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Griffey Rumors From Rosenthal

By Tim Dierkes [May 13, 2008 at 8:44am CST]

Yesterday we ran through various complications the Reds face in trading Ken Griffey Jr. Today, Ken Rosenthal addresses many of them.

Rosenthal says Griffey "would not necessarily require a team to exercise his $16.5MM option for 2009 as a condition of a deal." On May 5th ESPN's Peter Gammons had written that Griffey was "unlikely to agree to a deal without that option being guaranteed."
Rosenthal adds that Junior is open to more teams than he was previously, as being closer to his Orlando home is a less pertinent need than it once was.
A big league source of Rosenthal's says Reds GM Walt Jocketty recently asked Griffey if he wanted to be dealt. Griffey would reportedly prefer to stay but would consider a deal if that's what the Reds want. Griffey may be able to maintain his Type A status, but would the Reds offer him arbitration?

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Can a team decline an option and still offer arbitration?

He would probably make as much if not more in arbitration.

Posted by: benjoua | May 13, 2008 at 08:05 PM

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