Sources: Manny Ramirez seen moving

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Monday, August 23, 2010
Sources: Manny Ramirez seen moving

By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine

The expectation around baseball is that outfielder Manny Ramirez will be placed on waivers early this week, according to baseball sources.


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The Los Angeles Dodgers could have put Ramirez on waivers on Monday but would not do so, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports. Monday was the first day the Dodgers could have taken that action because it was the first business day after the outfielder came off the disabled list.

But baseball sources say there remains a high probability that unless Ramirez exercises his no-trade clause, he will be with another team by Aug. 31 -- the deadline for postseason roster eligibility.

The structure of Ramirez's contract might make him more attractive to teams interested in the slugger. Any team that made a move for Ramirez would owe him a prorated portion of his $20 million salary. However, about three-quarters of his salary is deferred.

So if the Chicago White Sox or Tampa Bay Rays, for example, were to acquire Ramirez, they would owe him only $1.1 million for the rest of this season, and about $3.3 million in deferred salary.


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But Ramirez has a full no-trade clause and would have to approve any waiver claim or trade to move to another team. It's also possible that he would ask for compensation in return.

If he were claimed by another team and vetoed the deal, then the Dodgers would be required by rule to pull him back from waivers -- and could not trade him for the remainder of this season.

Ramirez, returned Saturday from his third stint on the disabled list this season, his second because of a right calf strain. The 12-time All-Star has missed 59 games this season due to injuries, after sitting out a 50-game drug suspension last year.

Ramirez, who said at the start of spring training that this would be his final season with the Dodgers, is in the final year of a two-year contract and becomes a free agent at season's end at age 38.

Buster Olney is a senior baseball writer for ESPN The Magazine. Information from ESPN.com senior baseball writer Jayson Stark and The Associated Press was used in this report.

Manny at DH for the Rays.@)

kenny williams will scoop him up before the rays get a chance. manny will be on the south side

Manny claimed by the chi sox today

Quest4cash said:

Manny claimed by the chi sox today

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Kenny has kept a hard on for Manny.

Quest4cash said:

Manny claimed by the chi sox today

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I dont think so. I was just listening to sports radio down here, and they said it's still possible he could come to the Rays......

The latest from Yahoo sports

Mannywood is on the market

By Tim Brown,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqB8a_bROc3U9uu6UFudvuARvLYF?slug=ti-mannyrays082310

ANAHEIM, Calif. – A pal of Manny Ramirez’s(notes) considered the coming week and what may follow, how far the Los Angeles Dodgers have fallen, and the club’s opportunity – now that Ramirez is on his feet again – to save the last few million of a lot of wasted dollars.


“Manny’s days in L.A.,” the friend said, “are over.”


One way or another.


As he once followed teammate Johnny Damon(notes) out of Boston, Ramirez will follow Damon to the waiver wire, two Idiots in limbo.




On Monday night, Damon hadn’t dismissed returning to the Red Sox for WWJDD II.

And Manny was Waived Man Walking, though Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti hadn’t yet pulled that trigger. It’s coming.


While life with Manny in L.A. was often complicated – the drug suspension, the injuries, the dramatic loss of power, the blind idolatry, the consecutive trips to the National League Championship Series, the wig sales – Colletti’s next decision will not be. Now he tries to turn the last few bricks of Mannywood into something useful.


At 38, Ramirez has nearly half as many trips to the disabled list (three) as he does home runs (eight). The trick will be to keep him on the field long enough to push him through the waivers process (48 hours) and, assuming he is claimed, through trade negotiations (as many as another 48 hours).


Ramirez has full no-trade rights, which adds another layer to a process that must conclude by midnight Aug. 31 if the receiving club has designs on employing him during the postseason.


Colletti, who did the right thing 17 months ago when he signed Ramirez, only to have the whole thing go terribly sideways, had several teams call about Ramirez at the trading deadline. The Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago White Sox and an undetermined NL club, at minimum, were interested enough to inquire.


Not only was Ramirez on the disabled list (calf strain) at the time, but the Dodgers considered themselves competitive in the NL West. That ship has disappeared over the horizon and sunk, as Russell Martin(notes), Matt Kemp(notes), Andre Ethier(notes) and James Loney(notes) all went under about the same time.


So, given more than $3.5 million remaining on Ramirez’s contract, given the Dodgers are done, given they wouldn’t consider offering him arbitration (so there are no draft picks at stake) or re-signing him and given they might pull a reasonable prospect out of a trade, there is no downside.


Ramirez makes sense for the Rays, though they are not optimistic about him reaching them in the waiver process (they’d have the 29th claim, ahead of only the New York Yankees.) If their claim – and they’ve not yet decided on that action – were rewarded, the Rays couldn’t be sure Ramirez’s body would hold up for two months. They don’t typically throw $3 million at hope, which doesn’t mean they wouldn’t, or couldn’t soften the financial blow with a prospect or two.


By appearances, the Rays did put in a claim on Damon, but lost him to the Red Sox, which found Rays manager Joe Maddon rooting for Damon’s no-trade clause.


“What a great city Detroit is,” Maddon said Monday, beaming. “There’s a lot of good things going on in Detroit. I’m sure he doesn’t want to miss it.”


The Yankees are known to throw $3 million at less than hope, and they’ve been forced to rotate their DH all season. Marcus Thames(notes) has batted there lately. Lance Berkman(notes) hit .179 for them before going to the disabled list. Alex Rodriguez(notes) might need some DH reps when his calf heals, but that doesn’t leave much of a bat at third.


A haven for players seeking renewal, the White Sox certainly have room for another. Who knows, Ramirez might even rediscover his power stroke at The Cell.


The Texas Rangers, temporarily without Nelson Cruz(notes), have had scouts on Ramirez, leading to speculation they have some interest. Adding Ramirez would lead to the obvious issue, however: To get both his and Vladimir Guerrero’s(notes) bat into the lineup, one of them would have to play left field.


In the National League, whose clubs would get the first shot at Ramirez, the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves make some sense. The Reds just lost August pickup Jim Edmonds(notes) for an undetermined time because of an oblique strain and the Braves are getting little offense from left field. Of course, that would mean risking Ramirez in the outfield, which wouldn’t help their pitching staff or his calf.

The latest from Yahoo sports

Mannywood is on the market

By Tim Brown,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqB8a_bROc3U9uu6UFudvuARvLYF?slug=ti-mannyrays082310

ANAHEIM, Calif. – A pal of Manny Ramirez’s(notes) considered the coming week and what may follow, how far the Los Angeles Dodgers have fallen, and the club’s opportunity – now that Ramirez is on his feet again – to save the last few million of a lot of wasted dollars.


“Manny’s days in L.A.,” the friend said, “are over.”


One way or another.


As he once followed teammate Johnny Damon(notes) out of Boston, Ramirez will follow Damon to the waiver wire, two Idiots in limbo.




On Monday night, Damon hadn’t dismissed returning to the Red Sox for WWJDD II.

And Manny was Waived Man Walking, though Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti hadn’t yet pulled that trigger. It’s coming.


While life with Manny in L.A. was often complicated – the drug suspension, the injuries, the dramatic loss of power, the blind idolatry, the consecutive trips to the National League Championship Series, the wig sales – Colletti’s next decision will not be. Now he tries to turn the last few bricks of Mannywood into something useful.


At 38, Ramirez has nearly half as many trips to the disabled list (three) as he does home runs (eight). The trick will be to keep him on the field long enough to push him through the waivers process (48 hours) and, assuming he is claimed, through trade negotiations (as many as another 48 hours).


Ramirez has full no-trade rights, which adds another layer to a process that must conclude by midnight Aug. 31 if the receiving club has designs on employing him during the postseason.


Colletti, who did the right thing 17 months ago when he signed Ramirez, only to have the whole thing go terribly sideways, had several teams call about Ramirez at the trading deadline. The Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago White Sox and an undetermined NL club, at minimum, were interested enough to inquire.


Not only was Ramirez on the disabled list (calf strain) at the time, but the Dodgers considered themselves competitive in the NL West. That ship has disappeared over the horizon and sunk, as Russell Martin(notes), Matt Kemp(notes), Andre Ethier(notes) and James Loney(notes) all went under about the same time.


So, given more than $3.5 million remaining on Ramirez’s contract, given the Dodgers are done, given they wouldn’t consider offering him arbitration (so there are no draft picks at stake) or re-signing him and given they might pull a reasonable prospect out of a trade, there is no downside.


Ramirez makes sense for the Rays, though they are not optimistic about him reaching them in the waiver process (they’d have the 29th claim, ahead of only the New York Yankees.) If their claim – and they’ve not yet decided on that action – were rewarded, the Rays couldn’t be sure Ramirez’s body would hold up for two months. They don’t typically throw $3 million at hope, which doesn’t mean they wouldn’t, or couldn’t soften the financial blow with a prospect or two.


By appearances, the Rays did put in a claim on Damon, but lost him to the Red Sox, which found Rays manager Joe Maddon rooting for Damon’s no-trade clause.


“What a great city Detroit is,” Maddon said Monday, beaming. “There’s a lot of good things going on in Detroit. I’m sure he doesn’t want to miss it.”


The Yankees are known to throw $3 million at less than hope, and they’ve been forced to rotate their DH all season. Marcus Thames(notes) has batted there lately. Lance Berkman(notes) hit .179 for them before going to the disabled list. Alex Rodriguez(notes) might need some DH reps when his calf heals, but that doesn’t leave much of a bat at third.


A haven for players seeking renewal, the White Sox certainly have room for another. Who knows, Ramirez might even rediscover his power stroke at The Cell.


The Texas Rangers, temporarily without Nelson Cruz(notes), have had scouts on Ramirez, leading to speculation they have some interest. Adding Ramirez would lead to the obvious issue, however: To get both his and Vladimir Guerrero’s(notes) bat into the lineup, one of them would have to play left field.


In the National League, whose clubs would get the first shot at Ramirez, the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves make some sense. The Reds just lost August pickup Jim Edmonds(notes) for an undetermined time because of an oblique strain and the Braves are getting little offense from left field. Of course, that would mean risking Ramirez in the outfield, which wouldn’t help their pitching staff or his calf.

And in related news....just 25 minutes ago:

Damon stays in Detroit, nixes return to Red Sox


DETROIT (AP)—Johnny Damon(notes) is staying in Detroit.
The 36-year-old outfielder decided to pass up a chance to return to the Boston Red Sox, rejecting their waiver claim and choosing to remain with the Tigers.


“These guys really like me here,” Damon said Tuesday, adding he spoke to each of his teammates individually to be sure he was wanted in the Tigers’ clubhouse.


Damon was popular in Boston when he helped the Red Sox win the 2004 World Series to end an 86-year drought. With his long hair and beard, he was part of the group of Red Sox players who called themselves the “Idiots.”

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billsfan said:

I was just listening to sports radio down here.....

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Your wannabe paramour Mark B??

:grandmais

Or another station....

barman said:

Your wannabe paramour Mark B??

:grandmais

Or another station....

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haha LMAO.....you know it was him!! How in the hell are you?? I ran into him at a Rays/Yankees game a couple of weeks ago......

....aaigggght....so since you asked via PM, here's a pic of G Anwar with her "Burn Notice" costar. Now just imagine him with a shaved head and an Iowa Hawkeye shirt and you'll see how I'm workin' this one

billsfan said:

I dont think so. I was just listening to sports radio down here, and they said it's still possible he could come to the Rays......

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i heard the story wrong when i first heard it. but no way manny ends up in tampa as the sox will claim him before he gets there, the only question is will anthoer team behind the sox put in a claim? its highly doubtful a team in the nl will claim him because he cant play the field and of the AL contenders the sox will have first choice.

barman said:

....aaigggght....so since you asked via PM, here's a pic of G Anwar with her "Burn Notice" costar. Now just imagine him with a shaved head and an Iowa Hawkeye shirt and you'll see how I'm workin' this one

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OMG.....LMFAO!! Don't forget the Hawkeye hat!! You are nuts!!

Quest4cash said:

i heard the story wrong when i first heard it. but no way manny ends up in tampa as the sox will claim him before he gets there, the only question is will anthoer team behind the sox put in a claim? its highly doubtful a team in the nl will claim him because he cant play the field and of the AL contenders the sox will have first choice.

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I tend to agree with you, and believe he goes to the ChiSox.....Wish he would come here though, that would be a sweet fit for the Rays!

Updated: August 27, 2010, 3:04 PM ET
Source: White Sox claim Manny Ramirez
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By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com
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The Chicago White Sox on Friday were awarded the claim on Manny Ramirez, according to a source monitoring the waiver wire.

No National League team put in a claim on the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder. But two other American League teams claimed Ramirez. There was a strong indication that one of the teams was the Tampa Bay Rays. The other team was the Texas Rangers, a source told ESPNDallas.com's Richard Durrett.

The White Sox were awarded the claim because they were the AL contender with the lowest winning percentage.

The White Sox now have until Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. ET to complete a trade. However, the Dodgers are five games out in the NL wild-card race, so they are in no rush to move quickly to get a deal done. And Ramirez would have to waive his no-trade clause and approve any move.

The Dodgers have the option of pulling Ramirez back and keeping him, working out a trade with the White Sox, or just let him go via the waiver claim. The Dodgers could pick up some of Ramirez's money to work out a trade with the White Sox, or they could let Ramirez go and leave the White Sox responsible for all of his remaining contract.

Jayson Stark is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Richard Durrett is a reporter and columnist for ESPNDallas.com.