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sports.yahoo.com - 12/5/2008

Will Manny Ramirez cave and take the Dodgers' arbitration?

— sports.yahoo.com — Though everyone seems to be most eager to figure out where CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira are... going to land, I've been more mesmerized by Manny Ramirez 's future, even if the dearth of slugger news out there is starting to rival the lack of updates on ... (more) Will Manny Ramirez cave and take the Dodgers' arbitration?

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insider.espn.go.com - 12/5/2008

Buster Olney Blog

— insider.espn.go.com — Posted by Buster Olney• The Red Sox are meeting with CC Sabathia sometime in the next few... days, and so will Yankees GM Brian Cashman , who reportedly met with Scott Boras , the agent for Mark Teixeira and Derek Lowe . It's unclear whether the Red Sox ... (more) Buster Olney Blog

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sports.espn.go.com - 12/6/2008

Buster Olney Blog

— sports.espn.go.com — Posted by Buster Olney The Mets intend to present what they consider to be suitable offers to... closer targets during the winter meetings. It's not known precisely what they will offer to which pitcher, but here is an educated guess: Francisco Rodriguez ... (more) Buster Olney Blog

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Olney's Latest: Manny, Peavy, Fuentes
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ESPN's Buster Olney has a bunch of new info in today's blog. Olney continues to wonder if Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras will "wave the white flag" and accept the Dodgers' offer of arbitration.  It could result in a huge one-year salary, and the current market for Manny is not robust.  However, Peter ...

The Manny Market Is Becoming Mighty Miniscule
SPORTSbyBROOKS — It was only a few months ago that Manny Ramirez came to Los Angeles, took the Dodgers, placed them firmly on his back, and carried them to the playoffs. MannyMania struck Southern California, as Ramirez hit a ridiculous .396 and drove in 53 runs in 53 games as a Dodger before the Phillies knocked them out of the NLCS.  Though I’m sure Manny was disappointed that the Dodgers didn’t win it all, he took solace in the fact that he would get another $100 million contract from some sucker in the offseason. [image] ...

pmBuzz: Renteria, Bedard, Cano, Street
MetsBlog.com — The Reds are close to re-signing reliever Mike Lincoln to a two-year, $4 million deal, according to the Denver Post. The Giants signed SS Edgar Renteria to a two-year, $18.5 million deal, with a third-year option, reports the SF Gate. Tim Dierkes, at MLB Trade Rumors, has a list of players who he believes could be non-tendered, like LHP Erik Bedard and OF Willy Tavares, who would then become free agents. According to Ken Rosenthal, at FoxSports.com, the A’s would rather trade for Nick Johnson then sign Jason ...

Gas Is Down, and So Is Manny
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — Holy crap, is there a lot going on today. I hardly even know where to begin! Trust me on this, you're going to want to read to the end - we're saving the best for last. * I am crushed for Scott Boras right now. Buster Olney, hit me. Executives around baseball wonder if that will change in the next few days, because they are having a difficult time envisioning how Ramirez would make more in salary in 2009 than if he accepted arbitration. He made $20 million last season -- although the present-day value was just a little more than $17 million -- and following a historic ...

Rumor Mill: Pettitte, Ramirez, Kemp, Wilson, Blake, Cabrera, Loney, And Furcal
Fire Ned Colletti Now — ... The Market For Manny Is Cooling: Buster Olney says that no other team besides the Dodgers is really prioritizing him as a free agent signing. ...

Furcal + Dunn > Manny + Wilson
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — While hoping that Manny doesn't accept arbitration tomorrow and totally ruin this article... You know, it's one thing to wonder what to do in the outfield if Manny doesn't come back - there's plenty of available outfielders, both internally and externally. But how many times have we been desperately wondering what the hell to do at shortstop next year? We've been through this several times already, so you know the details by now. As much as we loved Rafael Furcal, I wasn't interested in giving him a raise over his previous three year, $39 million contract after his back injury, Chin-Lung Hu and Ivan DeJesus, Jr. can't be simply handed ...