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Odds And Ends: Rusch, Griffey, Myers, Brewers

A few more notes for your ogling...

  • This morning we told you that Glendon Rusch declined his assignment to AAA and chose to become a free agent. Troy E. Renck says that the Rockies are already expressing interest in the lefty.
  • Brewers owner Mark Attanasio has given Doug Melvin permission to trade for a starting pitcher noting that there is enough flexibility in the payroll to take on another contract. However, Attanasio also indicated that it was too early to explore those possibilities.
  • The Delaware News Journal takes a look at this past offseason's crop of free agent starting pitchers and how they are performing so far in '08. They wonder if any of those arms would have been a better option for the Phillies rotation than moving Brett Myers back from the bullpen.
  • Doug Harris says that the smart move for the Reds is trading Ken Griffey Jr, noting that if they are waiting for him to hit his 600th home run, they could be in for a long wait.

Cork Gaines writes for Rays Index and can be reached here.


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"Brewers owner Mark Attanasio has given Doug Melvin permission to trade for a starting pitcher noting that there is enough flexibility in the payroll to take on another contract."

That should be music to the ears of any Brewers fan. Forget about this year, Melvin has to do something to secure another pitcher for 2009 and beyond. I dont see anyway you bring Sheets back next year, not with his history, so you basically have Gallardo and a steaming pile of mediocrity...at best. Parra has some upside, so i wont sell him short, but thats about it.

I dont think a solid starting pitcher will do much for this years team, not when you still have no closer, but it will help solidify your staff for 2009. The Brewers definitely have the prospects to deal for someone. Gamel and Laporta are absoltley raking in AA. Keith Law believes LaPorta can hit now in the bigs. Add to that the Braun signing, and I think one of Weeks, Fielder, or Hardy will not be in the Brewers' future plans. Will be interesting to see if anyone good will be available in a month.

Send Brett Myers over to Baltimore. I think we can give up a few Bullpen arms. I really like Myers for some reason and think he can solidify the rotation in Baltimore.

So stupid for the Red to wait till 600. No one here in Cincy cares. Even when hit gets 599 no more people will show up to the ballpark to see 600.

Regardless either Dunn or Griff or both will be gone soon. Even though Bruce has been playing center in AAA the Reds do not want him playing there. And with Jocketty's recent comments about when they bring up Bruce , they want it to be for good.

I don't get the whole Griffey situation.

If Seattle is indeed interested in him and has no problem taking the contract... whats the holdup??

Whats stopping them from sending off Junior and his fat contract to Seattle for a bucket of balls? Then they can get Bruce up to play RF already. Chances are he would outperform Griffey at his current clip.

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