Gaby Hernandez Rumors

Arthur Rhodes Traded To Marlins

1:41pm: MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo takes a look at Hernandez. 9:46am: According to ESPN's Peter Gammons, the Marlins have acquired lefty reliever Arthur Rhodes for 22 year-old righty Gaby Hernandez. The Fish acquired Hernandez in '05 for Paul Lo Duca. Hernandez is a solid return for Rhodes, even if he struggled in a Triple A stint this year. He spent some time on the DL this year with a left intercostal strain. Rhodes, 38, has a 2.86 ERA in 22 innings this year after missing '07 due to Tommy John surgery.   Continue Reading

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Burnett, Hoffman, Manny, And More

Latest hot stove from around baseball: Jayson Stark and Jerry Crasnick are reporting from Dallas that the Blue Jays are close to signing A.J. Burnett to a five year, $55MM deal. Seems Burnett's agent is going back to Walt Jocketty one last time before finalizing the deal in an attempt to squeeze that fifth year out of him. We'll know soon enough if Jocketty caved in. According to Hot Stove All-Star Ken Rosenthal, the Indians are nearing a deal with Trevor Hoffman for $21-24MM over three years. For a team that got a solid year out of the decaying corpse..   Continue Reading

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Mets Considering Javier Vazquez

All sorts of trade rumors coming from my source close to the Mets' front office. While it is well-known that the Mets are interested in Arizona righthander Javier Vazquez, my source names a pitching prospect contrary to published reports. According to my source, the Mets are considering dealing Kris Benson and 19 year-old blue chip pitcher Gaby Hernandez for Vazquez. Up to this point, published reports have named the polished 24 year-old Brian Bannister as the prospect in the deal. While Hernandez has not pitched above A ball, he has a much higher ceiling than Bannister. Bannister did impress in..   Continue Reading

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