Holding patterns
The big news in actual baseball this week - that would be dealings that take place outside of the courtroom - seemingly all came out of New York.
* Alex Rodriguez will likely stay a Yankee. For the next decade.
* Mariano Rivera is also opting to keep his pinstripes. For a significantly shorter period of time.
* Paul Lo Duca was never given an offer from the Mets. He's deeply hurt on a personal level because of this.
* Yorvit Torrealba won't need to apply for Empire State license plates just yet.
It really makes you buy into the whole East Coast bias conspiracy theory, doesn't it?
Despite all of the NYCentric developments, the impact felt by the moves and non-moves made by the ripples are being felt in the Windy City, especially on the city's South Side.
Case in point are the rumors that have died to a whisper of a possible Johnny Damon to the White Sox deal that would get Joe Crede out of the way for Josh Fields at third. With Rodriguez now apparently set to spend the next 10 years in the Bronx, the White Sox need to find other possible suitors for Crede, who returns from back problems.
Cribbing heavily from Bugs & Cranks, the top two teams in the mix should be the Red Sox and the Phillies. With the possibility of Mike Lowell letting the Red Sox off the hook and excusing himself from a contract in Boston, that would leave room at Fenway for Crede, while the Red Sox have enough young talent to keep Chicago interested.
No word on whether or not Coco Crisp would be a throw-in to balance the karma of Lowell's addition with the Josh Beckett trade. The White Sox would be rolling to their second World Series next year before you know it.
I'd also be interested in knowing what Florida is thinking here, with rumors that Miguel Cabrera is on the move - cash concerns not withstanding. That team seems to fit the same bill for cheap, young talent and a hole at third.
The wait to see what the Yankees and Mets will do seems strange as noise on the free agent front has been limited to the Cubs trading for Omar Infante and shipping Jacque Jones to Detroit and Craig Monroe to Minnesota for a player to be named later.
Seems they're making amends for the outfielder-friendly spree they engaged in this summer.
The Cubs, too, are seemingly locked up waiting to see who keeps and who trades in their Yankee pinstripes, as they were players in the Rivera sweepstakes in lieu of their closer-by-committee for 2008.
Wake the rest of us up when you're done New York - we'll fight over the leftovers here in flyover country.
(Image from Brooks.MLBlogs.com)
* Alex Rodriguez will likely stay a Yankee. For the next decade.* Mariano Rivera is also opting to keep his pinstripes. For a significantly shorter period of time.
* Paul Lo Duca was never given an offer from the Mets. He's deeply hurt on a personal level because of this.
* Yorvit Torrealba won't need to apply for Empire State license plates just yet.
It really makes you buy into the whole East Coast bias conspiracy theory, doesn't it?
Despite all of the NYCentric developments, the impact felt by the moves and non-moves made by the ripples are being felt in the Windy City, especially on the city's South Side.
Case in point are the rumors that have died to a whisper of a possible Johnny Damon to the White Sox deal that would get Joe Crede out of the way for Josh Fields at third. With Rodriguez now apparently set to spend the next 10 years in the Bronx, the White Sox need to find other possible suitors for Crede, who returns from back problems.
Cribbing heavily from Bugs & Cranks, the top two teams in the mix should be the Red Sox and the Phillies. With the possibility of Mike Lowell letting the Red Sox off the hook and excusing himself from a contract in Boston, that would leave room at Fenway for Crede, while the Red Sox have enough young talent to keep Chicago interested.
No word on whether or not Coco Crisp would be a throw-in to balance the karma of Lowell's addition with the Josh Beckett trade. The White Sox would be rolling to their second World Series next year before you know it.
I'd also be interested in knowing what Florida is thinking here, with rumors that Miguel Cabrera is on the move - cash concerns not withstanding. That team seems to fit the same bill for cheap, young talent and a hole at third.
The wait to see what the Yankees and Mets will do seems strange as noise on the free agent front has been limited to the Cubs trading for Omar Infante and shipping Jacque Jones to Detroit and Craig Monroe to Minnesota for a player to be named later.
Seems they're making amends for the outfielder-friendly spree they engaged in this summer.
The Cubs, too, are seemingly locked up waiting to see who keeps and who trades in their Yankee pinstripes, as they were players in the Rivera sweepstakes in lieu of their closer-by-committee for 2008.
Wake the rest of us up when you're done New York - we'll fight over the leftovers here in flyover country.
(Image from Brooks.MLBlogs.com)
Labels: Hot Stove 07-08, Mets, Yankees
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