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Marlins Explored Flipping Manny To Yankees
Obviously the Red Sox and Yankees never would've worked out a trade for Manny Ramirez. However, CBSSports.com's Scott Miller says the Marlins briefly explored the idea of acquiring Ramirez and flipping him to the Yankees. The idea didn't get anywhere - neither the Yankees nor Scott Boras were having it.
Miller also talked to "a person close to Ramirez" who says he wouldn't have accepted a trade to the Marlins due to their "big ballpark and unstable ownership." Miller suggests the Marlins were never actually close to obtaining Ramirez, despite the various reports floating around Wednesday night.
Jon Heyman wrote Thursday morning that Ramirez consented to a trade to the Marlins though a deal had not been reached. So we've got conflicting reports on his willingness to play there. Heyman believes the Marlins overplayed their hand, asking for the $7MM to cover Manny's salary plus $2MM to pay for the resulting draft picks.
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Everyone on the NESN deadline show, Edes, Cafardo and company said he'd signed his 10-5 paperwork for a Marlins trade days before the deadline.
Though I call b.s. on the flipping him to the MFY idea.
Posted by: ArodSucksAtLife | August 04, 2008 at 12:05 PM
I've always been intrigued with the thought of Manny playing for the Yankees. I don't know how much of a stretch it would be next year with him being disenchanted with the Sox and the Yanks having a lot of cash coming off this season.
He *is* from New York too...
Posted by: InvalidUserID | August 04, 2008 at 12:08 PM
If Manny had a problem with big parks, why would he have come to the Dodgers?
Posted by: AA | August 04, 2008 at 04:13 PM
manny playing left in florida is little more scarier than dodger stadium
Posted by: 661folife | August 04, 2008 at 04:31 PM
I've never quite bought into the thinking that Dodger Stadium is this superhyped pitchers park.
First off, its dimensions are not all that much more spacious than any typical MLB park, 330 down the lines, and 402 I believe to dead center. To my knowledge, that's pretty standard.
Now I WILL admit that Dodger Stadium is more spacious than the average park when it comes to foul territory. Due to the plate being moved up in the 70's, there are acres of foul territory around the plate. Much of that was reduced about three years ago when the Dodgers reconfigured the field level seating bowl.. there is still more than average foul territory, but its not outrageous.
I'll post a link below to a stastical analysis that someone did about the stadium. The conclusions are that Dodger Stadium is indeed a slightly pitcher-advantageous park... but is actually a pro-hitter stadium when it comes to more loftily hit home runs.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/an-in-depth-look-at-dodger-stadiums-effects/
Posted by: DodgersLBC | August 04, 2008 at 07:09 PM
Manny -> Yankees
ha,ha,ha,ha
Posted by: yankfan1 | August 05, 2008 at 08:33 AM
Manny to the Yanks would be a terrible deal. The yankees would probably lose some good players for a player that thinks he is " to good" for certain teams. Plus the yankees dont need a player that doesnt play his fullest on the field. As in basically walking to first when John Lackey was throwing a no-hitter. If he ran he probably could of beat it out.
Posted by: YankeeFan4life | August 07, 2008 at 04:04 PM