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Padres, Rays Interested In Jeremy Reed
According to John Hickey of the Seattle PI, the Padres and Rays are eyeing Mariners center fielder Jeremy Reed. Hickey notes that the Padres have renewed interest and have liked him for quite a while. And he wonders whether Rays would surrender a young pitcher. Hickey believes Reed might still be on the Ms' roster as a showcase. The 26 year-old does have options left, though.
The White Sox drafted Reed in the second round back in '02. He made it to Double A as a 22 year-old in '03 and hit over .400 in a half season.
Reed injured his wrist playing for Team USA that November, but said it wasn't the cause of his poor spring with the Sox in '04. Instead, a partial shoulder dislocation may have been to blame. Reed wasn't terribly impressive in his first stint at Triple A, but he was young for his level (and still made the Futures Game).
Days after that game Kenny Williams shipped Reed to Seattle as the centerpiece of the Freddy Garcia trade. Reed hit better at Triple A as a member of Rainiers. Then he posted a tiny-sample .397 average in a September cup of coffee.
Reed displaced Randy Winn as the Mariners' starting center fielder to begin the '05 season. He hit poorly in all months outside of May, however. He had two injuries on the year - a concussion in July and a season-ending torn left wrist ligament in September.
Reed was a hot commodity in the 2005-06 offseason, with the Red Sox offering Matt Clement or Bronson Arroyo. The Ms added Matt Lawton in December but Reed stayed put.
In Spring Training of '06, Reed injured his right wrist. It was originally diagnosed as broken but turned out to be a 12-18 year-old fracture. He was ready for Opening Day, but hit his way out of the lineup by May. Reed then broke his thumb in July, a season-ending injury. Reed was healthy by spring '07 but didn't make the team. He posted an .806 OPS at Triple A and earned a September call-up. In 22 ABs this spring, Reed's hit .318/.407/.364.
Reed looks like a decent buy-low pickup, but his star has faded from all the injuries. His destiny may be as a fourth outfielder. He's got two years of service time, so he could be arbitration-eligible after this season.
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If there is this much interest in Jeremy Reed, shouldn't there be some pretty decent interest in Brian Anderson?
He seems comparable in that they're both failed White Sox CF prospects, and both bring fairly similar abilities to the table. Anderson is also younger, and has some pretty decent potential. He's been raking this spring and looks more confident than he has in a while. He always looked scared at the plate in '06, but he still plays a pretty dazzling center field defense.
The Sox don't need him with Dye, Swisher, Quentin and Owens, and Alexei Ramirez has been rumored as their CF of the future. I've been saying Brian Anderson to the Cubs for Eric Patterson for a while, but maybe the Pads or Rays would be interested in his potential. He seems more valuable than Jeremy Reed to me.
Posted by: scribbletone | March 25, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Get that boy some calcium before he breaks something else!
Posted by: Mace27 | March 25, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Good call scribble, Anderson definitely sounds comparable to Reed.
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | March 25, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Both those guys do sound about the same. The Padres need a long term answer in center field. They have so little in the upper farm system that they were trying Antonelli, their blue chip 2B there in Petco in January. They need speed and defense and a disciplined bat. Are there any of those in the blocked prospects category in other systems or is a guy like Reed the best there is?
Posted by: VA Padres | March 25, 2008 at 10:34 AM
I just feel like Anderson would be the superior option to Reed, because of his youth and his skill set. He's probably the best defensive outfielder Chicago has, so if he can even put together a .270/.350/.420 type of season, he would be pretty damn valuable to me. And I think he's fully capable of posting those type of numbers with some very, very good defense.
Posted by: scribbletone | March 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Looked at them both on MLB. Reed is a Bonita High (SD) graduate and a Long Beach State (again, southern CA) graduate. That fits the Padres acquisition model. Get players that are anchored to the area. The veterans, Giles, Wells, Prior, etc will usually play for a little less and you can usually keep the up and comers on the team (Gonzalez, for example) as they move into their strong production years. That may be a tipping point between the outfielders from an organizational perspective
Posted by: VA Padres | March 25, 2008 at 11:22 AM
VA Pads, good point. I have realized that they seem to have noticed that local players are more willing to play for local teams. Look at the Braves, they are loaded with Georgia products, and they seem to be able to keep nearly all of their stars.
Posted by: scribbletone | March 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM
11 Players on the Padres 40 man are from CA and one more from the San Diego suburb of Tijuana, Mexico. After Scribbletone's post on the Braves, I wonder if all the teams, or at least the mid market ones, are built that way. By the way, Padres also have 4 or 5 players each from Texas, Illinois, and Venezuela. Surprised a little by those groupings.
Posted by: VA Padres | March 25, 2008 at 11:53 AM
I would argue that the Texas and Illinois groups are simply by chance, but some teams try to get guys from similar latin backgrounds to make them feel more comfortable in a foreign place like the U.S.
Posted by: scribbletone | March 25, 2008 at 12:13 PM
If it's crap AND it's cheap, you can bet that the Rays will be on it!
Posted by: HoratioAlgae | March 25, 2008 at 01:07 PM
I wish my poor Pads were a bigger-market team. It gets tiring rooting for all the OF retreads like Jose Cruz Jr, Jim Edmonds, Jody Gerut, and Milton Bradley.
Posted by: rizdak | March 25, 2008 at 03:41 PM
i agree with u guys about anderson and reed being very similar. i would take anderson because his defense is superior but both would be good fourth outfielders. i believe both guys also need a change of scenery. someone should swipe these guys up.
Posted by: Joelcards | March 25, 2008 at 03:59 PM
Hey Horatio,
The only cheap thing anybody from the Rays would be on is your mother. You watch, they're going to make some noise this year.
Posted by: JanitorJoe | March 25, 2008 at 06:34 PM
Yeah I don't think these are your old Devil Rays anymore. They changed the name, and really this is a whole different organization. Starting this year, this is a team that has to respected, because with the young pitching they have, they'll be downright terrifying in a couple years with a rotation of Kazmir, Shields, Garza, Price, McGee and Wade Davis.
Posted by: scribbletone | March 25, 2008 at 09:25 PM