Rumor Shift
Fish Chunks —
... that he "at the moment is not in trade talks with the Florida Marlins (Sanchez for Jorge Cantu) or any other team." So now Jayson Stark reports that the White Sox are now interested in Cantu. ...
Hot Stove - Marlins style
FishStripes —
... Detroit.
Nonetheless, here we go.
It turns out that the Giants GM is denying holding any trade talks with the Marlins about Cantu for Sanchez.
Sabean at the moment is not in trade talks with the Florida Marlins (Sanchez for Jorge Cantu) or any other team. "There's nothing on the front burner now," he said.
Okay.
But rumors about the Marlins shopping Cantu keep coming. Like this one from Jason Stark of ESPN.
The Giants aren't the only team interested in ...
Phillies Rumors: Moyer, Lowe, Burrell
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
The latest buzz around the Phillies...
It's unclear what's holding up the Jamie Moyer negotiations, but Todd Zolecki guesses it's money rather than years. Moyer's agent admits he's spoken to other teams.
Zolecki's source says the Phillies have not made an official offer to Derek Lowe, but ...
Who needs the winter meetings?
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... . A small but encouraging blurb from Jayson Stark : " There's increasing buzz about the Yankees' interest in Ben Sheets, possibly an indication that they're not confident they're going to be able to sign Burnett. " Sheets and Burnett will end up posting similar numbers this season, but Sheets will put those numbers up while making a lot less moolah to do so. The Observer 's Howard Medgal is ...
Links and thoughts
Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? —
Jack says he's willing to restructure his deal for the Dodgers. Chin-Lung Hu and Delwyn Young, here we come! (note: excitement is feigned)
Fun Stat of the Week from John Dewan: you're less likely to score a run in an inning with no one on base and no outs as you are with runners on first and third and two outs. Somehow, I feel like the Pirates offense has operated independently of these trends for years.
Is it a coincidence that the lead story on Pirates.com is about the winter meetings and the picture is of Ronny Paulino?
Get ready to be reminded that Khalil Greene was born in Butler 18 teams a season instead of just ...
Furcal to the O's?
Camden Chat —
Furcal's decision also could have an impact on what happens to Casey Blake. The Dodgers appear to be focused on adding offense either at shortstop or third base. So if Furcal signs with the A's, the Dodgers might have to step up their pursuit of Blake. If they lose out on both, they'd be likely to turn to the trade market at third base -- meaning Ty Wigginton and Adrian Beltre would probably jump onto their shopping list. And even if they don't bring back Furcal, the Dodgers seem to have much less interest in Jack Wilson than has been reported elsewhere.
From Jayson Stark.
Makes sense if ...
Former Yankee greats on Veterans Committee ballot
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
This years Veterans Committee ballot has 5 former Yankees on it. The ballot includes: Allie Reynolds, Joe Torre, Jim Kaat, Carl Mays, & Joe Gordon. Veterans can give Reynolds his due [Much of Reynolds' appeal to the Veterans Committee will be the fact that during his Yankees tenure, he won six World Series titles in eight seasons -- just one fewer than Ruth or Mantle. Add those years to his time in Cleveland, and Reynolds won at least 11 regular-season games for 12 straight years, finishing with 182 victories and a 3.30 ERA.] Torre up for 2009 Hall of Fame Class [Torre's 18-year career generated 344 doubles and 996 runs scored over 2,209 games. He ...
Stark: Yanks Interested in Sheets
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
From Jayson Stark: There's increasing buzz about the Yankees' interest in Ben Sheets, possibly an indication that they're not confident they're going to be able to sign Burnett. As this blog noted two weeks ago, the difference between Burnett's and Sheets' 2008 and career numbers are smaller than you'd think. ...
Yankees Relentless Rumors
BASEBALL HOT CORNER —
The trail to Baseball's Winter Meetings is littered with rumors, quotes, notes, speculation, conjecture and gibberish. Let's take a trip down the yellow brick road: "All of the tap dancing is over." OK, let's hear from the man with the Yank's future in his hands: "Yankees GM Brian Cashman plans to closet himself in his Bellagio suite as he attempts to make major moves to strengthen the team's pitching, al la sign Sabathia, et al. "My memories of Winter Meetings are mostly about what other people do," says Cashman. "I ...
Weekend update
Sox Machine —
Weekend update Since we have a down day before Kenny Williams resumes his quest to be the first kid on the block to collect the entire Arizona Fall League, allow me to vent a little. I'm not a fan of comments on newspaper stories. Blogs? Certainly, that's what they're there for. But I can't really think of a time where I thought comments at the end of a story added value to it, and 99 percent of the time, they detract from the actual content. Case in point: Joe Cowley's latest article ...
