Jermaine Dye and the Chicago White Sox: 2005 World Series (World Series Superstars)
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
According to FoxSports.com, teams interested in free-agent OF Jermaine Dye have been asking if he is willing to play first base. The 35–year-old Dye hit .250 with 27 HR and 81 RBI last season, but just .179 in the second half of the season. Dye is batting .289 against left-handed pitching during the last three seasons, while [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Free agent Jermaine Dye is open to playing first base, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. Dye's played one game at the position in '05, but teams are asking anyway. He played four games at first in Triple A back in '98. The FOX writers speculate that Dye could make sense at first base for the Braves, Mets, Giants, and Orioles. Getting Dye out of right field would certainly...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
More photos » by Paul Abell - AP 6 months ago: Atlanta Braves' Jordan Schafer drives in two runs with a single to right field in the bottom of the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Atlanta, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Abell) Browse more photos » There are some interesting tidbits floating around the internet today concerning the Braves , mostly coming...
Sports Law Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Last week, 171 players filed for free agency by the November 19 deadline. Of that group, there are 23 Type A free agents and 49 Type B free agents. John Grabow, a Type A free agent, and the Chicago Cubs have already agreed to a new 2-year, $7,500,000 deal. Now the December 1 and December 7 deadlines are quickly approaching. The teams have until December 1 to offer arbitration to protect their right...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sums up players on the Braves' radar as they attempt to augment their offense. Most of these names have already leaked out in stray rumors: Mark DeRosa, Josh Willingham, Mike Cameron, and Jermaine Dye. Carl Crawford is also on the Braves' wish list, as we learned yesterday from Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times. In a more speculative sense, O'Brien...
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | yesterday
I've been looking at the list of free agents, and I'm not seeing anyone that I'm in any rush to buy. Matt Holliday is going to cost a fortune as a hitter, as is pitcher John Lackey . Both are very good, but overpriced in the current market. So, who's left? Jason Bay ? Chone Figgins ? For pitching, Randy Wolf or Rich Harden ? Maybe Mark DeRosa as a utility player? I'm just not seeing any quick fixes...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
p> We give Dayton Moore a lot of crap for his absolute obsession with acquiring ex-Braves, but he clearly learned it from John Schuerholz — just as Frank Wren has. David O’Brien’s latest story announces that the Braves are interested in reacquiring Mark DeRosa and Jermaine Dye, as well as Georgia boy Mike Cameron, who has [...]
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
If you missed the State of the Sabean, here you go . Some of the key points: Brad Penny wants too much money. Juan Uribe wants too much money. Bengie Molina wants a multi-year deal, which the Giants aren’t willing to do. Trades stink because other teams want good players. The Giants are going to buy a new offense through free agency. They aren’t going to spend for Matt Holliday, so get...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Dayn Perry of FOX Sports put out his list of ten offseason moves that need to be made. Number five covers the Yankees, specifically their outfield. 5. The Yankees should worry about Johnny Damon and not Hideki Matsui. The reigning champs have some decisions to make. They need to coax Andy Pettitte into pitching one more year, and they need to re-sign Johnny Damon. Damon — when not throwing the...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
AP Photo White Sox GM Kenny Williams always seems to have some deal in the works, so it's no surprise that the Sox are involved in some of the early trade chatter during the off-season. His boldest move last season was landing Jake Peavy from the cash-strapped San Diego Padres, and he might use the Padres' financial situation to try to land another of their star players. Preliminary talks suggest...
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here . Today's AL team is the Chicago White Sox and our guest is Ryan from the all things Chicago Site, Mouthpiece Sports . 1. What is the White Sox biggest need this offseason? Hmm, let's roll...
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
What do the following 5 players all have in common: Jason Bay , Ken Griffey , Jr., Jermaine Dye , Brad Hawpe , and Adam Dunn ? The answer: they were named in Matthew Carruth's article over at fangraphs as being baseball's 5 worst defensive players over the last 3 seasons. They are also either free agents this offseason or have been linked in trade rumors. Griffey recently resigned with the Mariners...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
by Nam Y Huh - AP Where will Mark DeRosa play baseball in 2010? View full size photo » As I have done here each of the last four years, I'm going to run a contest, beginning today, matching the MLB.com Free Agent Frenzy contest. The rules are pretty simple. You'll find, after the jump, the 15 free agents that MLB.com lists in its contest. Choose the team you think the free agent is going to sign...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
So, I'm trying a new format today. Thoughts? Criticisms? Meet the Mets Mets will try to keep Figgins from Philadelphia I don't exactly have a place to put him, but would love to have Figgins. Jon Heyman twitters that the Mets will look at Pineiro 3 years $30 million is awfully steep for a one-year wonder. 1986 + MTV H/t to Metsmerized. Who would have ever known that Lenny Dykstra would reach such heights....
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The GM Meetings wrapped up today, and the baseball writers kept churning out content... Kenny Williams is busy being his usual brutally honest self "It's the same thing every year at this time of year," White Sox general manager Ken Williams said. "There is nothing to report." Williams also discussed the payroll , though without offering any specifics, sticking instead to the marketing...
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