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Odds & Ends: Marte, Wilkerson, Bowden

By Tim Dierkes [March 4, 2009 at 12:37pm CST]

Links for Wednesday as we enter the short post-Manny phase of the offseason...

RotoAuthority has 18 undrafted players to watch for mixed leagues.
WEEI's Rob Bradford talked to Bill Lajoie, who was behind Boston's acquisition of Andy Marte while Theo Epstein was on hiatus. Lajoie admitted he acquired Marte with the intent of flipping him.
SI.com's Melissa Segura writes about fraud involving Dominican prospects.
Nothing cooking yet with the Red Sox and Jason Bay, says Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe.
Jorge Says No! says shortstops Bobby Crosby and Khalil Greene are at the crossroads of their careers.
WEEI's Alex Speier notes that Boston outfielders Jeff Bailey and Brad Wilkerson have opt-out clauses if they're not in the bigs by certain dates.
Fire Jim Bowden has the ten best moves of their namesake GM.
Nick Piecoro wonders if Randy Johnson took a subtle jab at Chris Snyder.
Updated June draft order at Baseball America.
Ken Davidoff of Newsday looks at each team's 2012 commitments.

Comments

Does anyone see any way that the Royals trade Teahen back to Oakland for Crosby and move Aviles to 2nd?

Posted by: tyler | March 04, 2009 at 02:02 PM

tyler I don't see it. Why wouldn't they have just spent an extra million or so on Cabrera if they wanted to do that?

Posted by: nrmax88 | March 04, 2009 at 02:46 PM

I agree with Randy Johnson, I don't think the D-backs mysteriously found a few million dollars 2 months later.

Posted by: brocklanders | March 04, 2009 at 02:57 PM

"Also, the Yanks can brag about having a lower payroll in 2009 than 2008, but they already have a payroll of $133.1 million in 2011 with just nine players signed, none of them named Derek Jeter or Mariano Rivera. So, yes, the Yanks are better in 2009 because they signed Burnett, Teixeira and C.C. Sabathia, but what they have assured of recreating in the near future is an expensive, inflexible, aging team."

About the best analysis of the yankees payroll/offseason I have seen. Looks like they will have 150 mil if not more tied up in 10 players in 2011 without a closer or much in the OF.

Posted by: walkoffblast | March 04, 2009 at 03:35 PM

Good luck with Brad Wilkerson finding a job if he is left off the Sox roster and opts out. Have watched the few Sox games broadcast and listened to some and looks like he may be really done from early ST, plus what he did last season and bailey has been on fir last season at AAA and so far this ST. Wilkerson making 3x what Bailey does, plus being LH may be more reason to keep Bailey over him until Kotsay comes back even.

Posted by: johns | March 04, 2009 at 07:15 PM

If the indians couldnt trade Marte, what makes the Red Sox think they can?

Posted by: Dashboard | March 05, 2009 at 10:01 AM

never mind...I should probably read the story before i judge the headline :(

Posted by: Dashboard | March 05, 2009 at 10:02 AM

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