olney on ESPN cites a NL source who said that the Dodgers and Marlins are ‘pretty far apart’ on Cabrera. Olney writes that ‘there is growing expectation around the game is that the Angels will land Cabrera’.
However Rosenthal believes the Angels no longer are the front-runners for Cabrera.
Rosenthal cites major-league sources who say, if the Dodgers are willing to part with outfielder Matt Kemp along with third baseman Andy LaRoche and Class AA left-hander Clayton Kershaw, they would likely be able to land the Marlins All-Star third baseman.
If the Dodgers fail to land Cabrera, they are rumored to have interest in Scott Rolen as well.
Jayson Stark believes it will take two young players to get Dontrelle Willis. The Mets, Mariners and Diamondbacks are believed to have interest.
The Orioles want to get rid of the $26 million left on Miguel Tejada’s contract which does not leave many suitors. The Dodgers and Angels may use Tejada as plan B if they lose out on Cabrera. The O’s are also rumored to be shopping Erik Bedard.
The Reds may make Ryan Freel or Scott Hamilton available due to the emergence of minor league player of the year Jay Bruce.
The Pirates could offer 26-year old Ian Snell who has more quality starts (22) than Santana or Roy Oswalt and a better strikeout rate (7.66 per 9 innings) than Carlos Zambrano or Ben Sheets.
The Phillies are looking at Randy Wolf, Matt Clement, Kris Benson, Mike Wood, and Japanese free agent Hiroki Kuroda.
Sphere: Related ContentDodgers Could Push For Both Cabrera And Willis
Posted by Gary GrundNovember 8, 2007 at 12:55 pm
8 Nov
Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post indicates that an industry source has said that the Dodgers are making a big push for 3B Miguel Cabrera. There is also speculation that the Dodgers could have interest in setting up a blockbuster deal that would also include LHP Dontrelle Willis.
The Marlins are listening to trade offers for Willis, however, they aren’t likely to trade him as much as they are Cabrera.
Sphere: Related ContentJuan C. Rodriguez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinal reports that the Florida Marlins are willing to listen to offers for Dontrelle Willis.
“Sitting on the sidelines and hoping you’re going to get better, I’m not sure that’s a good way to go at it,” Beinfest said. “I’m not sure what major upheaval is either, but there are some things you’d like to improve on that may constitute some change on this roster in order to achieve those goals.”
Willis and Miguel Cabrera would earn a combined $19 million next year on a payroll that is not expected to go beyond $35 million.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Associated Press is reporting Marlins P Dontrelle Willis was arrested today at about 4:30 AM for drunk driving. A cop saw Willis get out of his black Bentley and urinate in the middle of the street.
I'm sure Deadspin is going to have a load of fun with this today.
I've read two reports on this today. One of them has D-Train just urinating in the middle of the street while another one has Dontrelle urinating in the street when as the cop approaches him, which would be ridiculiously funny. Either way, this story is gold and I expect we will be hearing about this for a couple days since its such a slow sports weekend.
Sphere: Related ContentThe folks at Newsday have learned that the Mets organization is souring on OF Lastings Milledge by the day and it seems more and more likely he will be traded this winter. Besides his lackluster play, his attitude has also turned off some members of the organization.
Also on the Milledge front, it appears that the Mets have had internal discussions about trading Milledge and P Aaron Heilman to Toronto in exchange for OF Vernon Wells. If the Mets are to acquire Wells, he would be moved to right field while Shawn Green would move to left.
Milledge has also been brought up in discussions involving White Sox Pitchers Javier Vazquez and Freddy Garcia, Marlins P Dontrelle Willis and Padres P Jake Peavy.
Sphere: Related ContentKen Rosenthal of Fox Sports has a crapload of nuggets this morning:
The Mets are still interested in White Sox P Javier Vazquez, but he views the Rangers as the most likely trade partner. Rosenthal suggests the Sox trade Vazquez and OF Brian Anderson to Texas for some of Texas’ pitching prospects, namely Thomas Diamond and John Danks.
The Dodgers are close to signing 1B Nomar Garciaparra to a 2-year deal.
With the departure of DH Frank Thomas to the Blue Jays, expect the A’s to inquire about C Mike Piazza, OF Cliff Floyd, OF Aubrey Huff, OF Frank Catalanotto and 1B Shea Hillenbrand. The alternative route would be to acquire a bat by trading P Esteban Loaiza.
The Giants, Rangers, Orioles and Astros are the four teams most interested in OF Carlos Lee. Lee is a fallback option for the Giants if they fail to re-sign OF Barry Bonds.
If the Devil Rays move either OF Carl Crawford or OF Rocco Baldelli, they will be moved for a young pitcher with ace-like potential. Possible targets include Angels P Ervin Santana, Dodgers P Chad Billingsley and one of the Marlins young pitchers.
Astros.com reports Astros GM Tim Purpura denies having discussions with the Red Sox about P Brad Lidge.
Newsday reports Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez has no plans to waive his no-trade clause.
The Boston Herald is reporting that the Red Sox and Scott Boras plan to keep the Daisuke Matsuzaka contract negotiations “as quiet as possible”.
The Philadelphis Inquirer is reporting that free agent OF-2B Alfonso Soriano has said he prefers to stay on the east coast.
The Denver Post reports that the Cubs, Rangers and Astros are all showing interest in P Jason Jennings.
Joel Sherman of the NY Post reports that the Rockies have told the Yankees they will take on half of the $23 million still owed to P Carl Pavano.
Sphere: Related ContentGM Meetings Update From Gotham Baseball
Posted by Anthony De RosaNovember 15, 2006 at 5:58 am
15 Nov
Gotham Baseball brings us this update from the GM meetings taking place in Naples, Florida…
with the Florida Marlins for the services of Dontrelle Willis, with
Aaron Heilman and Lastings Milledge as the main pieces in any deal.
“love” Fernando Martinez, and if the Mets include him in any deal,
it'll get done. However, Minaya has no intention of including
Martinez in any deal for any player.
“Minaya has other guys in his system that he's willing to deal, but not that kid. No way”
The
Mets are being insistent in trade talks that Phil Humber and Mike
Pelfrey are not available, “so stop asking”
Free Agent INFs that
would be considered bench players (like Craig Counsell) are rebuffing
the Mets' plans to sign them because “they'll never play with Wright
and Reyes playing every day?'
First base prospect Michel Abreu is
“definitely” in the clubs plans for 2007.
Edgardo Alfonzo and
Octavio Dotel are being considered as non-roster ST invitees, and the
club may contact former Met Lee Mazzilli about it's vacant third base
coaching spot.
According to the Palm Beach Post, a National League GM said that the Marlins are telling teams that P Dontrelle Willis is not avaliable.
So much for that trade. For what its worth, the fish also said 1B Carlos Delgado wasn't avaliable last winter, but you all know where he is now.
The LA Times reports the Los Angeles Angels have made an offer to OF-2B Alfonso Soriano and it is believed to be a 6-year deal worth $80 million.
MLB.com reports the Rangers made a $27 million bid on P Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Thats $27 million that could be used to lure P Barry Zito to Arlington.
The Oakland A's have eliminated Nippom Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman from their managerial search. Bench coach Bob Geren, Rockies bench coach Jamie Quirk and ESPN analyst Orel Hershiser are the final 3 canidates.
Sphere: Related ContentMetsblog.com , Gotham Baseball, and Trapped In Boston are all reporting what was speculated since the annual Florida fire sale took place this past winter. Here's a few juicy bites from their reports…
The Facts…
Willis, 24, will likely earn roughly $7 million in 2007 in arbitration,
and more than $10 million in 2008, at which point he’ll be eligible for
free-agency…
The Chatter…
From Gotham Baseball…
Gotham Baseball has learned that the Marlins scouted both
teams “very heavily” this spring, and with each team carrying more than
a few of its top prospects in camp a tad longer than usual, Florida
“has a very clear idea of what interests them.”
From Metsblog…
make a move on this kid, including the mets…with this in mind, it would
also stand to reason that he will instantly cost your organization's
top prospects, i.e. Lastings Milledge.
Apparently the buzz has reached its way to beantown, as reported by Trapped In Boston, and the Sox are looking to deal as well…
and Sox may make a trade of Dontrelle for Sox minor leaguers Lester and
one other (can't remember who they mentioned).
Come on over to the Hot Foot Forums to discuss the possibilities.
I was out last night in Hoboken and met Cliff Floyd's agent, he is
friends with one of the guys I went out with. He was really cool, I talked to him about Cliffy for a few minutes. He told me that Cliff
and Dontrell Willis will be at Lounge 11 in Hoboken tonight along with
a few other Mets. Just wanted to pass the info along to fellow Hot Footers
who live in the area.
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