Report: Manny 'planning to' exercise $20 million option, stay with Dodgers
Circling The Bases —
[image] Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that Manny Ramirez "is planning to exercise" his $20 million option for 2010 rather than test the free-agent market again following a season in which he was suspended for 50 games. Ramirez remains a headache and he'll be 38 years old next season, but had he accumulated enough plate appearances to qualify for the season-long leaderboards his .949 OPS would have ranked seventh among all NL hitters. His adjusted OPS+ of 149 would have ranked sixth in the league and was just slightly below his career mark of 155 (which happens to be the ...
Heyman On Manny, Felix, Bay, Washburn
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... The latest hot stove notes from SI's Jon Heyman...
Manny Ramirez "is planning to exercise" his $20MM player option for 2010. This was expected but it'd still be interesting to see Manny jump back into free agency, maybe seek two years and $30MM.
Heyman echoes what we've read regarding Brandon Webb - the D'Backs will pick up his $8.5MM option for next year, as Webb is not interested in renegotiating.
The Red Sox "would still love to make a run at Felix Hernandez." Who wouldn't? I don't expect ...
Manny Ramirez To Exercise His Option
The Ghost of Moonlight Graham —
... In a move that should come as a surprise to nobody, SI.com’s Jon Heyman is reporting that Manny Ramirez will exercise his $20 million player option for 2010. ...
Report: Mariners, Brewers express interest in free agent Jarrod Washburn
Detroit Tigers —
... AP File Photo The Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers are reportedly interested in signing free agent Jarrod Washburn this offseason. Jarrod Washburn might have pitched his way out of Detroit with a 7.33 ERA and only one win during his time with the Tigers, but it appears other teams aren’t as concerned with the free agent’s second-half downfall. Washburn’s former club, Seattle, and the Milwaukee Brewers are expected to be in the mix for the 35-year-old lefty, according to Sports Illustrated . It’s unclear what kind of effort, if any, the Tigers will make to re-sign ...
Arizona to pick up Brandon Webb's option
Nova Fantasy Sports Headline Newsfeed —
... Update: According to SI.com , John Heyman is reporting that the Diamondbacks plan to pick up the $8.5 million option for Brandon Webb for the 2010 season. ...
Diamondbacks picking up Brandon Webb's option
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... $8.5 million option, according to Sports Illustrated. A final decision doesn't have to come till five days after the World Series but it appears that the team is leaning in that direction. ...
Thursday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball —
... Some things to read while testing the healing powers of bacon.
Jon Heyman is the latest to bring up the possibility that Jarrod Washburn could become a 2010 Brewer (as noted in Rumorville). Al says "he's been solid for far too many seasons to pretend he's not a good pitcher." With that said, he's also 35 years old and coming off surgery.
I'm having a hard time getting off the fence on this possibility. Obviously, Washburn's age and injury status would create the possibility that signing him could turn into a major mistake. With that ...
Evaluating Jarrod Washburn
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew —
Jon Heyman and Tom Haudricourt both see the Milwaukee Brewers as serious suitors for Jarrod Washburn this offseason. Doug Melvin and the Brewers seriously pursued Washburn this past summer as a trade candidate, so the organization obviously believes he can augment the starting rotation (as if that would be overly difficult). The lefty also is a Wisconsin native. The argument is that Washburn may wish to pitch close to home to end his career, as he will be 35-years old next season. Quickly glancing at the numbers, Washburn compiled a ...
Sunday Rockpile: NL West updates and not much else.
Purple Row —
... Jon Heyman had a couple of interesting NL West notes in his column the other day. First, the news that Manny Ramirez will exercise his player option and return to Los Angeles isn't surprising, and while it does tie a significant portion of the Dodgers payroll to him, I think he's proven that he really is the type of star player that can draw a lot of that expenditure back with a contribution at the ticket gate and concession/souvenir stands that wouldn't come if he wasn't on the team. Where it could possibly help other NL West teams is that it also ties ...
AL Club Interested In Manny Ramirez?
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... SI's Jon Heyman wrote Wednesday that Manny "is planning to exercise" his $20MM player option. Manny hit well in 2009, but a 50-game PED suspension marred his season. ...
