Rumor Royalty Rumors

Rumor Royalty: John Fay (Reds)

John Fay covers the Reds beat for the Cincinnati Enquirer. John also has a popular Reds blog. He kindly answered some MLBTR reader questions today for our Rumor Royalty series. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MLBTR: How do you perceive the relationship between Wayne Krivsky and Walt Jocketty? Fay: On the surface, everything is fine, but I don't see what happens behind closed doors. I think if the Reds win this year, you could very well see the arrangement continue. Jocketty said as much when I did a story about the two this spring. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MLBTR: Any idea what the Reds offered for Joe...   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: John Fay

Rumor Royalty's been in a bit of a hibernation lately, but we're bringing it back for the Reds. Beat writer John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer gets the nod; he's kindly agreed to answer a few questions. John's blog can be found here. If you've got Reds hot stove questions for John, fire away in the comments. I will pick a few and send them over.   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: Geoff Baker (Mariners)

Geoff Baker kindly answered our Rumor Royalty questions despite vacationing in Hawaii. Geoff covers the Mariners beat for the Seattle Times. He also keeps a blog here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MLBTR: How do you see the first base situation turning out? Richie Sexson is entering a contract year and his production has been below average. Do you think anyone else in the system could see time at the cold corner? Baker: If Sexson struggles out of the chute again, then fails to rebound by mid-May, I could see a chain reaction of moves that could lead to someone like Raul Ibanez or...   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: Todd Zolecki (Phillies)

Todd Zolecki is our Rumor Royalty recipient for the Phillies. Todd covers the team for the Philadelphia Inquirer and also keeps a blog, the soon-to-be-renamed Zo Zone. Todd has kindly agreed to answer a handful of reader questions for the series. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MLBTR: Does signing Ryan Howard to a long term contract make sense for the Phils? Zolecki: It depends what price we're talking about. Before and after winning $10 million in arbitration, Howard is seeking major money. Maybe in the $200 million range. The Phillies are not the Yankees or Red Sox, so if they commit that type of...   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: Geoff Baker

Geoff Baker is our Rumor Royalty recipient for the Mariners. He covers the team's beat for the Seattle Times. He also keeps a blog here. Geoff has kindly agreed to answer some questions for MLBTR readers. Please leave your Mariners hot stove queries in the comments and I'll choose my favorites.   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: Todd Zolecki (Phillies)

Todd Zolecki is our Rumor Royalty recipient for the Phillies. Todd covers the team for the Philadelphia Inquirer and also keeps a blog, the soon-to-be-renamed Zo Zone. Todd has kindly agreed to answer a handful of reader questions for the series. Please leave your Phillies hot stove queries in the comments and I'll choose the best three or four.   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty - Evan Grant (Rangers)

I've chosen Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News as Rumor Royalty for the Rangers - he is the best source of hot stove for that club. Grant's blog can be found here. Submit your Rangers questions for Grant in the comments I will choose the best. Let's keep 'em focused on the hot stove   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: Mike DiGiovanna (Angels)

Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times has been named Rumor Royalty for the Angels; he is the best source of Halos hot stove buzz. He was kind enough to answer three questions for MLBTR. MLBTR: What do you make of the Paul Konerko rumors? Do you think the Angels and Sox have had post-Meetings discussions about him, despite Kenny Williams' claim otherwise? DiGiovanna: I had heard the White Sox and Angels might be up to something four or five days before that report came out. I made several calls looking into the matter, as did my counterpart from the Chicago..   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: Jon Paul Morosi (Tigers)

Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press snags our Rumor Royalty honor for the Tigers. Here's a link to the paper's Tigers page and one to Morosi's blog. Many thanks to Jon for participating. Click here and scroll to read all Rumor Royalty entries. MLBTR: We've heard chatter that Miguel Cabrera could be baseball's next $200 million player. Is there any chance this could happen with the Tigers? Seems that it would require an 8-10 year commitment. Morosi: This much is clear: The Tigers love Cabrera and will do what they can to sign him long-term. (He's two seasons..   Continue Reading

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Neal On Santana Staying

La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune was recently named Rumor Royalty for the Twins. As part of the feature, he answered a few questions for MLBTR. MLBTR: In your estimation what is the percent likelihood that Johan Santana stays with the Twins for all of '08 and Bill Smith just collects the draft picks? I imagine fans wouldn't mind seeing Johan and Francisco Liriano paired up one last time. Neal: I would guess 10 percent - and some people would say that's too high. The Twins had to deal with Torii Hunter's lame duck season last year..   Continue Reading

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