Rumors for December, 2009
New York Mets Rumors: Jason Bay and Bengie Molina
Posted by: | CommentsThere hasn’t been any updates between the New York Mets and Jason Bay or Bengie Molina despite the team offering contracts to both players at the end of the Winter Meetings almost two weeks ago.
- This is leading some within the club to wonder if either player is interested in coming to New York.
- The holdup for both players is their demand for an extra year. Bay wants a fifth year added to the Met’s four-year $65 million offer, while Molina wants a third year on top of the Met’s two-year $12 million offer.
- Met’s GM Omar Minaya has indicated a willingness to wait on both players, telling The Post late last week, “It is a long off season.”
- A team source said yesterday that Minaya may soon consider other left field and catcher options if Bay and Molina continue to give the Mets the cold shoulder.
- Other options for the Mets in left field include Matt Holliday (he may be too expensive for the Mets), Johnny Damon (he has great power, but his 24 home runs may be inflated due to Yankee Stadium) and Jonny Gomes.
- You can see Jason Bay’s statistics here.
- You can see Bengie Molina’s statistics here.
Dan Uggla Rumors: Trade to Braves? On-again, off-again with Giants?
Posted by: | CommentsKen Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports on the Atlants Braves’ interest in trading for the Florida Marlin’s Dan Uggla.
- The Braves need a bat and may trade for Marlin’s second baseman Uggla and move him to left field. Martin Prado is currently playing second base for the Braves.
- Uggla’s agent, Jeff Borris, told Yahoo!, that “there should be no reason to consider a position change at this time. It’s a tough subject. I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see.”
- The talks between the Braves and Marlins describe Atlanta’s interest as “mild”.
- Uggla, 29, will make between $7-8 million in arbitration.
- The Marlin’s talks with the Giants about Uggla are “on-again, off-again” and the Baltimore Orioles are out now that they signed free agent Garrett Atkins.
- A trade for the Yankee’s Nick Swisher or signing of free-agent left fielder Johnny Damon may be prefereable to the Braves. If the Yankees trade Swisher then they may continue to pursue Damon for outfield and designated hitter duties.
- Damon lives in Orlando, the site of the Braves’ Spring Training home.
- You can see Uggla’s complete contract details and statistics here.
Erik Bedard Rumors: Injured pitcher draws interest from Mariners, Orioles and Royals
Posted by: | CommentsAccording to Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times, they suggest that the Seattle Mariners may be bringing back Erik Bedard:
- Nobody knows when Bedard can pitch in a Major League game. Some speculate it could be May 2010. Some say he won’t be ready the entire first half of the season.
- The Mariner’s trainer, Rick Griffin was quoted, “He’s going into therapy three or four times a week, and he’s working out at home. I talked to him, and he said he feels really, really good. He’s making good progress.”
- Any offers to Bedard are likely to be loaded with incentives, much more so than what Rich Harden received from the Rangers.
- The Mariners are expected to make their five-man rotation assuming that Bedard will not be apart of it. If Bedard shows signs of recovering you can expect teams to start bidding on him come April.
- Yahoo via The Sporting News indicates that the Orioles and Royals also have expressed interest in Bedard.
- You can see Bedard’s statistics here.
City of San Francisco to sue Major League Baseball?
Posted by: | CommentsThe San Francsico Chronicle reports that the city of San Francisco is threatening to sue Major League Baseball if it approves the Oakland Athletics move to San Jose, CA.
- The city has a financial interest in the San Francisco Giants, including $3.6 million in annual rent the Giants pay for AT&T Park and its nearby parking lot. The city also collects money to pay down the $16.6 million in bonds the city issued to pay for public improvements around the park. The city also gets tax revenues from sales of tickets, concessions, souvenirs, parking, etc.
- The Giants have the territorial right to San Jose, and moving a team like the Oakland Athletics into that area would undercut the Giant’s fan base and revenue.
- “The city and county of San Francisco has a vital interest in making sure the Giants are successful and viable so they can make good on their obligations to the city.”
- An attempt by the A’s to move from Oakland to Fremont fell through in February after the real estate market collapsed and local officials, residents and environmentalists opposed the development.
- MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and the Oakland Athletics are researching potential site for the A’s to move including the possibility of the A’s moving to Fremont or San Jose.
- You can read more about this by following this link.
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