Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times : Manny Ramirez will remain with Dodgers — The outfielder will not exercise the escape clause in his contract that would have let him re-enter the free-agent market. — The Dodgers have learned that Manny Ramirez will be theirs for another season — at a price tag of $20 million.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Dylan Hernandez / LA Times Sports Blog : Dodgers: Manny Ramirez to return in 2010 — Manny Ramirez will return to the Dodgers next season, according to his agent, Scott Boras. — Boras said that he informed General Manager Ned Colletti today that Ramirez would not exercise the escape clause in the two-year, $45-million contract he signed in the spring.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times : Vicente Padilla is treated for a minor gunshot wound — Agent says the pitcher's right thigh was grazed by a bullet during a hunting accident in Nicaragua. — Vicente Padilla was treated and released from a Nicaragua hospital after being shot in a leg. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
From Dylan Hernandez . Manny Ramirez will return to the Dodgers next season, according to his agent, Scott Boras. Boras said that he informed General Manager Ned Colletti today that Ramirez would not exercise the escape clause in the two-year, $45-million contract he signed in the spring. Ramirez will earn $20 million next season. "Obviously, he enjoys L.A.," Boras said. "If...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times : World Series? For Dodgers, it's still only a dream — But the club expects its young core to get the job done next season. Eight players, including Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp, are up for arbitration. Randy Wolf, Orlando Hudson are likely to move on. — The Dodgers have several rising …
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Mike DiGiovanna and Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times pass on a few interesting notes related to the Dodgers and Angels. Here are the highlights: If the Angels were to make a run at Roy Halladay, it would cost them at least one big-league arm from the Joe Saunders/Jered Weaver/Ervin Santana group, which could help offset Halladay's 2010 salary. Angels' owner Arte Moreno has said...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Dodgers are a "long shot" to land Roy Halladay, while Los Angeles GM Ned Colletti indicated an unwillingness to add Chad Billingsley into any Halladay deal. It doesn't take much of a leap to think the former is a result of the latter. Colletti refused to discuss Halladay specifically, but said of his desire to improve...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... from a group that includes Wolf, Pineiro, Ben Sheets and Marquis. Speaking of starting pitchers… Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times believes the Dodgers are a long shot to acquire Roy Halladay from the Blue Jays. Last week on WFAN, Heyman said Halladay wants to sign his next long-term contract with a team that trains in Florida and plays on the East Coast, noting, ‘The list...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Some news and notes from around the majors.... It was previously reported that eight teams were interested in veteran utilityman Mark DeRosa. According to Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times, you can add the Mets, Braves and Twins to the list, as well as DeRosa's most recent team, the Cardinals. With so many interested parties, DeRosa's agent Keith Grunewald believes his client should have...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, “Orlando Hudson said he hasn’t had any contact with the Dodgers since their season ended.” …the buzz from LA has long been that the Dodgers will not look to bring hudson back… i mean, they barely used him in the post season, and he essentially lost his starting [...]
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Some links for Tuesday morning... One GM asked Joel Sherman of the New York Post why Felix Hernandez would consider signing long-term with the Mariners when the Yankees could conceivably offer $200MM in two winters when he's a free agent. Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports that Bobby Valentine and Jim Riggleman are the two finalists for the Nats' managerial job. The Blue Jays claimed Mike McCoy...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... had Orlando Hudson at second base, and he hit .283 and won a Gold Glove … however : According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times , Hudson hasn’t had any contact with the Dodgers since their season ended. … if the Dodgers are ‘aggressively seeking a second baseman,’ as olney writes, why aren’t they looking to bring back hudson … hmmm … Heyman also says the Mets and Red Sox...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Bill Shaikin of The LA Times reports (via Dylan Hernandez) that the Dodgers are not pursuing Cuban lefthander Aroldis Chapman, even though starting pitching remains a top priority. Here's our Chapman review from a little over a week ago last week. Since then we've learned more about the Angels, White Sox, Orioles, Cubs, Braves, and Marlins.
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Dylan Hernandez, in a post to his blog for the Los Angeles Times, says that Manny Ramirez is returning to the Dodgers in 2010. …that squelches the “Manny to the Mets” rumors this winter… Hernandez says that Ramirez’s agent, Scott Boras, informed Dodgers GM Ned Colletti that his client will not opt out of the final year [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Dylan Hernandez in today’s Los Angeles times believes that the Dodgers will try and trade outfielder Juan Pierre now that Manny Ramirez has decided not to opt out of the final year of his contract. …the Dodgers didn’t miss a beat with Ramirez suspended and Pierre in his spot…the thought on Pierre is that his skills [...]
