Manny to the Giants for Four-Year Deal?

Now while I strongly believe the “source” in this story is closely associated with one Scott Boras, it’s still worth passing along to the Dodger faithful. Make your own assumptions, but it’s interesting timing given the Andruw Jones news this evening. From CBS 5 in San Francisco:

Giants Offer Slugger Manny Ramirez 4-Year Deal

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ?The San Francisco Giants are pursuing free-agent slugger Manny Ramirez and have offered him a four-year deal, a well-connected source told CBS 5.

Financial terms of the contract offer were not immediately known. The deal was said by the source to contain incentives for the third year of the contract and a club option for the fourth.

In addition, the Denver Post newspaper quoted a Major League Baseball insider as saying the Giants were “quietly making an aggressive play” for Ramirez.

The chances of the Giants signing Ramirez, a 36-year-old left fielder, were unclear. A team spokesperson told CBS 5, “it’s not happening.”

The Los Angeles Dodgers recently withdrew a two-year, $45 million offer they presented to keep Ramirez, who helped lift them into postseason play with an NL West title this past season.

Dodger officials said the team took their deal off the bargaining table after not hearing back from Ramirez’s camp.

Calls by CBS 5 to Ramirez’s agent, who is known for trying to pit teams against each other in a bidding war, were not returned and his publicist had no knowledge of any negotiations with the Giants.