Dave Dombrowski Rumors

Odds & Ends: Tigers, Clark, Duncan, Beltran

Wait, what do you mean "there are no baseball games tonight?!?" James Schmehl of MLive.com says that during the Tigers' annual season-ending meeting, GM Dave Dombrowski acknowledged "that payroll limitations this offseason will prevent the Tigers from keeping every free agent." Detroit's double play combo of Placido Polanco and Adam Everett will be free agents, as will their setup man-closer tandem of Brandon Lyon and Fernando Rodney. Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports that Braves scouting director Roy Clark "told the Braves on Tuesday that he's leaving the organization to become an assistant general manager with the Nationals." Clark will have...   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Teixeira, Izturis, Gaudin

Links for Thursday... Check out this week's minor league transactions. Some familiar names were signed. The Red Sox officially announced the signing of Junichi Tazawa. J.C. Bradbury likes the Dustin Pedroia contract. Sox Machine has parting words for Javier Vazquez, whose trade to the Braves was officially announced today. ESPN's Keith Law tells you all you need to know about the players involved in the deal. Tyler Flowers is the key, Santos Rodriguez the wild card. The Rockies' talks for lefty reliever Joe Beimel continue. In another article, Patrick Saunders looks at the team's wish list. Rob Neyer believes teams...   Continue Reading

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Olney's Latest: Manny, Peavy, Fuentes

ESPN's Buster Olney has a bunch of new info in today's blog. Olney continues to wonder if Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras will "wave the white flag" and accept the Dodgers' offer of arbitration. It could result in a huge one-year salary, and the current market for Manny is not robust. However, Peter Abraham said in July that a condition of Manny's trade was that he would decline arbitration. Did anyone else write this? Hopefully a journalist will ask Boras about it soon. Olney says the Cubs would love to have Adam Dunn in their lineup, but he's a stretch...   Continue Reading

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Dave Dombrowski - GM Trade History

Next up in our GM Trade History series, Dave Dombrowski of the Tigers. MLBTR contributor Brendan Bianowicz chronicled his moves as GM of the Expos, Marlins, and Tigers in this Excel spreadsheet.   Continue Reading

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