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Rosenthal On Braves, Blue Jays, Nationals, Gonzalez

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | March 13, 2012 at 9:49am CDT

Rival executives believe Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez may already be on ‘probation,’ Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports writes. Last year’s team lost its grip on a playoff spot down the stretch under Gonzalez, who’s now entering his second season as Atlanta’s manager. Here are the rest of Rosenthal’s notes from around the Major Leagues…

  • Special assistant Jim Fregosi may be the Braves’ leading candidate to manage should they replace Gonzalez internally.
  • The Diamondbacks would have interest in catcher J.P. Arencibia if the Blue Jays made him available. Arencibia isn’t going anywhere just yet, but top catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud could force the Blue Jays to make some difficult decisions within the year.
  • The Blue Jays, Royals, Tigers and others are in the market for starting pitching and many options are available, Rosenthal writes. Joe Blanton, Gavin Floyd and John Lannan are among the potential trade targets for teams seeking starters.
  • The Tigers, who are currently leaning toward left-hander Andy Oliver for their final rotation spot, could be a fit for Lannan. MLBTR's Tim Dierkes examined possible fits for Lannan last week, including the Tigers.
  • The Padres’ financial outlook is improving, so owner John Moores may be less eager to sell the team to CEO Jeff Moorad. Moorad has two years to complete his purchase of the club, but the deal won’t be finalized in the near future.
  • The A’s are no longer interested in free agent reliever Mike Gonzalez and the White Sox aren’t currently pursuing him, Rosenthal reports. The lefty is “about ready to go” following arthroscopic knee surgery.
  • Some in the industry question shortstop Ian Desmond, but the Nationals like him.
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  1. vjo23

    13 years ago

    Dbacks interested in JPA? What about Miguel Montero?

    Reply
    • BVHjays

      13 years ago

      Rosenthal likely means they’d have interest in JPA later in this year or after this year, when Montero hits free agency.

      Reply
    • johnsmith4

      13 years ago

      JPA is an attractive option for any team on a tight budget (low budget or overspent on payroll).  Also, using JPA as a backup is not a bad fall-back position for AA.  AA will have his tough decision in 2 years time when AJ Jiminez has spent one year on the 40-man roster and Carlos Perez is ready to be activated onto the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

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      • Bombastic_Dave

        13 years ago

        JPA is a starter on most teams and much more valuable as a trade chip than as a backup to D’Arnaud.  It would be a great platoon to keep them both fresh, but there’s probably more value in putting that WAR (and that of the catching depth) towards our rotation.

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        • johnsmith4

          13 years ago

          JPA only scored 0.9 in fWAR (adjusted down after Fangraphs introduced pitch blocking measurements) last season because he is weak in fielding and hitting which are the two most important tools for a catcher.  Hopefully he makes significant advances this season in those areas.

          Otherwise, his plus power and affordable salary should either carry him as a backup on the Jays or make him attractive to budget teams.

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          • Bombastic_Dave

            13 years ago

            He still has time to improve — let’s not forget that last year was his very first year in the majors after facing only aces in the handful of starts under Cito the prior year.  

            Depending on how you play with the stats, you could argue he’s among the 20-25 catchers considering number of PAs.  Meaning there are teams on which he would be an improvement.  But yeah, once his performance improves he’ll be decidedly more valuable a chip.

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            • johnsmith4

              13 years ago

              I am anxious to see how he performs this year.  He certainly has applied himself and does have upside.  But, at age 26, there is no time like the present for delivering on your upside.

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    • notsureifsrs

      13 years ago

      the dbacks had to throw in the towel on montero as soon as molina signed his extension

      Reply
    • GasLampGuru

      13 years ago

      The DBacks are known to be looking for catching depth for this year, and are probably thinking ahead to next season.  But I wouldn’t say they’ve thrown in the towel on Montero.

      There is speculation out here that the Dbacks could entertain trading Chris Young at the deadline and moving Para to CF for the foreseeable future.  They have a couple young outfielders they are high on, and they seem more likely to want to free up extra cash for Montero than commit big dollars to Young long-term.

      Reply
  2. DMCj

    13 years ago

    As a Nats fan, I can say definitely that the team is nuts about Desmond – in both senses of the word. My guess is he’s marking time until someone (please let it be Rendon) is ready to play 2B and Espinosa can switch back to SS.

    I do have to remind myself that this is a much better problem than “leading off and playing shortstop, Cristian Guzman!”

    Reply
    • FacelessGeneralManager

      13 years ago

      Except Guzman could hit a little bit when he was healthy.

      Reply
  3. Lefty

    13 years ago

    Special assistant Jim Fregosi may be the Braves’ leading candidate to manage should they replace Gonzalez internally. Jim Fregosi is old, why would the Braves want to do this? Bring Back Tommy Greene if they decide to bring in Fregosi. If Jamie Moyer is still good for a few innings then ol Tommy should be good for a few innings as well.
    The Padres hahahaha, I still don’t understand their new TV deal with Fox, just show me the money because I would love to know where it’s coming from and why!
    If I am the Jays, I would keep J.P. Arencibia and trade d’Arnaud. Arencibia was very good last year and he’s familiar with the whole staff now. Why would they pull the trigger and help out the D’Backs?
    PS The Tigers deserve Lannon, I hope they get a deal done :p

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  4. PrimalScream78

    13 years ago

    Guys Im really starting to worry. I think we all got the feeling that fredi could be on the hot seat but I never would have thought fregosi would have been the replacement. Tell chipper and fredi to take a hike, open the spot to interviews (like it should have been done to begin with and see what happens. Its easy to say now that fredi might have been a mistake a year later but now we know. Give him half a season if it doesnt work ask him to leave and then open the job up.

    Reply
  5. Adam

    13 years ago

    If the Fregosi comment actually carries any weight with it and turns out to be true, I personally think this may be the FO atleast hinting at the fact that they botched the hiring process last year by not considering anyone but Fredi G for the job.

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