Rumors for Chicago White Sox
List of six GM candidates for Arizona Diamondbacks is taking shape
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FOXSports’ Jon Paul Morosi says the Arizona Diamondbacks’ list of potential general manager candidates is starting to take shape. According to sources close to Morosi, the Diamondbacks plan to speak with the following six people:
- Jerry Dipoto, Diamondbacks interim GM
- Peter Woodfork, Diamondbacks assistant GM
- Kevin Towers, former Padres GM and current Yankees adviser
- Damon Oppenheimer, Yankees vice president of amateur scouting
- De Jon Watson, Dodgers assistant GM for player development
- Logan White, Dodgers assistant GM for amateur and international scouting
Sources says that the Diamondbacks’ superiors were happy with the job that Dipoto did at the July 31st trade deadline. Among Dipoto’s accomplishments this season are: Dan Haren trade with the Los Angeles Angels, Edwin Jackson trade with the Chicago White Sox, Chad Qualls trade with the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chris Snyder trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Chicago White Sox designate RHP Clevelan Santeliz for assignment
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The Chicago White Sox have designated right-handed pitcher Clevelan Santeliz for assignment, according to USA Today.
Santeliz, who is celebrating his 24th birthday today, has yet to pitch with the big league club. In five seasons in the Minor Leagues, SAnteliz is 12-26 with a 4.46 ERA in 172 appearances (29 starts). With Triple-A Charlotte, he is 1-4 with a 4.65 ERA in 36 appearances.
Could the Chicago White Sox sign Manny Ramirez in 2011?
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Although Manny Ramirez has yet to play one game for the Chicago White Sox, questions are already popping up as far as what he’ll do next year.
‘I go into this with an open mind,” Williams said. ”He is our DH right now. Let’s see how it goes; let’s see how he fits. Let’s see how we all end up and what we have to work with dollarwise next year. But that’s 2011. ‘Let’s worry about 2010 now’ is my message to everyone.”
Ramirez is a free agent after this season, and his future salary could come down to what he does for the White Sox this last month of the season. He’s been injured for much of this year, and because he’ll have the opportunity to get at-bats without being a defensive liability by playing DH, it may help him secure a decent deal this off-season.
He made $20 million this season, but given his lackluster year, it’ll be tough for him to find something that big. However, you can’t count out his agent, Scott Boras. Boras has been known to create value for his clients.
Information from Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times was used in this article.
Andruw Jones wants to play until 2015
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Chicago White Sox outfielder and designated, Andruw Jones, wants to bring his career to an even 20 years of service by playing five more years. He wants to start that journey by playing with the Sox at least for the 2011 season.
“Hopefully, I can be here because we have good chemistry going,” Jones told MLB.com (via Scott Merkin). “You know, I would love to play more [this season], but I knew when I signed my contract here, I know what my role was going to be.
I accepted it. I would like to be here again and be a part of the Chicago White Sox. Hopefully, we can finish strong and make the playoffs and get on a streak.”
Now that the White Sox have Manny Ramirez, it may be difficult for Jones to find playing time. Read More→
Update – No deal to trade Mike Napoli from Angels to Red Sox
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8/29 14:14: According to a source close to Alex Speier of WEEI says the Red Sox and the Angels did not reach an agreement to trade catcher Mike Napoli despite the Sox being awarded a waiver claim.
A second source close to Speier said the Angels were “not really looking to move” Napoli right now.
8/29 17:21: The Angels will likely pull Napoli back as they can create more of a trade market for him over the winter, a league source told John Tomase of the Boston Herald. The Red Sox had interest in Napoli but also needed to put a claim in to block the Rays from obtaining him.
8/29 14:50: According to ESPN’s Joe McDonald, the Boston Red Sox have claimed Mike Napoli. McDonald adds that is is unlikely the Red Sox will complete a deal.
8/28 23:01: Major League sources close to FOXSports.com say that Los Angeles Angels catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli was claimed on trade waivers by an unknown team. The Angels and the claiming team now have until Monday afternoon to work out a deal.
Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports says the team is probably another American League club. Possible candidates include the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers. All of those teams could use help at catcher, first base and/or designated hitter.
Since the return of catcher Jeff Mathis from the disabled list in June, Napoli has spent more time at first base.
Napoli is earning $3.6 million this season and is on track to be a free agent after the 2012 season. He is hitting .249 with 21 home runs and 60 RBIs in 112 games.
Manny Ramirez is officially moved to Chicago White Sox
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USA Today’s Bob Nightengale says via Twitter that the deal between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox for Manny Ramirez is official. Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated confirms that is it a straight waiver claim with no prospects involved. The White Sox will pay the $3.8 million left on Ramirez’s salary with no compensation to the Dodgers.
Ramirez was placed on waivers by the Dodgers on August 25. At that time, it was widely known that the Chicago White Sox were interested in the outfielder. Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times was the first to report that an unknown team made a claim on Ramirez on August 27. A source close to MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan was the first to report the Chicago White Sox were awarded the claim with ESPN’s Jayson Stark confirming it.
Ramirez, 38, is hitting .313/.407/.513 in 64 games with the Dodgers this season.
Conflicting reports on Manny Ramirez trade waiver situation?
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There are a few conflicting reports on the Manny Ramirez trade waiver situation. In near simultaneous tweets:
The White Sox say no deal has yet been finalized for Manny, meaning that this may not be a waiver claim, after all. (Bob Nightengale, USA Today)
Dodgers sending Manny to #WhiteSox on strict waiver claim. WSox take all $3.8M. LA gets no players back. More to come at ESPN.com (Jayson Stark, ESPN)
The teams talked about scenarios where #Dodgers would have paid up to $1.5M of contract depending on prospect they got. Never agreed on that (Jayson Stark, ESPN)
FWIW (for what it’s worth), Manny Ramirez’s info is not in today’s White Sox game notes at this time (Scott Merkin, MLB.com)
So stay tuned as we find out more.
Colorado Rockies looking for a reliever?
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The Colorado Rockies sit 4 1/2 games out in the Wild Card and it looks like they may be on the look out for relief help to make a run. According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, the Rockies are looking for a relief pitcher. Heyman adds that they may settle for a “change-of-scenery” type of reliever.
Last week, Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun said pitchers Jason Frasor, Scott Downs, Kevin Gregg and Shawn Camp of the Toronto Blue Jays did not clear waivers. It still is unknown which team or teams were awarded the waiver claim. Unless the Rockies were one of the claiming teams, it’s unlikely that they will be able to acquire of the Jays’ pitchers.
The Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies are also known to be actively looking for relief pitching. The deadline to set your postseason rosters is August 31st, so teams have a little more than 24 hours to make the moves to get them into the playoffs.
Manny Ramirez to go to White Sox as a waiver claim
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8/29 18:36: Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated says “manny is gone, as la is done with him. appears to be pure waiver claim, where chisox just pay his salary.”
8/29 17:58: According to Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY, the Dodgers are trying to decide whether to take cash relief from White Sox and have them pay entire remaining salary or take 3B prospect Jon Gilmore and pay chunk of Manny’s salary.
8/29 17:40: According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Dodgers are still discussing possible players they would receive from the White Sox. If this is the case, then the Dodgers would probably pay some of Ramirez’s salary. If they can’t agree on the players, then the Dodgers will just give Manny to the White Sox and they will be responsible for the $4.3mm owed to him.
8/29 17:15: According to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports, Manny will be a member of the White Sox come Monday. The details of the deal are still being worked out.
8/29 17:05:If anyone thought the Dodgers were going to keep Manny Ramirez, today probably changed your mind. The Dodgers lost 10-5 to the Rockies and are 10 back in the division and 6 1/2 back in the Wild Card. But it gets worse. Manny did not start today which made it 4 games in a row that manger Joe Torre started Scott Podsednik over him. The reasons Torre provided for the consecutive benchings was that Podsednik provided the lineup more energy. This is the same lineup who’s starting pitching staff had a sub 2 ERA two weeks ago but still managed to lose 4 out of 7 games because they couldn’t score runs.
There is a chess game going on between the Dodgers and Ramirez and the fans are stuck in the middle. Maybe Torre and GM Ned Colletti are concerned that Manny will get hurt running to 1st or even worse hurt something as he walks to the plate. Whatever the case is the Dodgers have made their stance known and that is that they do not want one of the most feared hitters in their lineup any longer.
Today, Ramirez was sent up with the bases loaded and one out to bat for reliever Ronald Belisario. He took a fastball from Matt Reynolds that appeared to be outside but was called a strike. Ramirez immediately turned to complain and was quickly ejected by plate umpire Gary Cederstrom.
Ramirez actions today clearly stated that he wants a divorce from the Dodgers and would love to go to the Chicago White Sox. Manny wears his emotions on his sleve and has let it be known that he is done with LA. Maybe its a match made in heaven, because as Manny was being ejected, so was White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen.
The Dodgers start a 6 game home stand Monday. Two things will be missing come the end of the home stand. “Mannywood” and Manny himself.
Brewers Trevor Hoffman is available
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Teams have only two days left to acquire that last player that they need before the deadline. Players acquired after the deadline can only help the team reach the playoffs as they will be ineligible for the playoffs. Recently, we have heard that the White Sox, Reds and Phillies were looking to upgrade their respective bullpens. At this time of the year though, every playoff team is looking for a new arm either for the rotation or for the bullpen.
The Blue Jays have many bullpen arms that intrigue other clubs. The problem is Jason Frasor, Scott Downs, Kevin Gregg and Shawn Camp did not clear waivers. So unless the claiming team is a contending team that needs bullpen help, they won’t be able to acquire any of these arms.
Here is an idea. Why not go after a future Hall of Famer who has cleared waivers and can be traded to any team. Why not go after one of the greatest closers in the history of the game. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Brewers Trevor Hoffman, has cleared waivers and is available. The problem is no one is calling Brewers GM Doug Melvin’s phone.
Hoffman this year has been up-and-down with more downs than ups. He sports a 6.21 ERA. One thing interested clubs should look at is in his last 10 outings, he has not given up a run in 8 of those appearances (9 innings, 4 runs).
Hoffman is making $7.5mm this season and has a limited no-trade clause to 25 teams. Hoffman does have a career ERA of 2.87.
