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Yankees Looking At Catchers

By Tim Dierkes [July 24, 2008 at 10:42am CST]

Dan Graziano of the Newark Star-Ledger says the Yankees have inquired on four catchers: Gerald Laird, Paul Lo Duca, Miguel Olivo, and Rod Barajas.

Laird, 28, is expected to rejoin the Rangers Saturday after his hamstring injury. He's a Boras client with a $1.6MM salary this year. He's under team control through 2010, and Ken Rosenthal says the Rangers want young pitching for him.
Lo Duca, 36, will be a free agent after the season. He's got about $1.9MM left on his contract this year. He understands that he's a strong trade candidate.
Olivo, 30, is splitting time with John Buck in Kansas City. Olivo has hit lefties quite well. He has a $2.7MM club option for '09. Rosenthal says the Royals are "aggressively shopping" him.
Barajas, 32, is slumping currently. He has a $2.5MM club option for '09. Eddie Bajek took a stab at projecting the Elias rankings for catchers, and Barajas seems to be right on the border of Type B status. However, he might choose to accept an offer of arbitration. Peter Abraham says that the Blue Jays might be reluctant to trade within the division.

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God, please take LoDuca, please take LoDuca....

Posted by: rockstar99 | July 24, 2008 at 11:07 AM

Maybe the Rangers will package Laird and Padilla to the Yankees. The Yanks are rumored to be interested in both, and I think a deal like this could land a pitching prospect that the Rangers badly want/need. Also, I wouldn't mind throwing in an outfielder if we could land Austin Jackson. He's a north Texas native, and the Rangers have outfield prospects to deal.

Posted by: tmoney352 | July 24, 2008 at 03:12 PM

Out of these 4 catchers, Olivo would probably have the most reasonable price while being a productive (or at least more productive than Moeller) hitter for the Yankees.

Posted by: nikhilr28 | July 24, 2008 at 03:15 PM

As a Yankee fan, I wanna see Pudge Rodriguez get picked up. The Tigers are practically pushing him out of Detroit by making him split time with Inge, we'd be able to net him rather easily if we eat his contract too.

Posted by: Mattchu12 | July 25, 2008 at 05:44 AM

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