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Five Teams Interested In Eckstein
According to Ken Rosenthal, David Eckstein is drawing interest from five teams as both a second baseman and shortstop. Rosenthal speculates on the Padres, Pirates, and Orioles.
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I could see the White Sox looking into him to play 2nd Base and Leadoff for them
Posted by: Shaun | December 08, 2008 at 03:54 PM
i hope the orioles arent interested. if they wanted a spagetti-armed shortstop, they shouldve kept cintron.
Posted by: lftyg33 | December 08, 2008 at 03:58 PM
The Padres?
Eckstein's career is headed the way of the Edmonds.
Posted by: helloelan | December 08, 2008 at 04:01 PM
David Eckstein to the Padres is exactly the type of signing San Diego fans have come to expect from Kevin Towers. I've been waiting for it all off-season and I was even more convinced it would happen when Khalil got traded. There were whispers of it last off-season before Tadahito Iguchi was signed and I fully plan on seeing this happen. Next year, he'll be playing SS and leading off at Petco. He should see a solid amounts of runs come his way with his decent OBP and batting in front of Brian Giles and Adrian Gonzalez.
Posted by: WestCoastBias | December 08, 2008 at 04:02 PM
Not sure why the Pirates are intersted would rather see Durham or Grudzeilanek
Posted by: BucSox | December 08, 2008 at 04:03 PM
There's no reason why Eckstein can't be the same mediocre player at Petco than he has been anywhere else. With Edmonds, his slide came when the Petco Cavern ate all of his HR's and 2B's. Not to mention, there's a 5-year age difference.
Posted by: WestCoastBias | December 08, 2008 at 04:05 PM
"There's no reason why Eckstein can't be the same mediocre player at Petco than he has been anywhere else."
Eckstein gets a bad rap from the statheads because the media portrays him as a "scrappy" player. He has posted above-average OBPs in every year but one and has played most of his career out of position at short. I wouldn't mind him being the 2B on the Dodgers if they resigned Furcal and let Blake go.
Posted by: AA | December 08, 2008 at 04:13 PM
Pirates won't sign Grudz because he wants to play for a team that will compete for the Championship, otherwise he would have stay in Kansas City.
Posted by: Callahan | December 08, 2008 at 04:15 PM
Is there any chance the Royals could be one of the 2 teams not listed? They need a veteran second baseman to pair with Aviles. Or play him at short and move Aviles to second.
Posted by: Callahan | December 08, 2008 at 04:16 PM
If the padres sign Eckstein, it will be a perfect fit he will be the second baseman, leadoff type hitter, and shortstop and the Padres can trade Peavy for Adenhart, Wood, low a prospect Sullovin, and Willits
Posted by: BIGPADRESFAN2009 | December 13, 2008 at 09:26 AM
Padres should get Eckstein instead of Vizquel
Posted by: BIGPADRESFAN2009 | December 13, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Eckstein should get a 1 to a 2 year deal
Posted by: BIGPADRESFAN2009 | December 13, 2008 at 09:58 AM