espn.go.com - 10/23/2009
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Welcome to SportsNation! On Thursday, MLB Insider Keith Law will be here to take your questions on anything baseball related.
bases.nbcsports.com - 10/23/2009
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I'm sure dozens of unconsummated trade proposals happen
ever year that, if followed up on a few...
years later, would make people utterly sick. MVP candidates who could have been had for a song when they were kids, prospect-for-prospect deals...
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The Blue Jays could have had David Wright
list.canadianbusiness.com - 10/17/2009
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list.canadianbusiness.com —
Toronto is a hockey make that a Maple
Leaf town. That may be a weird way of...
wrapping up yet another disappointing Blue Jays season , but general manager J.P. Ricciardi would have been run out of town long ago if he was in a baseball-mad city. As it ...
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Baseball Salaries 2009: Blue Jays crash and burn
torontosun.com - 10/17/2009
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Alex Anthopoulos' coming out party wasn't in prime
time. The new Blue Jays general manager addressed the...
Jays development people at the Bobby Mattick facility in Dunedin, Fla., last Thursday at 7:30 a.m. "My life with the Jays flashed before me," ...
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Jays GM wants return to basics
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Odds & Ends: McCourts, Manny, Duncan, Blue Jays
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... ESPN's Keith Law, former special assistant to the GM in Toronto, mentioned a few interesting Blue Jays' non-trades in his chat today. He says that the Mets once offered 19-year-old David Wright for Jose Cruz Jr., but J.P. Ricciardi said "I'm not trading a major league player for some guy in the (Low Class-A) Sally League." Klaw also mentions that the Jays had a chance to trade Cruz Jr. for Rafael Soriano, but wouldn't do it unless the Mariners kicked in Clint Nageotte as well. What could have been, Jays fans. ...
That Could Have Been… Interesting
Palm Ball NW/Bleeding Blue and Teal —
Keith Law chat, ESPN:
Eddie (Milwaukee)
What was Steve Phillips thinking? Almost trading a 19 year old David Wright for Jose Cruz Jr.? Ridiculous.
KLaw (1:42 PM)
I’ve been asked about that trade rumor for three years but never answered while Ricciardi was still GM. The offer was made, though; I was there when the call came in. It was the first time I’d heard of Wright, since I wasn’t with Toronto in 2001 nor had I followed the draft ...
Toronto could have had David Wright, Rafael Soriano
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... ESPN's Keith Law was an assistant to former Blue Jays general manager JP Ricciardi and he shared yesterday that a few teams tried to snag Cruz from the Blue Jays and offered some folks that became big names. The new York Mets apparently wanted to hand over ...
Law: Holt a Reliever
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest —
... Keith Law mentioned a few Mets prospects during his chat yesterday. The one question that stood out was from a New York fan who asked whether Brad Holt was a starter or reliever. Law said, without hesitation, that Holt is a reliever because he is a one pitch guy. Sounds an awful lot like Bobby Parnell. Anyway, could Holt possibly be a bullpen solution next season? Adam Rubin already has brought up the possibility that Jenrry Mejia, who Law believes is two years away, could come out of the 2010 bullpen. Personally, if Holt projects more as a reliever he would be ...
Prospects: Tejada’s Walk-Off, Law on Holt, Mejia & Davis
MetsBlog.com —
... Yesterday, in a chat for ESPN.com, Keith Law said Tejada could be a solid, starting shortstop in the big leagues, but, “He’s not a star.” ...
The Blue Jays could have had David Wright
Circling The Bases —
... sure dozens of unconsummated trade proposals happen ever year that, if followed up on a few years later, would make people utterly sick. MVP candidates who could have been had for a song when they were kids, prospect-for-prospect deals that could have totally changed the face of the game if someone had actually pulled the trigger. People tend not to talk about those things too often, however, be it due to a failure of memory or a very human unwillingness to dwell on roads not taken. But ESPN's Keith Law remembers a doozy from back when he was J.P. Ricciardi's assistant in ...
Law: Steve Phillips nearly traded Wright for Jose Cruz Jr
MetsBlog.com —
... In his chat yesterday for ESPN.com, former Blue Jays assistant GM Keith Law discusses how Steve Phillips nearly sent ...
The Wright-Cruz Rumor
FanGraphs Baseball —
... Yesterday, Keith Law confirmed an interesting old trade rumor, noting that he was in the room in 2002 when Steve Phillips offered J.P. Ricciardi a straight up swap of ...
Note: Ike Davis is a Starting 1B
MetsBlog.com —
... Last week, in a chat for ESPN.com, Keith Law said he sees Davis as a starting first baseman in the major leagues some day, but, he adds, “I’m not calling him more than that till I see him hit a breaking ball.” ...
Quote: For Now, Mejia is a Thrower, not a Pitcher
MetsBlog.com —
... Last week, Keith Law of ESPN.com said he sees Mejia as a starting pitcher some day, but he’s still two, full years from pitching in the Major Leagues. ...
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