Manny Ramirez Rumors: Monday

Cubs sign him, move Soriano back to 2nd Base, and rest their regulars often.
Of course, the Cubs would still lose

Nevermind, saw the column. Still, I dont like Dobbs in LF, like him much better as 3B/PH.

Manny in Toronto, I hope. 4 years $80M. Wouldn't go anymore than that, as it's pushing it already.

Manny in Philly. That could be interesting. I love 'em but Philly fans would be ruthless if Manny starts his "act" up again.

your kinda of right but with a player like Manny i dont think it would matter that much as long he protected Howard in the line-up. manny in the phils line-up that would be a very scary line-up. with rollins, manny,utley howard

No one in their right mind would put Soriano at 2nd Base. Yes it is where he started... but they moved him to left for a reason.

You see some of the awful plays he makes in left field? ... There's a reason he's still there... it's still better than his skill at 2nd.

I cant see the Phillies laying out the dough. And MickS is totally right - if Manny thought Boston was tough - Philly aint much better. One year - we may be able to make it though - but 4 years - thats an albatross waiting to happen.

I like Dobbs in LF - its easier than 3B.

"Wasn't it orginally because Vidro was at 2B?"

That and Soriano was a butcher at second.

"Dodgers should re-sign Manny to an $85M, 3 yr, guaranteed, front-loaded, deal, w/ a 4th year mutual option. Something like '09-$30M, '10-$28M, '11-$27M."

Dodgers won't frontload anything. Anything done by the Dodgers will probably be backloaded, with the money for Schmidt, Jones, Pierre, still on the books. And, it isn't really business smart to frontload.

"Dodgers should re-sign Manny to an $85M, 3 yr, guaranteed, front-loaded, deal, w/ a 4th year mutual option. Something like '09-$30M, '10-$28M, '11-$27M."

ROFLMAO! More like $45M/3yrs. He's not in A-Rod's league, not even close. Put manny at 3rd base and the first grounder he sees will hit him right between the eyes. Couldn't steal a base, legitimately, to save his life, and you'll notice that NOBODY even thinks of mentioning mammy when they talk of breaking Bond's homerun record.

There's only one thing that funnier than $85M/3yrs: manny in Philly - he'd run back to the dugout every time they booed him, which would be lots considering he slacks off way more than he hustles. Philly is home of the biggest BOO birds in the world, they even boo guys who are doing relatively well.

BTW, who else thinks manny stinks of steroids? Nobody bumps his average by over 100 points for half the season without some kind of performance enhancement.

Yes, Manny has had a HOF career, but that doesn't make him A-Rod at the moment. I'd rather have A-Rod on my team than Manny; even Scott Boras has stopped short of selling Manny that high.

As far as the claim that he's on steroids because he bumped his average over 100 points, that happens relatively often, and isn't a result of steroids. Sometimes players see the ball better than others.

The Giants likely will pass on Ramirez. Although if they did sign him, the could trade both Randy Winn and Bengie Molina while keeping Pablo Sandoval at C and Travis Ishikawa at 1B. The Giants could move Fred Lewis to RF and use Nate Schierholtz as a 4th OF for now until they figure out what to do, alhtough like I said, that is very unlikely. A more likely scenario is trade Winn and make Schierholtz the everyday RF, to see how is power develops at the big league level.