Andy Marte Rumors

Indians Designate Jason Michaels

2:31pm: According to Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com, Michaels will be designated. 10:30am: Outfielder Ben Francisco will join the Indians for Tuesday's game against the Yankees. The Tribe will have to make room for him by then, and Mike Harrington believes the jobs of Andy Marte and Jason Michaels are at risk. Marte could be designated for assignment, while Michaels might just be released. Michaels, 32, has been awful in 21 games this year. He earns $2.15MM this year. Michaels typically hits lefties well, but he's been an easy out this year. Marte, 24, is out of options and would have...   Continue Reading

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Ocker On Blake, Marte, Dellucci, Borowski And Lee

Sheldon Ocker of the Akron Beacon Journal does some speculating on the Indians' third base, left field, and closer situations. Casey Blake's contract expires at the end of the season, and at age 35, Ocker doesn't believe that Indians' GM Mark Shapiro will re-up for him. Ocker points to two reasons why Andy Marte probably won't work out as the in-house solution to Blake's potential absence: he could be lost on waivers if he doesn't make the team as a utility man coming out of Spring Training, and he shows no sign of figuring things out and becoming an impact...   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Kelly Johnson, Nathan, Crede

Time for some early Monday odds and ends. Remember how White Sox GM Ron Schueler embarrassed Cubs GM Ed Lynch in 1998 by acquiring Jon Garland for Matt Karchner? Rany Jazayerli sees a parallel to that heist with the Royals' acquisition of Daniel Cortes as part of the July '06 Mike MacDougal trade. Mike Berardino's blog continues to entertain; this time with a Dan Miceli story. Ah, knife fights with siblings. Who among us can say they haven't had one or two? Buster Olney learned from Braves GM Frank Wren that Kelly Johnson has been the team's most asked-for player...   Continue Reading

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Pirates Rumors: Bay, McLouth, Morris

MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch jumps into the fray with her own set of Pirates rumors. Jason Bay rumors are flying around. Langosch mentions Steve Phillips' rumor at ESPN: Kelly Shoppach and Cliff Lee for Bay. Andy Marte could be involved as well. The Rangers have decided they desire a corner outfielder, and moved from Nate McLouth to Bay accordingly. Langosch suggests the Rangers would send relievers over to Pittsburgh - now that would be a bad trade for the Bucs. McLouth, by the way, is drawing interest from the Giants and Padres. He's also been linked to the Marlins. The Rockies..   Continue Reading

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Crisp For Marte Done Deal?

According to a source: "I've been told it's a done deal with a contingency regarding Mota's health. If he hits the DL a predetermined amount of times Sox might have to give up another player to be named later." This is the same rumor/source cited in the recent RotoWorld blurb on the topic. RotoWorld also points to a Paul Hoynes Cleveland Plain Dealer article from this morning. Here's that info: "There is movement in the Coco Crisp trade to Boston. Indians left-hander Arthur Rhodes, according to a major league source, flew to Philadelphia on Friday morning to undergo a physical..   Continue Reading

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Crisp For Marte Trade Complete?

Tony Massarotti of the Boston Herald had the scoop last night: "According to baseball sources, the Red Sox and Cleveland Indians have agreed in principle on a deal that will bring outfielder Coco Crisp to the Sox in a multi-player trade. The deal was agreed upon several days ago under the condition that Cleveland be able to acquire another outfielder to replace Crisp, presumably Jason Michaels from the Philadelphia Phillies." While everyone seems to agree that Crisp and Marte are the principles and the teams have been talking quite a bit, no other source that I've found has confirmed this..   Continue Reading

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Andy Marte's Boston Projection

For all of you fantasy baseball geeks, I've got a 2006 projection up for Andy Marte   Continue Reading

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Red Sox Send Renteria and $11MM for Andy Marte

Today, the Red Sox sent shortstop Edgar Renteria and $11MM for third baseman Andy Marte. That's got to be a record for Martes traded in one day. I don't think it was a bad move by the Braves, considering that they'll have a decent shortstop for three years at less than half the price of Rafael Furcal. On the other hand, Marte has the potential be a star. I know, "potential" is a loaded word. But when a player hits .275/.372/.506 in Triple A at age 21, it screams "future star." Marte was ranked the best prospect in baseball by..   Continue Reading

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Twins Buzz: Mueller, Marte, Lowell

It's well known that the Twins lineup at present is woefully devoid of power hitters. While noted Twins blogger Aaron Gleeman seems very receptive to a second baseman who can actually get on base, he acknowledges Luis Castillo's complete lack of punch. So who's on the radar? Well, you can cross Bill Mueller off the list. He's planning on signing with either the Dodgers or Pirates. Mueller is a nice player, but he's exactly what the Twins don't need at third. Mueller is a fragile on-base machine. Sure, the team could use more players who take walks, but A)they don't..   Continue Reading

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Braves' Andy Marte Available?

Are you familiar with Atlanta Braves' third baseman Andy Marte? Before the 2005 season, Baseball Prospectus rated him the #1 prospect in the game. At age 21, Marte had an excellent 2/3 of a season for Triple A in '05. Marte posted a .372 OBP and .506 SLG for the Richmond Braves. After Chipper Jones went down with an injury, Marte got a brief call-up to the Show on June 7th. He didn't play regularly, and made several trips back and forth to the minors after that. There had been whispers of Marte's availability through trade, but it didn't seem..   Continue Reading

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Cameron For Nady Rumor Has Legs

A new Ken Rosenthal column was just posted over at Fox Sports. Some interesting nuggets in there, including a few that confirm rumors we reported on earlier. The rumored Mike Cameron for Xavier Nady swap we mentioned on Sunday may have legs. Rosenthal adds that the Mets could spin Nady into a Manny Ramirez package if they don't want to platoon him with Mike Jacobs. Nady could make sense for the Red Sox, a team with question marks at third and second base. Cameron could also end up in Baltimore or Arizona according to Rosenthal. The column mentions some interest..   Continue Reading

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Julio Lugo To The Braves

Today the Tampa Tribune's Scott Carter again brought up the idea of the Rays trading Julio Lugo. This time, he named names: "While it remains too early to determine whether any of those players will be traded, Atlanta's interest in Lugo appears real. Atlanta catcher Johnny Estrada, third baseman Andy Marte and pitcher John Thomson, who had his $4.75 million option for next season picked up recently, are all believed to be available. Meanwhile, Baez and Huff continue to surface in trade rumors with the Mets and Red Sox that erupted at last year's trade deadline." RotoAuthority has already busted..   Continue Reading

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