Jason Giambi Rumors

Trade Candidates: Corner Infielders

We’ve heard about Garrett Atkins and Aubrey Huff all year, but plenty of other corner infielders could be trade bait, too. Here’s the list of corner infield trade candidates, ranked from highest 2009 salary to lowest: Troy Glaus - The priciest trade candidate on this list has yet to play in 2009. There have been suggestions that the Cards could move Glaus if he can't play third upon his return. Melvin Mora - With a $9MM salary and a no-trade clause, Mora will be tough to move. Aubrey Huff - He's not hitting as well as he did last year,...   Continue Reading

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Stark On White Sox, Bedard, A's, Penny

A new Rumblings and Grumblings column from ESPN's Jayson Stark... Even if they don't acquire Jake Peavy, the White Sox are apparently "open for business." Stark takes that to mean names such as Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Octavio Dotel, and A.J. Pierzynski could hit the market. The Mariners are not quite yet at the point of making Erik Bedard available. They figure to price him like an ace if they do so. If A's GM Billy Beane decides to fold on 2009, he could make veterans such as Matt Holliday, Orlando Cabrera, Jason Giambi, and Russ Springer available....   Continue Reading

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2010 Options: Oakland Athletics

The A's are faced with just one 2010 option, Jason Giambi. It's a $6.5MM club option with a $1.25MM buyout. So the question will be whether Giambi, at age 39, is worth a net of $5.25MM in 2010. Through 96 plate appearances this year, Giambi is hitting .210/.333/.296. He's hitting grounders at the same rate as his miserable '04 season. The silver lining might be that Giambi had a rough April last year as well. The A's really need Giambi, Orlando Cabrera, and Matt Holliday to start hitting. Talking to Joe Stiglich of the San Jose Mercury News, GM Billy...   Continue Reading

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Odds & Ends: Nady, Doumit, Boyer

Links for Tuesday... SI.com's Jon Heyman says Xavier Nady will not require elbow surgery and may return within a month. Bad news for the Pirates: Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says catcher Ryan Doumit will likely miss 8-10 weeks due to wrist surgery. Dave Cameron of FanGraphs says Matt Murton belongs in the Majors. Wallace Matthews and Ken Davidoff of Newsday each write about Jason Giambi's time in New York. With news that Demetri Martin will play Paul DePodesta in the Moneyball movie, Jon Weisman says not to judge the film before watching it. Personally I am looking forward...   Continue Reading

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Odds & Ends: Hamels, Giants, Yankees

Links for Monday... Cole Hamels is flying to Philadelphia to have his sore left elbow examined. Hamels threw 3,914 pitches in total last year, the most in baseball (two more than C.C. Sabathia). Hamels thinks he's fine and it's not a big deal. Julian Tavarez on why he chose the Nationals. MLB.com's Joe Frisaro says the Marlins returned Rule 5 lefty Zach Kroenke to the Yankees. Maury Brown of The Biz of Baseball looks at postseason ticket revenue over the last decade. Dan Brown of the San Jose Mercury News talked to John Dewan about the Giants' defense. Joel Sherman...   Continue Reading

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Perrotto's Latest: Position Battles, Roberts, Pudge

John Perrotto's Every Given Sunday column is up over at Baseball Prospectus. This week, he takes a look at some of the position battles teams will face entering Spring Training. And, as always, there's some interesting items in his Rumors & Rumblings section. Let's take a look: Some of the more interesting position battles mentioned: 1B/DH/RF in Oakland (Daric Barton, Jack Cust, Jason Giambi, Aaron Cunningham, and Travis Buck all in the mix), Tampa's closer if Troy Percival gets hurt or falters (Dan Wheeler, J.P. Howell, Grant Balfour), and the White Sox rotation behind John Danks, Mark Buerhle, and Gavin...   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Padres, Manny, Braves

Links for Sunday... John Moores will remain majority owner of the Padres for three or four years even if he agrees to sell the team to Jeff Moorad, according to Tom Krasovic. Major league executives say Padres CEO Sandy Alderson is likely to leave if Moorad takes over. In a recent poll, Giants fans were divided on the idea of signing Manny Ramirez. The Pirates haven't offered Doug Mientkiewicz a contract. Thomas Stinson looks at an offseason of "mediocrity" for the Braves. Bobby Cox likes the looks of Kenshin Kawakami. Larry LaRue asks who's on first for the Mariners this...   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Pavano, Giambi, Manny, Tigers

Links for Thursday... RotoAuthority looks at possible injury risk young starters for 2009, by way of the Verducci Effect. Anthony Castrovince says the Indians looked at Mark Mulder, Kris Benson, Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon before signing Carl Pavano. The Tribe's rotation appears set. The article also outlines Pavano's incentives, which kick in at 18 starts. A reminder: for the past month or so we've had a Top Stories section in the righthand sidebar. If you're looking to find the biggest hot stove news of the past few days quickly, look there first. I did a Q&A with 3:10 To...   Continue Reading

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A's Rumors: Abreu, Cabrera, Barton

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle has the latest on the A's. The Jason Giambi press conference is scheduled for today. Joe Dillon was designated for assignment to make room. Slusser believes Billy Beane will take a look at Bobby Abreu and/or Orlando Cabrera if their price tags slip. Daric Barton is drawing trade interest, with the Nationals a possibility.   Continue Reading

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Jason Giambi Reaches Agreement With A's

6:50pm: Mike Puma of the New York Post says the deal is for one-year at $4.5MM with a $5MM club option ($1MM buyout) for 2010. The physical is scheduled for tomorrow. 5:50pm: Ken Rosenthal wrote earlier today that the the A's have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract with Giambi and the deal is at the finish line, pending a physical. TUESDAY, 9:54am: Olney says Giambi is on the verge of agreeing to a deal with the A's worth $6.5MM guaranteed - $5.25MM in '09 plus a $4MM 2010 option with a $1.25MM buyout. Quite affordable! In an...   Continue Reading

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