Baseball Spring Training Report
Manny Ramirez turns down Dodgers second offer, Do you think he will sign with the Giants?
I for sure thought he would end up with the Dodgers but know Im not sure because another team like the Giants or Nationals could offer him a multi-year deal or offer him a 1 year deal with incentives that could lead to a 2 year deal.
Ramirez has turned down the Dodgers’ one-year offer, Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports.
Hernandez lists the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals as teams that are monitoring Ramirez’ market.
The Dodgers could find themselves in a bind if Ramirez receives a multi-year offer from another club. If Ramirez is offered what he considers a fair deal, sources close to him say that he wouldn’t grant the Dodgers a chance to match it, forcing the Dodgers to go into Spring Training without their only star attraction and reliable run producer.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-manny-ramirez3-2009feb03,0,3789499.story
Who knows what Brian Sabean, Larry Baer, and Bill Neukom are going to do? Manny does not care about playing on a rebuilding team or a contender because with his ego, he probably thinks he can make a rebuilding team into a contender. And to say the Giants do not have the payroll to afford him is B.S. They would admit it instantly when asked about the economical status considering a deal with Manny Ramirez by saying no, we have no interest. Instead, like Larry Baer said on the MLB Network, if the Giants feel they have the need to sign Manny Ramirez they will. Benji Molina would have nearly the same statistics batting in front of Manny Ramirez as David Ortiz I believe. Last season he only saw one or two good pitched per at bat. With Ramirez batting behind him, it would be like Jeff Kent in 2002 all over again. Is it likely the Giants sign Ramirez, I don’t know. But then again, when the Giants signed Zito it came as a complete surprise to me. That front office is a lot like the Bush Administration. We don’t really know what goes on.
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