The trade rumors around Roy Halladay are flying again – this time courtesy of Tim Brown from Yahoo Sports. While he has most recently cited the deal as “highly unlikely” at this time, it’s clear that the Jays are trying to determine if they can extract maximum value from Halladay before his contract expires at [...]
It’s actually not as much of a long shot as you might first think. Here’s why: 1.) The free agent market for starting pitchers is pretty thin. 2.) Ned Colletti doesn’t like offering contracts longer than three years to anyone. 3.) Ned likes signing players that have something to prove and giving them an incentive-laden [...]
Well after a number of off-season vacations and a bout with a serious cough (which yours truly is still hanging on to), we’re back and ready to monitor and comment on all the the Hot Stove League activities and news surrounding your Los Angeles Dodgers. A few weeks ago, Jon Weisman had a great post that [...]
The most important re-signing of the Dodgers is now complete. No, it wasn’t Manny Ramirez exercising his $20 million player option – it was Vin Scully announcing that he will return for the 2010 season and then decide what his future will hold. Fans are overjoyed at the news (see examples here). Many, like me, [...]
Saw a tweet from Diamond Leung linking to Bob Keisser’s column in today’s Long Beach Press Telegram. According to Bob, there apparently is some interest from one team in Manny Ramirez: A baseball insider says the club has been contacted by an American League team that is interested in Manny Ramirez if the team will [...]
