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ScottP
What about the Tigers? They could probably take on some payroll with those bad contracts coming off the books for next year
n
The Twins seem like an obvious oversight as they had Nathan’s contract insured.
bbxxj
Not to keep piling on but the Braves are sitting right around 84MM and it’s widely speculate that they can spend right around 90MM if the right deal came around. One of the main reasons the Braves didn’t offer more than they did to Damon was to keep some flexiblity at the deadline.
melonis_rex
I could also see the A’s. Let’s assume Chavez’s contract is insured. Absurdly dumb if it isn’t.
The A’s quintessentially bought Adam Rosales by taking on and then releasing Willy Taveras. Last deadline, they ate salary to trade Holliday as well.
gigantes2425
i actually like the idea of pat burrell in SF. if it doesn’t work out we still have until the deadline to get someone else. not to mention he would be really cheap.
Jason Martin
What about the Reds? They should be able to open their wallet if they get to mid-summer and are only one or two players away from a real shot at the post season.
jill
Bingo! The Reds have payroll room, and they have been playing terrific baseball. Scott Rolen-yes, that SCOTT ROLEN! has 11 home runs, 11 double, 31 RBI’s as of tonight. I’m calling it right here-Rolen is the NL comeback player of the year. Their weak links are the oldsters in the rotation and youngsters in the bullpen. Pick up some pitching. They’re in a difficult park for pitchers so it can only help.
chriss-3
I believe I remember a post on MLBTR where Braves GM Frank Wren (or someone) was defending why they hadn’t spent up to the $96 million they spent to last season. I agree with bbxxj, they should have a little room for the Cox (and Chipper?) retirement party.
bobbybaseball
Sorry Ben, but you couldn’t be more wrong as far as the Cubs taking on additional salary. They would have to move money to acquire salary; it would have to pretty much be a wash. The Ricketts are putting their money into the ballpark, they feel the payroll is already bloated and they are right.
Just_MLB
Hey if the Wilpons had any cents…they would see that adding Lee would make the Mets a strong contender for the wild-card and the revenue from post-season play could potentially off-set the cost ( around 4.5 mil )
a rotation of santana/lee/pelfrey would be tough to contend with in the playoffs