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[shoewizard]

Man...too bad Colletti isn't a GM of a Central or East team. We need more dumb trading partners. There is usually less chance of trade within the division.

[tmar]

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[baldmaga]

I would send Callaspo, Tony Pena, and Owings for Ramirez if Boston would eat some salary.

Then we could send Byrnes and Tracy to the Pirates for Gorzelanny or one of those guys we discussed earlier this month.

And let Barden earn his money at 3rd...

Just a thought.

I mean Manny consistently hits 40/130 in the AL...just think how well he'd do off the shoddy NL pitchers

EDIT: Plus his defense can't get much worse than Gonzo

[shoewizard]

Actually, his defense IS worse than Gonzo's.

[baldmaga]

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[David B]

Now it looks like he may be just be changing Sox...

Manny Ramirez-OF- Red Sox Nov. 28 - 3:51 pm et


ESPN's Peter Gammons believes Manny Ramirez will likely be traded within the next week and says the White Sox are a possibility.

Gammons says the Red Sox want three players back for Ramirez, and though the Giants may want him more than anyone else, they probably don't have enough talent to surrender to pull the deal off. Gammons also said that he expected a J.D. Drew deal to be finalized after Saturday's arbitration deadline and that he expected a Daisuke Matsuzaka signing to get done, though probably not until the last minute.

[baldmaga]

I'd prefer Manny over both Hairston and Byrnes, but it seems Arizona is too much in love with it's prospects to part with them for a big slugger. I know the plan is to win in 2008 and on, but this team is already talented enough to go .500 or better, just think with a consistent hitter how well they'd do.

[qudjy1]

Where are you going to fit that 20M a year into the budget?

[baldmaga]

Here

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Manny to Dodgers?

[shoewizard]

I have mixed emotions about Manny going to the Dodgers.

He may suck in LF, but he is still a GREAT hitter, and his offense more than makes up for his defense. Manny on the Dodgers makes them a serious force to be reckoned with, and probably a favorite to win the division in 2007

I like that Colletti would have to trade away yet more good young players, but in the short term, he can afford to do so. And the Dodgers ARE big market, meaning that a few winning playoff seasons back to back, especially one where they actually happen to advance past the first round, and perhaps to the W.S.,would really fatten their coffers, and help make them continually formidable.

I really would rather see LA fritter away their young players on more medicore talents, and not on bonafide difference makers like Manny.

So lets hope this deal falls through and they end up signing Gonzo instead.

(Manny to the Giants does not bother me, because I don't think he would make them a legit pennant contendor anyway, they are much weaker than the Dodgers to begin with)

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GM says Giants want Bonds back. Sabean: Negotiations have 'picked up' between team, slugger.

Looks like SF has K'd on all of its efforts to replace Barry. Pucker up, Brian.

Realistically this was Barry's only true option in spite of Jeff Borris' self-serving statements to the contrary.

So if Barry goes to SF and Manny to LA, it looks like Gonzo may be playing east coast ball in '07. It's all about the O's.

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He may not be a saint, but he's "absolutely" not a Devil.

12:52 p.m., from Buster Olney
• A high-ranking Tampa Bay executive flatly denied an Internet report that the Devil Rays have made an offer to Barry Bonds, or even explored the possibility of making an offer to Bonds. "Absolutely not true," he said.

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