Guillermo Mota Rumors

Dodgers Finalize Contract With Mota

9:13pm: Jackson has made a correction to the report. Mota can earn only $300,000 in performance bonuses. 7:41pm: The Dodgers finalized their one-year deal with reliever Guillermo Mota on Wednesday and released the terms of his contract. The 35-year-old right-hander will make $2.35MM in '09 and can earn up to $750,000 in performance bonuses. Terms are courtesy of Tony Jackson with the Los Angeles Daily News.   Continue Reading

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Dodgers Sign Guillermo Mota

TUESDAY: Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times says the Dodgers agreed to terms with Mota on a one-year deal. MONDAY: According to MLB.com's Ken Gurnick, the Dodgers are very close to a deal that would bring free agent reliever Guillermo Mota back to Los Angeles. Mota, 35, posted a 4.11 ERA in 57 innings for the Brewers in '08 after coming over from the Mets in a deal for Johnny Estrada. Mota still throws hard, but control and home runs allowed remain a problem.   Continue Reading

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Dodgers Made Offer To Dennys Reyes

According to ESPN's Jayson Stark, the Dodgers made an offer to free agent lefty Dennys Reyes. He says they also want a right-handed setup man - Guillermo Mota or Juan Cruz are possibilities (Cruz would cost a draft pick). Various reports stated earlier today that the Dodgers made a one-year offer to Trevor Hoffman.   Continue Reading

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Rosenthal's Latest: Swisher, Nady, Kapler, Zaun

The latest from Ken Rosenthal. A recent Ned Colletti-Scott Boras conversation about Manny Ramirez didn't result in progress. Boras still has his sights on at least $100MM over four years. Rosenthal adds that Manny is "cool to the idea of playing in San Francisco." Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady are drawing "significant interest." Rosenthal speculates that the Giants, Braves, or Pirates would make sense. The door is not closed with the Yankees and Andy Pettitte. Pettitte recently rejected the Yanks' one-year, $10MM offer. Some Mets people prefer Oliver Perez to Derek Lowe. The Braves have yet to speak to Boras...   Continue Reading

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Twins Rumors: Kawakami, Lyon, Saito, Mota

La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune has the latest hot stove info on the Twins. The Twins don't appear to be currently negotiating with Kenshin Kawakami - starting pitching isn't top priority currently. Neal says that could change if they need to package a starter in a trade. Reliever names on the radar: Brandon Lyon, Takashi Saito, and Guillermo Mota. Lyon may be out of their price range.   Continue Reading

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Rangers Seeking Turnbow and Others

T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com fills us in on the Rangers' ongoing search for bullpen help: Derrick Turnbow is at the top of the list with pitching coach Mike Maddux leading the charge. The two worked together a few years ago in Milwaukee. The Marlins and Pirates are also thought to have interest. The Rangers are also investigating closers Chad Cordero and Jason Isringhausen, both free agents. As Sullivan points out, the Rangers like to target low-cost, high-reward relievers. Some would call them reclamation projects. Right-hander Guillermo Mota is also on the team's list. The 35-year-old had a 4.11 ERA for...   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Taveras, Kemp, Mota

Today's random linkage. Correction to the Justin Duchscherer post - he only has one more arbitration year, not two. He's set to reach free agency after the '09 season. Rob Neyer points us to a quality interview with Yankees beat writer Tyler Kepner over at NoMaas.org. MLB.com's Jim Molony says the Marlins have renewed interest in Rockies center fielder Willy Taveras. LEN3 thinks the Twins need a reliever more than anything. Dave Cameron wonders if Matt Kemp is overrated. Craig Brown of Royals Authority examines the team's trade candidates. The Padres' Paul DePodesta runs through his team's top trade candidates...   Continue Reading

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Mets Acquire Estrada For Mota

UPDATE: Non-tendering Estrada is still an option for the Mets, but they've unloaded Mota's contract. The Mets may shop around for better options, knowing they have an adequate fallback. According to Jamey Newberg, the Mets found the asking prices for trade targets Gerald Laird and Ramon Hernandez to be unacceptable. The Mets found their catcher today in the person of Johnny Estrada. To get him from the Brewers, Omar Minaya only had to surrender Guillermo Mota. It was a swap of a couple of unwanted guys. The Brewers would've non-tendered Estrada rather than pony up $4MM+ for him. However they'll..   Continue Reading

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Some Mets' Notes

The Mets have resigned relief pitcher Guillermo Mota to a 2-year/$5MM contract, according to MLB.com. Mota was acquired from the Indians back in August and went 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA in 18 games for the Mets in 2006. He'll be in New York for his 34 and 35 year seasons. The Mets also lost top catching prospect Jesus Flores in the Rule V Draft today to the Washington Nationals. Though Jesus was still in the St. Lucie (A-advanced), he was considered to be the heir to the backstop once Paul Lo Duca was ready to move on. Flores will..   Continue Reading

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Minor Trades and Rumors

The Cubs unloaded Neifi Perez on the Tigers today, and it was no surprise Neifi got through waivers. What team would want to be on the hook for $2.5MM for him next year? Ditching Neifi at this point at least partially rights the wrong of signing him to an extension in the first place for Jim Hendry. The Cubs' "everything man" will be making outs atop of Detroit's lineup now. Even more impressive is that Hendry snagged a 22 year-old catching prospect, Chris Robinson, in the deal. The Mets added righty reliever Guillermo Mota today. Along with Oliver Perez, this..   Continue Reading

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