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Rays Face Decision On Blalock

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | May 12, 2010 at 10:49am CDT

WEDNESDAY, 10:49am: ESPN's Buster Olney tweets that other teams are beginning to weigh interest in Blalock, in case the Rays are willing to trade him.  Olney guesses his opt-out date is May 15th.  He adds that "once Blalock informs the Rays that he wants to opt out, they have 48 hours to deal him or put him on their roster."  Olney's sources presume the Mariners and White Sox would get in the mix if Blalock becomes a free agent.

TUESDAY, 10:54pm: Scott Boras indicated to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times that Hank Blalock may exercise the out clause in his contract within a week if the Rays don't call him up.

"I would imagine that we'll probably know something about Hank in the next seven days," Boras said. "The time has come. The time has come. He's playing third base, obviously he's hitting well, he's a young guy."

Blalock, 29, has a .375/.435/.552 line and four homers in Triple A Durham (though that batting average has been inflated by a .421 batting average on balls in play). Meanwhile, Pat Burrell is hitting .221/.315/.364 with two homers in the majors. Willy Aybar has yet to start at DH for the Rays, but he has appeared in ten games as a backup DH, so the Rays could turn to him.

The Rays could cut their losses and release Burrell, who earns $9MM this year, to make room for Blalock. They could also attempt to trade Blalock, perhaps to the Mariners. But if Blalock hits free agency again, Boras says he is confident that there will be interest in his client.

"I think a lot of people understand Hank's a better choice for them, so we'll see," Boras said.

Under his current contract, Blalock is set to earn a base salary of $925K in the major leagues.

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  1. 0vercast

    15 years ago

    Get out of there, Hank. You’ll find work.

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    • jwsox

      15 years ago

      you can probably bet that the whitesox will be in play for him, considering they have no need for omar with nix being there and they need a 1st-3rd-lf-RF-dh back up. If he is truly hitting like that and can carry it to the majors and signs with the whitesox he could be the big spark they need and would find semi regular playing time

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  2. JMW4th

    15 years ago

    can Blalock play the outfield? RF specifically?

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    • Big Davey

      15 years ago

      (cringes)

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      • JMW4th

        15 years ago

        that bad, eh?

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  3. titans2k_19

    15 years ago

    Twins should look into signing or trading for Blalock

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  4. markjsunz

    15 years ago

    This guy is a left handed version on Burrell, a little pop in his bat, and a low major league hitting batting average. I would rather see the Rays bring up one of there minor league guys. Blalock is a good tripleA hitter and a fringe major leaguer.

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  5. markjsunz

    15 years ago

    This guy is a left handed version on Burrell, a little pop in his bat, and a low major league hitting batting average. I would rather see the Rays bring up one of there minor league guys. Blalock is a good tripleA hitter and a fringe major leaguer.

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  6. Guest 3276

    15 years ago

    Is any team in baseball in greater need of a third baseman than the Houston Astros? Pedro Feliz is hitting .221/.236/.308. It doesn’t get any worse than that.

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    • joshuap

      15 years ago

      Not to mention that Blalock would be nice to have on the roster if a deal that moves Berkman ever comes to fruition.

      Reply
    • joshuap

      15 years ago

      Not to mention that Blalock would be nice to have on the roster if a deal that moves Berkman ever comes to fruition.

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