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Odds & Ends: Jenkins, Orioles, Molina, Lee, Konerko

By Mike Axisa | May 8, 2010 at 9:12pm CDT

Links for Saturday…

  • Geoff Jenkins told Tom Haudricourt of The Journal Sentinel that he received several offers in Spring Training this year, but they were all jobs in Triple-A, which "wasn't in [his] heart." Earlier tonight we learned that Jenkins is close to announcing his retirement.
  • Despite his team's poor start, Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail believes his team is on the right track with their rebuilding effort, says Peter Schmuck of The Baltimore Sun.
  • Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News provides a follow-up to today's Bengie Molina discussion in a series of tweets. Baggarly says service time will not factor into Buster Posey's potential promotion, and doesn't think the Giants will shop Molina after Posey arrives. Baggarly adds that Molina's hamstring injury is not serious and no roster move will be needed.
  • Molina told Kevin Burkhardt of SNY that he wanted to sign with the Mets and was ready to move his family to New York, but was upset that they refused to increase their offer to two guaranteed years. (hat tip to Matt Cerrone of MetsBlog.com)
  • In a CMSB radio interview, Newsday's Ken Davidoff suggests that Cliff Lee and Paul Konerko will be two of the most interesting players to monitor as the trade deadline approaches.
  • John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle has some quotes from Eric Chavez, who admitted feeling pressure to perform since this is the last year of his contract. He also understands that the A's need a productive DH, which he hasn't been. Through 91 plate appearances, Chavez is hitting .220/.275/.305.
  • CC Sabathia doesn't believe that Victor Martinez's impending free agency is the reason behind his former battery mate's slow start, according to WEEI.com's Alex Speier. V-Mart is hitting just .267/.330/.381 on the year, though he's picked it up of late.
  • Joel Sherman of The New York Post wonders why the Yankees would do business with the injury prone Nick Johnson instead of waiting out Johnny Damon. Johnson left last night's game with a sore right wrist and appears headed for the disabled list.
  • Ever wonder what happened to the six players that went to Florida in the Miguel Cabrera–Dontrelle Willis blockbuster? The Detroit Free Press has the answer. 
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  1. Guest

    11 years ago

    Who needs Bengie when we have Baja Fresh?

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  2. rockiesfan_303

    11 years ago

    Wow only Maybin turned out any real value. Willis was a bust too though I guess.

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    • damnitsderek

      11 years ago

      Miller is still only 23 and Badenhop is probably going to end up a solid bullpen guy for a few years, though. As long as Maybin keeps developing, Florida easily won this deal, especially for all of the salary they dumped on Detroit.

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  3. jphenix2002

    11 years ago

    No matter who says what I chalk this up as a win for the Tigers based on Cabrera alone. He has been exactly the player ON the field they were hoping for, and Willis only had one year left on the contract at the time of the deal. His extension was a whole separate debacle, yet it is often thought of as part of the deal. As far as I’m concerned this is a polar opposite of that horrendous Renteria trade.

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  4. Zack23

    11 years ago

    So Molina is upset that the Mets wouldnt commit 2 years and roughly 10m to him?
    Hey Bengie, did you get ANY offers of 2 years? Hm..maybe because the market for catchers who have OBP BELOW .300 isnt that strong.

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    • Suzysman

      11 years ago

      We have recently learned Bengie is an extreme Drama Queen; making such statements from him both understandable, and worthless

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    • Just_MLB

      11 years ago

      Bengie was reading those rumors of Omar favoring latin players…even with that, he still didnt get an extra year

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  5. jubangbang

    11 years ago

    when you hit 20 home runs and still finish the year with an OPS lower than luis castillo you know you can’t hit.

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  6. bigpat

    11 years ago

    Damon would have been a better DH than Johnson. He can hit for a little more power and even though he doesn’t have the great on base skills as Johnson, he’s a better hitter and will be more durable. Johnson can’t even stay healthy as a DH.

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  7. asuyanksfan

    11 years ago

    Wow the yanks are one of the TOP TWO teams in baseball right now and people are still complaining about their offseason.. Damon wanted 2 years and NO paycut from the Yanks. That wasnt going to happen, so they went a different way. Matsui wasnt gonna come back for a pay cut. I read an article i forgot where, that taking a pay cut is disrespectful in Japan under most circumstances and hence why no offer was made and Matsui went to the Angels for less because it wasnt a paycut from that team. Was a good article wish i could remember where i read it. So instead of waiting around and playin games with Damon they signed Nick and made trades for grandy and javy. Albeit they arent working out now THE YANKS ARE STILL one of the TOP TWO teams and are just dominating teams. Can we atleast wait till the end of the season to complain about deals?

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  8. cards28

    11 years ago

    The Carter and Taylor era needs to start pretty soon in Oakland, Chavez and their outfield minus Sweeney has been brutal. I cant think of a worse 3&4 hitters than the A’s Sweeney and kouzmanof.

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  9. bobbybaseball

    11 years ago

    Of course Andy MacPhail believes this. But why should anyone believe him? Since his success with the Twins all those years ago, all he has done is lose. His stint with the Cubs was laughable. Andy MacFAIL!

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    • redsandyanksfan

      11 years ago

      Hes in the TOUGHEST division in baseball trying to build a team pretty much from the minors and his young and upcoming stars with a limited payroll, it going to be hard to do that over night i would say so give him a break unless you think you have what it takes to run a team

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      • bobbybaseball

        11 years ago

        Yes I do as a matter of fact (think I have what it takes). Unfortunately, I don’t believe I’ll ever get the chance.

        So let me get this straight: don’t have an opinion unless you can be a GM. Hmmm, so then I assume you never opine on anything seeing as you are not a player or GM or anything? Look, I never had that job, McPhail did. And he sucked when he was with the Cubs. All he cared about was running the business side. He is a moron. And I don’t have the be a GM to know that.

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        • redsandyanksfan

          11 years ago

          Well that would be pretty cool if you got the chance to then we could see if your a Billy beane or a jim hendry.No im not saying you cant have a opinion im just saying your cracking down on him way way to hard he did good with the twins he has build the O’s minor league farm up with good prospects and hes trying to compete in the toughest divison its gonna be a little hard

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      • bobbybaseball

        11 years ago

        Yes I do as a matter of fact (think I have what it takes). Unfortunately, I don’t believe I’ll ever get the chance.

        So let me get this straight: don’t have an opinion unless you can be a GM. Hmmm, so then I assume you never opine on anything seeing as you are not a player or GM or anything? Look, I never had that job, McPhail did. And he sucked when he was with the Cubs. All he cared about was running the business side. He is a moron. And I don’t have the be a GM to know that.

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  10. bobbybaseball

    11 years ago

    Guys like Chavez, who made their career based on ‘roids, just need to admit they can’t do what they did without the stuff and retire.

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    • damnitsderek

      11 years ago

      Don’t make accusatory statements when you have zero proof to back them up. Believe what you choose, but with no evidence you just sound like a moron.

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      • Taskmaster75

        11 years ago

        He’s just a troll, judging from his previous statements. Ignore him. :P

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        • bobbybaseball

          11 years ago

          Juding from my previous statements? Are you stupid? I’m sure I understand baseball better than you do, I’ve been a professional writer for a long time. What have you done?

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        • bobbybaseball

          11 years ago

          Juding from my previous statements? Are you stupid? I’m sure I understand baseball better than you do, I’ve been a professional writer for a long time. What have you done?

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      • bobbybaseball

        11 years ago

        Listen, MLB players do not deserve the benefit of the doubt after all the lies and cheaters. With no evidence? Let me ask you this: are you one who thinks Bonds was clean? Let me know.

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      • bobbybaseball

        11 years ago

        Listen, MLB players do not deserve the benefit of the doubt after all the lies and cheaters. With no evidence? Let me ask you this: are you one who thinks Bonds was clean? Let me know.

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  11. stewie75

    11 years ago

    oh man- good thing jenkins finally announced his retirement, i can finally stop wondering about when he was coming back.

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  12. Dylan Zane

    11 years ago

    I dont know when Posada can play again, but when he comes back i think it’s time for him to be the DH, Cervelli is playing too well to take him out. If he goes to the DL along with Johnson, and Granderson, even though Montero is struggling at AAA, i can see him being called up around June or so.

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    • Vmmercan

      11 years ago

      To play where? You don’t bring up a top prospect to be a backup catcher, this isn’t football. When Montero comes up, he’s going to be the top dog at whatever position he ends up being placed. Unless you’re implying Montero takes over as catcher, Cervelli is backup and Posada is full time DH before platooning with Johnson when he’s healthy…

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