Links for Monday, as Jason Heyward hits the DL…
- Top Dominican pitching prospect Rafael DePaula admitted to using a false name and lying about his age, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America.
- Padres CEO Jeff Moorad confirmed something Tom Krasovic of AOL FanHouse reported last week. The Padres are interested in starting pitching and can spend to acquire it.
- Royals GM Dayton Moore is not yet thinking about manager Ned Yost's future, according to MLB.com's Dick Kaegel.
- MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince hears that Sal Fasano, who currently manages in Toronto's system, is an early candidate to replace Cito Gaston as the Blue Jays' manager in 2011. Fasano, 38, had an 11-year MLB career that included a stint with the Jays in 2007.
- Some GMs think the relatively small number of teams with money to spare will limit the trading we see this summer, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney (via Twitter).
- There's not a lot of optimism within the Dodgers' organization that the club will be able to add much payroll to improve its pitching staff, writes Olney (Twitter link). Dodgers GM Ned Colletti told MLBTR's Tim Dierkes that the team's ability to make a deal depends on many variables.
- Check out Will Carroll's top ten GM candidates in this Baseball Prospectus article (subscription required).
- Nolan Ryan may be about to hire former Astros GM Gerry Hunsicker away from the Rays, according to Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle.
- Former Astro Chris Burke is considering retirement, according to Michael Grant of the Louisville Courier-Journal. The Reds' Triple A club cut the 30-year-old over the weekend.
Variables, as in McCourt selling the team to somebody that can actually afford to add the PRORATED amounts of a 1.5MM for a reliever or 8-12MM for a starter? I repeat, PRORATED amounts for each of those?
Chris Burke, you had the series of your life against the Cardinals in 2005, and I’ve forever held a grudge. Have fun not playing professional baseball.
Does Sal still have the awesome facial hair? He looked like a sad puppy dog.
Or the coolest man in the world.
Sal Fasano will forever live on in the annals of baseball history as what a mustache can and should be.
Sal Fasano will forever live on in the annals of baseball history as what a mustache can and should be.
An early favorite for the best managerial facial hair in baseball. Almost makes me wish he was on the GM track instead.
Not one player would ever give Sal trouble. The mustache is too powerful.
Yost deserves to stay. He turned the 2nd worst bullpen in the game to really a top 3.
Yost deserves to stay. He turned the 2nd worst bullpen in the game to really a top 3.
Good for Sal!!!! I hope he gets the gig man
Best Sal Fasano moment. As an A he crushed a home run past the first level of bleachers at the luxury boxes, shattering the window everywhere. Now that was awesome.