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Odds and Ends: Hart, Ellis, Mientkiewicz, Varitek
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- Ken Rosenthal discusses possible changes at various GM positions. Jon Heyman says Pat Gillick could take a high-ranking role with the Blue Jays if not the Mariners.
- Former Indians and Rangers GM John Hart is interested in the Mariners job. The Mariners hope to have their permanent GM hired by the end of October.
- A Japanese pitcher invented a new pitch called the shake.
- Eddie Bajek wonders if Mark Ellis could handle shortstop. It's good to think out of the box given the free agent market at the position.
- Doug Mientkiewicz would like to spend another season as a Pirates clubhouse leader, but he'd also like more playing time.
- The trio of Blue Jays middle infielders react to the Angels rumor.
- DraftInfo chatted with MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo.
- Amalie Benjamin believes there's a good chance the Red Sox re-sign Jason Varitek.
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| Seattle Mariners
| Toronto Blue Jays
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"You going to Los Angeles?" Scutaro asked McDonald.
"I heard you were," McDonald replied with a grin.
"Let's go ask Eckstein," Scutaro said. "We've got a lot of choices over here."
lol that made me laugh
Posted by: Larsen101 | August 29, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Doug-eeee! Doug-eeeee!
Posted by: BuccoNation | August 29, 2008 at 11:49 AM
That shake pitch is BS, I was throwing a forkball knuckler 15 years ago. It's the same thing. Mainly because I couldn't throw a proper knuckleball.
Posted by: Land-Man | August 29, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Ellis was a SS in the minors and only switched to 2B due to Tejada being entrenched at SS
Posted by: NorCalBB | August 29, 2008 at 05:43 PM
Ellis suffered a major shoulder injury a few years back that is thought to prevent him from playing SS again.
Might be posssible though.
Posted by: Zonis | August 29, 2008 at 08:56 PM
Ellis has mad range and hands, but his arm is pretty weak. I'm sure he'd still be at least an average shortstop, but his value is probably higher as a stud second baseman.
Posted by: Sky | August 30, 2008 at 12:24 PM
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Ellis probably can play SS, but give me an intelligent reason to convert the best defensive 2B in the league into a league-average at best SS. With that shoulder injury from years back (he does have a weak arm, just great range/hands), moving him to SS might be a bad idea.
Posted by: melonis rex | August 30, 2008 at 04:30 PM