ASG Confidential: The Righty-Hitter Market

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Sherman's Latest: Bay, Nady, Holliday, Fuentes, Blake
Published 7/15/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... The New York Post's Joel Sherman is working hard today, filing blog posts here and here. Multiple teams are in the hunt for a right-handed hitting outfielder: the Mets, Rays, and maybe the Yankees.  The Pirates are asking for too much for Jason Bay and Xavier Nady, while the Rockies are waiting to see what Bay costs so they can ask for more for Matt Holliday.  The Rays' might find their solution internally, with Rocco Baldelli. Holliday as a replacement for ...

Texas All-Star Quartet Aids AL Victory In 79th MLB All-Star Game
Published 7/16/2008 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... shaking,” Bradley said. “Us [All-Star] rookie guys don’t really know what’s going on. We’re like, ‘Where do we go? What do we do?’” [Michael] Young’s advice? Go everywhere. Do everything. “I just told them to soak it all in, enjoy every little thing about it,” Young said. “You never know when it’s going to be your last All-Star Game.” New York Post: ASG Confidential: The Righty-Hitter Market ...

Mets are scared off by high prices on outfielders and relievers...
Published 7/16/2008 by Dom DiFucci (noreply@blogger.com) at Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
... Ian Stewart (Rockies AAA 3B) is waiting in the wings... Brian Fuentes is another valuable commodity that the Yanks and Mets have interest in.. The Rockies are asking for Jonathan Niese from the Mets and Ian Kennedy from the Yanks...Mets and Yanks have no desire to trade these players and are waiting to see if the price drops... Other Possible candidates that have been mentioned are Milton Bradley, Casey Blake, and Juan Rivera - whom the Angels do not want to part with.. Source - NY Post - Joel Sherman

Rays All Stars Shine Late in All Star Game
Published 7/16/2008 by Tommy Rancel at Outs Per Swing
... Joel Sherman of the New York Post breaks down the right handed hitters market including Rays targets Jason Bay and Xavier Nady. Sherman says the Pirates are asking for two premium prospects in return for Nady. He mentions that so far teams are not “biting” on the Pirates deal: ...

The one player that the Rockies will definitely deal is Brian Fuentes, and both the Mets and Yank...
Published 7/16/2008 by jscape2000 at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
... Joel Sherman I wouldn't make that trade for the 32 year-old free agent-to-be either.

Reports: Asking Price for Bay, Nady, Sky High
Published 7/16/2008 by Pat (noreply@blogger.com) at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
Reports from all over the place are making it sound like Huntington's asking price for Jason Bay and Xavier Nady are in the neighborhood of two top prospects, with an additional prospect thrown in on the Bay deal. From Joel Sherman's blog at the New York Post (via ...

Some Links
Published 7/16/2008 by Brian McElhinny (noreply@blogger.com) at Raise the Jolly Roger!
... Reports are saying that Huntington is asking for the moon for Bay and Nady. That's fine, but [this article from the New York Post] quotes another team's executive as saying: "I guarantee if the prices do not change, the Pirates are going to wake up on Aug. 1 with both players." That would be a problem. ...

Thursday Morning Rockpile:
Published 7/17/2008 by Rox Girl at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... The Rockies opponent tonight, Pittsburgh is rumored to be shopping either or both of their corner outfielders, Jason Bay and Xavier Nady, although they are rumored to be asking a bit much for them. This at once helps the Rockies by making our corner sluggers look more affordable in comparison, but it also hinders the team by keeping the whole right handed hitting market in limbo until somebody actually takes a bite, somewhere to establish where that market exactly sits. In a very real sense, the competition between the two clubs off the field to find out who can bring in the ...