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Odds and Ends: Foulke, Ordonez, Feliz, Phillips

By Tim Dierkes [January 24, 2008 at 8:21am CST]

All sorts of odds and ends to discuss this morning.

I will be appearing on Rutgers Student Radio this morning at 8:40am CST. You can go here and click the "listen" link to hear it live.

Keith Foulke threw for the majority of teams in baseball last week, topping out around 84. The D'Backs may make an offer. I don't believe they have signed a free agent yet.

The New York Times says Jose Canseco has apparently dragged Magglio Ordonez into the steroid mess, with the FBI getting involved on possible extortion. I have to admit, I am going to read Canseco's new book. The first one was interesting but poorly written.

The Giants' two-year offer to Pedro Feliz was rejected, and they seem inclined to fill third base internally. Joe Crede is not out of the question though.

Seems that the Reds might be talking about a long-term deal with Brandon Phillips.

Rewriting history: the Padres almost acquired Mark McGwire in 1995. Speaking of Kevin Towers, here's a quick look at his trading record. It's good.

Team payroll data for '07 is out; it's not terribly surprising.

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I'm not sure how effective Foulke's bread-and-butter change-up will be if he's topping out at 84.

The only question will be whether he throws regular batting-practice pitches or batting-practice pitches that dip down and away to lefties.

Posted by: DunkinDonuts | January 24, 2008 at 09:10 AM

The reds need to lockup phillips asap. He is the righthanded bat protecting Griffey,Dunn,Votto. Any one no if Bruce bats righty?

Posted by: PIERZYNSKI 4 PREZ | January 24, 2008 at 11:05 AM

So if the Red Sox spend 70 percent of what the Yankees do then they are "becoming as bad" as them. I am not sure if this is a testament to how ridiculous the Yankees payroll is or a product of the talk radio era where catchy mindless jabber rules public opinion.

Posted by: walkoffblast | January 24, 2008 at 11:23 AM

I agree on the note that Phillips needs to be locked up long term by the Reds I love his defense and he offense is great too. He should have won either the Silver Slugger or the Gold Glove last year. I could see him becoming a Barry Larkin type of guy who stays with the Reds the rest of his career.

PIERZYNSKI 4 PREZ
Sorry Bruce only bats Left handed. I have a feeling the Reds will fill the need for a Righty either next year or the year after depending on if Griffey or Dunn leave or not.

Posted by: JayTheRed | January 24, 2008 at 01:37 PM

How about trading Dunn to the Brewers for Hall/capuano? I think that could word out well for both teams. The brewers only have Feilder as a left handed bat, and Dunn would give them more balance. The reds would have another right haned bat locked up nicely over the next 3 years, and Capuano could look nice in there rotation.

Posted by: PIERZYNSKI 4 PREZ | January 24, 2008 at 01:53 PM

I posted this way back in November before the Hot Stove started but it might be of interest to Padre fans now that KT has been extended for another few years. He really is the best around. I have ranked Towers' top 10 trades of all-time, starting with the Gonzalez/Young for Eaton/Otsuka theft.

http://www.sdpadrefan.com/best%20of%20Kevin%20Towers.html

Posted by: sdpadrefan.com | January 24, 2008 at 02:41 PM

That McGwire trade was pretty interesting. Posting old "could have been" trades is pretty cool. Tim, maybe that's something you could continue on slow rumor days.

Posted by: frontdeskmike | January 24, 2008 at 04:23 PM

84 mph wow sign him up! Memo to Pedro feliz; That is by far the best offer you will get!! You are not good!
But giants fans should at least be happy he's gone.

Posted by: joemorgan=#1 | January 24, 2008 at 06:42 PM

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