Rosenthal On Manny, Garcia, Greinke

The White Sox found the price for Freddy Garcia to be too high ($1.5MM plus $6.5MM in incentives). 

Please tell me this a joke

Also, I believe the Braves will get either Dunn or Abreu on 2-3 yr deal, worth about 12 to 15 million plus a vestin option for 4th yr.

"The Giants are clearly Boras-fueled propaganda, so why would the Dodgers offer much more than the next guy is willing to pay?"

Did you listen to the Giants president on MLB last night? He said that they are interested in Manny if they can work a deal that doesn't tie their hands in the future, 4 years, 3 years, or even 2 years. Right now, the Giants are the only team with any kind of offer to Manny, since the Dodgers pulled their 2/$45M deal over a month ago.

Boras is trying to get other teams involved in a bidding war, and no one is biting.

I'm sure if the Red Sox, Rays, Angels, or some other team perceived as a threat got involved the Yankees would play the "we have to sign him so they don't" game, and that is what Boras is counting on.

It should be interesting to see what happens.

Why would Dunn/Abreu sign to make $4-5M per?

Dunn is definitely worth more than that, and should get at least 2/18 or like 1/10, although Abreu probably deserves no more than 1/7 or 2/13.

2yr/30 million?

With the rash of damaged vets with "low cost/medium reward" status that the Jays front office brings in...if the Phillies don't go for Nomar, do you think he'd be a decent fit in Toronto?

Veteran presence for Inglett, Hill, can back up Rolen, spell at DH every now and then. Might make more sense if Overbay was traded for some pitching as to not completely overload the infield with McDonald, Bautista and Scutaro around as well.

Thoughts?

I'm not so sure Burrell could've ever landed 4/40. His limitations are pretty clear, and if he signed for as little as 2/16, then odds are the next best offers were more but not substantially more. He probably had offers like 2/20 or 3/30, but I don't think there was any team in this market who would give a four year deal to a defensive liability like Pat Burrell.

I do agree that Abreu could be a good fit for the Braves, although I think Dunn would be better. The Braves already have lots of good contact/on base guys in Chipper, McCann Escobar, Johnson, Kotchman, and Blanco, and only Chipper and McCann have plus power in that lineup, along with possibly Francoeur.

Adding Dunn would give them a serious charge of power in their lineup, making it an extremely patient (with the exception of Francoeur) and deep lineup.

The Braves already have lots of good contact/on base guys in Chipper, McCann Escobar, Johnson, Kotchman, and Blanco, and only Chipper and McCann have plus power in that lineup, along with possibly Francoeur.

How is Casey Kotchman a good on base/contact guy?

Also I agree about Burrel and also believe it'd be a dangerous lineup with Dunn in it. But I mean the guy stikes out alot also. So what is projections for the roster, scribbletone?

Coletti should tell Manny they're not interested. 2/45 is a fair deal but Manny is too offended to take it. I would be terrified of signing him for less than what Manny thinks he is worth. Honestly, how happy could you be if Manny "settles" for your lower offer. He's going to take your money and quit on the team.

Scribbletone,

1. Josh Anderson
2. Yunel Escobar
3. Chipper Jones
4. Adam Dunn/Bobby Abreu
5. Brian Mccann
6. Jeff Francoeur
7. Kelly Johnsom
8. Casey Kotchman

1. Derek Lowe
2. Javier Vazquez
3. Jair Jurrjens
4. Kenshin Kawakami
5. Charlie Morton/Tom Glavine

RHP Jorge Campillo
LHP Boone Logan/Will Ohman
RHP Blaine Boyer
RHP Peter Moylan
RHP Rafael Soriano
LHP Mike Gonzalez

ThOuGhTs?

Bravesfan10-

I feel like everything there is quite solid, but my only concern would be Josh Anderson in the leadoff spot.

I'm just not really sure that Anderson ought to be leading off, considering that they have guys that consistently post .370+ OBP's, and Anderson projects to be more of a .340-350 OBP kind of hitter, with lots of speed.

I personally would rather have Esco leading off, with Blanco/Anderson in the two hole, Kotchman batting sixth, Johnson seventh, and Francoeur eighth.

I'm just not sure if I want to have Josh Anderson be the guy that gets the most plate appearances on my team, rather than Escobar/Johnson/Blanco, guys that have consistently shown plus on base ability.

And, I don't think you bat Francoeur in front of Kotchman after the year that Frenchy just had. He's in the eight spot, as far as I can tell, unless they want to give him some confidence or something.

"BravesFan10, did you actually say Manny folded in the playoffs last year?

How many Braves players in their dozen playoff years batted .520 with an OBP of .667?! And 4 homers and 10 rbis in 8 games?! What planet were you on when that happened?"

I'm a Cubs fan, and TRUST ME, Manny Ramirez did not fold in the playoffs last season. Ugh.

This is for the white sox, i want opinions on who should be the guy at second base and what they expect from them. Lemme know. Thanks

i agree with bleacher bum.
do you ever call damon bruce?
cause ive heard him say bleacher bum so im wondering if thats you. Has anyone heard about the giants stand with crede and if thats going anywhere

I really like everything I've seen and heard about Getz. From what I've heard, he's a scrappy, do whatever it takes kind of player (like Rowand at 2B). I'm always a fan of that kind of guy. I don't know much about Lillibridge, but he seems like a similar player to Getz with a little more speed.

Soooooo, my personal preference as a fan would be Getz, because I know more about him. However, once spring break hits we'll be able to get a better look at him.

I doubt very much that both of them make the team. We usually only tend to take one utility infielder and that is likely to go to someone like Betemit who can play any infield position. So, the infield is likely to look like this.

1B - Konerko
2B - Getz
3B - Fields
SS - Ramirez
BN - Betemit

AAA - Charlotte
Viciedo, Lillibridge, Nix, Allen.

Later,
Aaron