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Tigers Interested In Laird

By Tim Dierkes | December 3, 2008 at 10:26am CDT

According to Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press, the Tigers continue to have interest in Rangers catcher Gerald Laird.  Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News says the Tigers "seem to have the most ardent interest" in Laird, and a trade could save Texas nearly $3MM.  Grant believes the Reds are another possibility; would they trade Homer Bailey for him?  Laird, a Scott Boras client, is under team control for two more seasons.

Morosi says the Tigers also like Miguel Montero of the D’Backs, but the teams don’t seem to match up well.  Another note – Morosi says the Tigers are not interested in Padres shortstop Khalil Greene.

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Astros Sign Mike Hampton

By Tim Dierkes | December 3, 2008 at 10:05am CDT

WEDNESDAY: The Astros are having a press conference for Hampton in about 25 minutes, implying that he passed his physical.

TUESDAY: Dave O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says Hampton turned down a slightly higher offer from the Braves to be closer to his children, who are in Arizona.

MONDAY, 3:31pm: Ken Rosenthal says it’s a one-year, $2MM deal with another $2MM in appearance-based incentives.  Hard to find fault in that.

2:44pm: According to FOX 26 Sports in Houston, the Astros signed pitcher Mike Hampton today.  He needs to complete a physical to make it official.  Hampton pitched for the Astros from 1994-99 before he was traded to the Mets.

Hampton sought a one-year deal with no option, so I imagine that’s what the Astros offered.

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Javier Vazquez Trade Reactions

By Tim Dierkes | December 3, 2008 at 9:28am CDT

The word yesterday evening was that the Braves acquired starter Javier Vazquez and lefty reliever Boone Logan for Tyler Flowers, Brent Lillibridge, Jon Gilmore, and Santos Rodriguez (MLB.com’s Mark Bowman confirms the prospects).  Look for the trade to become official tommorrow.  Reactions to the deal:

  • South Side Sox expects a couple of accompanying moves: the trade of Jermaine Dye for a young starter and the signing of an affordable free agent outfielder.  They don’t see the White Sox benefitting from the Vazquez trade in 2009, but at least Ozzie cleared out his doghouse.
  • Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune says the Sox will still have power if Dye is dealt.  Gonzales also provides info on the prospects received for Vazquez.
  • Yahoo’s Tim Brown says the White Sox are also willing to trade Paul Konerko and Jim Thome.
  • Sox Machine provides a more in-depth look at the prospects.
  • From the Braves’ point of view, J.C. Bradbury sees this as a solid win-now move that won’t affect the ’09 team.
  • Ken Davidoff says the Braves will now have less of a need for Jake Peavy or A.J. Burnett.  I think, though, that they’ll still aggressively try to acquire one of the two.  Most of the rumored packages for Peavy didn’t involve the prospects sent to Chicago, with the possible exception of Flowers.
  • Dave Cameron notes Vazquez’s career-long underachievement.  This always baffled me when trying to do fantasy baseball projections based on component stats.
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Reagins Debunks Sabathia Rumors

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 9:41pm CDT

MLB.com’s Lyle Spencer talked to Angels GM Tony Reagins, who said Mark Teixeira remains the team’s top priority (and they’re not concerned about his knee).  Reagins said there was nothing to reports of the Halos shifting their focus to C.C. Sabathia.  The Angels have also not made a play for Jake Peavy.

The original report on the Angels interest in Sabathia suggested Tex remained the priority, though Danny Knobler had said the Halos dropped their pursuit of Tex.

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Giants Rumors: Renteria, Howry

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 8:02pm CDT

8:02pm: MLB.com’s Chris Haft says the Giants accelerated their pursuit of Bob Howry now that the Cubs chose not to offer him arbitration.

6:55pm: The AP has an update on the Giants’ pursuit of free agent shortstop Edgar Renteria, though there’s not much new info.  The Giants and Renteria are discussing the parameters of a deal and he is their top option at short.  It makes sense that things will get moving now that Renteria failed to receive an offer of arbitration from the Tigers.

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Braves To Acquire Javier Vazquez

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 7:42pm CDT

7:42pm: O’Brien believes Chicago’s return to be Flowers, Lillibridge, third baseman Jon Gilmore, and pitcher Santos Rodriguez.

7:05pm: MLB.com’s Mark Bowman says the White Sox will actually receive four players in the deal.  They’ll choose from a list of five, with Flowers and Lillibridge their top targets.

5:34pm: Rosenthal says an announcement could come Wednesday or Thursday.  He says Lillibridge is in the deal along with a young starter, but it’s not Reyes.  Additionally, highly regarded catcher Tyler Flowers might be the third prospect (which would improve the trade quite a bit for the Sox).  Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein says Flowers profiles as an offense-first catcher, but there are questions about his ability to stay behind the plate.  Dave O’Brien notes that Sox GM Ken Williams saw Flowers play in Arizona and "practically drooled over him."

5:19pm: ESPN’s Peter Gammons says Vazquez is flying to Atlanta tomorrow for a physical; the deal will be finalized then.  The White Sox will send Vazquez and lefty Boone Logan to the Braves for Reyes, Lillibridge, and another prospect.  I’m wondering – with Reyes and another prospect gone, do the Braves still have the goods to pull off a Jake Peavy trade?  With Vazquez added, the Braves should be less desperate if talks for Peavy resume.

4:53pm: Rosenthal now says the Braves are on the verge of acquiring Vazquez. 

4:22pm: According to Ken Rosenthal, the Braves are in serious discussions with the White Sox for starter Javier Vazquez.  The White Sox could receive as many as three players, with Jo-Jo Reyes and Brent Lillibridge among the names discussed.  Vazquez is set to earn $11.5MM in each of the 2009 and 2010 seasons.  Acquiring him would definitely take some pressure off the Braves, who aim to add two quality starters to put in front of Jair Jurrjens.

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Brown’s Latest: Sabathia, Blake, Young

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 6:56pm CDT

6:56pm: Ken Rosenthal has more on Blake after talking to his agent Jim McDowell.  Blake seeks a three-year deal, and the Twins and Dodgers are in the lead for his services.  The Indians have been less persistent, as they don’t want to give him three years.  Brown wrote earlier that the Twins feel the same.

6:23pm: Let’s take a look at the latest from Yahoo’s Tim Brown.

  • C.C. Sabathia has had no conversations with the Dodgers in recent weeks.
  • Casey Blake opened negotiations with the Twins at three years and $20MM.  That’s not a price the Twins are willing to pay, rightfully so.  The Indians have cooled on Blake as well.
  • Brown says teams aware of the Twins’ outfield depth have been calling Twins GM Bill Smith about Delmon Young.
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Reds Unlikely To Sign Wood

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 6:49pm CDT

TUESDAY: Baker might make a call, but Reds GM Walt Jocketty admits that Wood is likely to find offers to close elsewhere.

MONDAY, 11:03pm: Dusty Baker plans to give Wood a call and see if he might be interested in setting up Francisco Cordero in Cincinnati.

7:55pm: According to MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat, the Cubs declined to offer arbitration to Type A free agents Kerry Wood and Bob Howry.  The Cubs decided they could not take on the financial risk of Wood accepting, as they’re tight on payroll.  Trading him might’ve been difficult, as he would’ve been a 10-and-5 player.  It seems that payroll forced the Cubs to make the questionable baseball decision to pass on a one-year deal for Wood. 

Wood now has an advantage on the market over Francisco Rodriguez and Brian Fuentes – he won’t cost a draft pick to sign.

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Orioles’ Talks With Markakis On Hold

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 6:29pm CDT

According to Dan Connolly and Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun, the Orioles’ contract extension talks with Nick Markakis are on hold and probably will not be revisited for at least six weeks.

The Orioles are looking to sign Markakis for his three arbitration years as well as at least three of free agency.  Markakis would like to observe the free agent market before resuming talks with the Orioles.  Perhaps Markakis and his agent plan to value his free agent years based on the contracts for players like Raul Ibanez and Bobby Abreu.

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Astros Sign Doug Brocail

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 4:14pm CDT

According to a press release, the Astros signed Doug Brocail to a one-year deal today.  He’ll get $2.5MM plus incentives in ’09 and there’s a club option for $2.85MM plus incentives for ’10 with a $250K buyout.  The Astros declined Brocail’s $3.25MM ’09 option in October and did not offer him arbitration yesterday.

Brocail, 41, posted a 3.93 ERA in 68.2 innings this year.  His strikeout rate was up significantly from ’07.  He struggled in July and August, but pitched well in September.

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