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Rosenthal's Latest: Kotsay, Fuentes, Glavine, Smoltz

By Nat Boyle [August 24, 2008 at 9:34am CST]

On August 18th, Rosenthal mentioned Mark Kotsay had cleared waivers, and that Brian Fuentes had not yet been placed. Here's an update, from today's Inside Pitch video:

The Brewers and Red Sox are both showing interest in Kotsay. The Brewers would only pursue a trade if Ryan Braun's ribcage injury worsens, and so far he looks more than fine. The Sox made a play for lefty-hitting Brian Giles before Giles vetoed the deal, so it makes sense that they'd exert similar effort toward Kotsay. Even more so now that J.D. Drew has a herniated disc.
Fuentes is expected to be put on waivers this week, a process that's not usually made public, let alone announced, so the Rockies must be keen to see if they can do better in a trade than the two first round draft picks they get by keeping Fuentes. According to Rosenthal, as things stand, the Dodgers currently have waiver priority. If they pass for salary reasons, the Phillies could be a roadblock for the Mets.
Rosenthal also mentions a delicate situation in Atlanta: Tom Glavine and John Smoltz both want to pitch next year, and Glavine only wants to pitch for the Braves. The Braves are faced with re-signing the inevitable Hall of Famers without being as reliant on their health as they were this year, or letting them go despite their long history with the team. Toss Mike Hampton's arm into the mix as well.

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Comments

This post made me giggle a little, saying that "Tom Glavine only wants to sign with the Braves." I would imagine that the line of teams waiting to sign Glavine should he fail to sign with Atlanta is just about as long as the movie line would be for tickets to Ishtar II.

Posted by: davidbrenner | August 24, 2008 at 10:11 AM

Where are all those guys in June who kept saying Drew was worth the money? I guess the .221 July and .261 August put an end to that. Or the .209 post AS Break average. Funny how I was called crazy for saying he only has good Junes.

Posted by: XD23 | August 24, 2008 at 12:33 PM

Romeo, that clip is terrible... stop plugging it in every topic.

Posted by: Vismund | August 24, 2008 at 12:58 PM

I thought Glavine was 50/50 on coming back.

Posted by: icedrake523 | August 24, 2008 at 04:52 PM

Sign Glavine/Smoltz to low-base but high incentive-based contracts. Don't build the rotation around the vets like it was in '08. Hampton is GONE.

Posted by: melonis rex | August 24, 2008 at 09:54 PM

Other than being left handed, I don't see much advantage to Kotsay over Gabe Kapler, especially when the Brewers already have Mike Cameron in Center.

Posted by: AA | August 25, 2008 at 01:10 PM