Odds And Ends II: Longoria, Manny, Giambi, Tejada

Rumors are a bit sparse today…this should be expected in the weeks and month to come. So here are a few articles for your afternoon reading.

• Sabernomics takes a look at the economics of the Evan Longoria deal.
• Tom Verducci puts Manny Ramirez in historical perspective. ’Ducc thinks that Manny is better than some of us give him credit for. Which is difficult, because you have to give him all the credit in the world (at the dish, at least).
• Rob Neyer (subscription required) talks about the Yankees releasing Jason Giambi. He links to an article saying that Giambi simply cannot hit power pitchers anymore. Unfortunately, that idea is bunk, according to SG of Replacement Level.
• Keith Law (also subscription) has some thoughts on the Miguel Tejada age situation. I’m just wondering that with the way ESPN handled this, aren’t they closing doors to other interviews? If I was a past steroid user, I’d definitely be wary of an interview request from ESPN.

Posted by Joe Pawlikowski, who writes for River Ave. Blues, a Yankees blog.