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AL East Notes: Davis, Carpenter, Soler, Beeston

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | February 24, 2012 at 2:35pm CDT

The latest from Florida, where all five AL East teams are preparing for Opening Day…

  • Rays starter Wade Davis told Bill Chastain of MLB.com that he doesn't want to get traded, despite the uncertainty surrounding his role on the 2012 team.
  • Red Sox right-hander Chris Carpenter tells Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald that it was "kind of cool" to be traded for Theo Epstein earlier this week. Epstein called Carpenter to explain the situation.
  • All of Boston's top talent evaluators including GM Ben Cherington have seen Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler, Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com reports. The 19-year-old appeals to the Red Sox more than Yoenis Cespedes did, according to Edes.
  • Blue Jays president Paul Beeston, who is entering the final year of his contract, told Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca that he'd like to continue in his current role. “I guess I would say that, but I’m not even thinking about that right now," he said. The Blue Jays promoted Alex Anthopoulos and invested in scouting and player development since Beeston assumed his current role following the 2008 season.
  • The Orioles aren't likely to add a catcher from outside of the organization any time soon, MLB.com's Brittany Ghiroli tweets.
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  1. Steve Wainright

    14 years ago

    you guys REALLY need to fix the link to Chris Carpenter. It makes it look like Theo was traded for an ALL STAR.

    Reply
    • redsx968

      14 years ago

      He was…. wasn’t he….?

      Reply
      • BoSoxSam

        14 years ago

        FUTURE All-Star! Right? Who’s with me?!

        Reply
    • User 4245925809

      14 years ago

      It keeps everyone on their toes 🙂

      Reply
    • Runtime

      14 years ago

      But hey, at least people will realize that he once played for the Jays!

      Reply
    • vilifyingforce

      14 years ago

       I looked at the comments because I knew that had to be wrong.

      Reply
  2. Houston_Astros

    14 years ago

    Ed: I commented on the wrong story.

    Reply
  3. Mike McLellan

    14 years ago

    Good news for the Jays that Beeston wants to stick around.

    Reply
    • Jon Stark

      14 years ago

      Really? I think I’m ready for someone new.

      Reply
      • Encarnacion's Parrot

        14 years ago

        Someone who quotes one thing and actually means it, rather than “oh yeah, we’re seriously considering installing natural grass,” only for him to say “yeah, we’re not considering natural grass at this time, and it probably will never happen” 3-days later.

        He seems to be a smart baseball guy, but just downright awful with handling a fanbase and advertising the team.

        Reply
    • ice_hawk1002

      14 years ago

      yea hes ok, lots of enthusiasm, seems to work real well with rogers/AA. he’s had a couple PR hiccups, but i think thats more just media and fans reading way too much into what he says. if you look at what he’s actually said wrt payroll stuff and and whole natural grass thing, he never promised anything on any kind of concrete timeline. unfortunately, this has kind of been an offseason of mis-speculation and anger among the general fan populace, and many of his comments were taken to the extreme, and then criticized in hindsight. 

      he should probably just say less in general about the future of the organization, but then that runs counter to his job of marketing and trying to get fans excited.

      Reply
    • ice_hawk1002

      14 years ago

      yea hes ok, lots of enthusiasm, seems to work real well with rogers/AA. he’s had a couple PR hiccups, but i think thats more just media and fans reading way too much into what he says. if you look at what he’s actually said wrt payroll stuff and and whole natural grass thing, he never promised anything on any kind of concrete timeline. unfortunately, this has kind of been an offseason of mis-speculation and anger among the general fan populace, and many of his comments were taken to the extreme, and then criticized in hindsight. 

      he should probably just say less in general about the future of the organization, but then that runs counter to his job of marketing and trying to get fans excited.

      Reply
  4. 101andcounting

    14 years ago

    Bud Selig’s so old, he taught Jamie Moyer how to pitch.

    Reply
    • Encarnacion's Parrot

      14 years ago

      Bud Selig is so old, he was alive when the Cubs won a World Series!

      Sorry man, couldn’t resist.

      Reply
      • wickedkevin

        14 years ago

        Bud Selig is so old, he’s heard that joke before.

        Reply
  5. Cw33

    14 years ago

    Soler better then Cespedes, they’re crazy! Soler isn’t even the best cuban left in the free agent market out of the DR, Henny Urrutia is. If this team were so smart they would grab this kid fast! He’s ready to play now, not in 3 or 4 years.

    Reply
    • Crucisnh

      14 years ago

      Try reading more closely.  The Sox said that Soler APPEALS more to them than Cespedes.  And I think that it’s easy enough to figure out why.  Cespedes is supposedly about 26 yo and wanted major league money, but was unproven as a major leaguer.  Soler at 19 yo is a player that will go into the minor leagues and probably be less expensive, but also have time to adjust American baseball, whereas Cespedes at his price will have to adjust at the MLB level.  And if he can’t make that adjustment, the A’s will have lost some big $$$.

      Reply
  6. alan104

    14 years ago

    Why would Wade Davis want to be traded from the best team in baseball?

    Reply
  7. jesse heiman

    14 years ago

    Oswalt should be a Ray

    Reply
    • Cade White

      14 years ago

      He’s a Roy…

      Reply
  8. Dylan B.

    14 years ago

    baseball-reference.com/players/c/carpech02.shtml

    Reply

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