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Odds and Ends: Cashman, Matsuo, Durham

By Tim Dierkes [March 31, 2008 at 9:54am CST]

Some random links to ponder today...

Peter Abraham submitted nine reader questions to Yankees GM Brian Cashman. I liked reading about how Cashman deals with agents who lie to him.
The Red Sox signed free agent Terumasa Matsuo, who was pitching in a Japanese independent league. I have no idea what the 26 year-old pitcher is capable of.
Tracy Ringolsby says the Giants really want to move Ray Durham and Dave Roberts, and will pick up some salary to do so. Durham makes $7.5MM in '08. Roberts gets $6.5MM in each of the '08 and '09 seasons.
The Big Lead interviewed ESPN's Keith Law.

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it's not much but here's some info on the japanese guy http://soxprospects.blogspot.com/2008/03/sox-ink-japanese-indy-league-righty.html

Posted by: start_wearing_purple | March 31, 2008 at 10:30 AM

Very good Q&A here. Cashman was very candid and thoughtful in his answers here...

Posted by: dbacksbuzz | March 31, 2008 at 11:09 AM

You know, that isn't THAT bad a price for Roberts, given that he is right around Juan Pierre at the plate, with a bit more power and probably a better glove. I do think that moving Durham should be a priority, as he has seen a major drop off in skill. Then again, I don't see how much they could get for him.

Posted by: AA | March 31, 2008 at 11:17 AM

I use this site if I want to look up info on Japanese, of even Koren & Chinese players quite often. They seem to update constantly with links and info, plus give stats for the players. You can see that they already have a page up for Matsuo, updated with his BoSox contract and some links…

http://www.japaneseballplayers.com/en/

Hope it helps everyone…

Posted by: darkstar1661 | March 31, 2008 at 02:33 PM

I really don't understand why Durham is batting 5th today, ahead of Aaron Rowand.

Posted by: rizdak | March 31, 2008 at 04:22 PM

I'd be shocked if the Giants found any takers for Ray Durham. There aren't exactly many teams with a need for a crappy hitting, crappy fielding, expensive, aging, second baseman/

Roberts cold find a home because he's capable of being a decent leadoff hitter and fielder. He still holds some value as a baseball player. Maybe not at 2/13, but I could definately see a team being interested at 2/8

Posted by: scribbletone | March 31, 2008 at 06:37 PM

Who would you rather have, Juan Pierre or Dave Roberts? Pierre would have to be more expensive, I imagine.

Posted by: JD | March 31, 2008 at 10:40 PM

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