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Jocketty: No Talks To Trade Griffey
In a new twist to the Ken Griffey Jr saga, John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Reds may have no interest in trading Griffey. When asked about the subject, GM Walt Jocketty said that he has had no discussions with other teams about trading Griffey and that Griffey does not want to be traded.
"I've had no trade discussions," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "I've talked with him...Not knowing Junior that well, I wanted to make sure we had a line of communication open. He assured me that he'd like to play here and hopefully win a championship."
Griffey is a "10 and 5" player (10 years exp. and 5 years with current club) and would have to approve any trade.
This seems to contradict recent reports of the Mariners interest in Griffey. Hal McCoy reported that the M's sent an executive (not a scout) to watch Griffey play last week. And it was later reported that Seattle had no problems with acquiring Griffey's '09 option at $16MM with a $4MM buyout. It is hard to imagine the M's would express this much public interest in Griffey without at least preliminary discussions with the Reds.
Cork Gaines writes for Rays Index and can be reached here.
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You spelled Griffey wrong in the first line of the post. Not to be a jerkoff, just letting you know.
Posted by: nrmax88 | May 15, 2008 at 10:32 AM
It is stories like this that give insight into WHY the Reds have had seven (going on eight) straight LOSING seasons!!!!
There seems to be no plan.
There seems to be too many people in control.
The people who are in control seem to over value their players and keep them WAAAAAAY too long. Then, when their value is next to nothing, they wonder why other teams don't want them.
Griffey and Dunn should have BOTH been traded last year (and the year before, and the year before...)when they had some value. By keeping them both (for PR reasons) the Reds have painted themselves into a corner.
As it is now, neither player has much value and the Reds are STILL probably expecting to get the moon for them.
If the fans can see that both KGJ and Dunn are liabilities on Defense in the Outfield and are aided on Offense by GASP, then I am SURE other GM's know this also.
Before the Reds have ANY chance of putting together a WINNING season, the TWO HIGHLY paid albatrosses in the Outfield HAVE GOT TO GO!!!!
Get rid of the two players who have been on ALL SEVEN LOSING TEAMS and start fresh with players WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES AND WHO WANT TO WIN and NOT just cash their paychecks.
Posted by: ctownboy | May 15, 2008 at 10:42 AM
ctownboy
"there seems to be no plan"
have you ever thought about that fact that griffey can be a part of a plan? Thinking back to Peavy's rookie season, the Padres signed David Wells...a washed up pitcher who was "way past his prime" a term that you guys love to use on Junior. With Bruce coming up, who better to have as a mentor? Even if his numbers don't look like you might want, Junior has a presence on this team. Beyond bruce, even with Patterson right now. CP has more talent than most people could ever dream of, but he has always lacked the work ethic to be a great player...a couple of years playing beside junior could be what CP needs for his career to finally take off.
Over the past 20 years, there has not been a player who plays the game right more than griffey. You say that he is a liability on defense...how? you have got to be kidding! did you miss the Reds/Cubs game a couple weeks ago where he robbed Soriano of what might have been a homer...or any number of the other top plays that he has made this year. Griffey may not have the range that he used to, but he still has a heck of a glove. and for those who hated on krivsky signing patterson...anyone see his arm against the marlins last night? 2 huge outfield assists that both saved runs...1 run win in the 10th...those were game savers.
You want to talk liabilities...dunn is a liability...he is the one that needs moved, not griffey. Griffey can be a mentor and offer much needed experience to a young team. Dunn, poor defense, BA below the mendoza line...he is the one that needs moved. Build your team around the infield of great young rookies, the young pitching, jay bruce, and hang on to the greatest baseball player of this generation to help these guys learn how to play the game right.
After alienating most of his fans by firing krivsky, castenelli will be in trouble if he trades junior, especially to anyone but the mariners...fans will forgive him for sending him back to seattle, but if he goes anywhere else, they had better be scheduling concerts on game night because nobody will be there to watch the reds
Posted by: coltholt | May 15, 2008 at 12:37 PM
"You want to talk liabilities...dunn is a liability...he is the one that needs moved, not griffey. Griffey can be a mentor and offer much needed experience to a young team. Dunn, poor defense, BA below the mendoza line...he is the one that needs moved."
It's the fact that the front office and manager might think like you that the Reds are going on 8 losing seasons.
Posted by: ArodSucksAtLife | May 15, 2008 at 01:31 PM
You would think we'd have gotten beyond these perfunctory denials. Does anyone believe them, anyway? If the Reds aren't exploring a way to get Bruce into the lineup (on one of the corners), they need to have their heads examined.
Posted by: sabr_blogger | May 15, 2008 at 04:37 PM