CBS Sports' Jon Heyman has long been accused of being little more than a mouthpiece for baseball überagent Scott Boras. (It's OK if you spell that with an extra "s" at the end, by the way.)
The saga of former Seattle Mariner first baseman/designated hitter Kendrys Morales is proof positive of that, both being a mouthpiece and as such, being unbelievable, at least until corroborated by another scribe.
Heyman claims the Yankees, Brewers and Mariners are all likely candidates to sign him.
First, scratch the Mariners. Since they had him last year, they wouldn't have lost a draft pick in compensation to sign him again. The only way we shouldn't scratch the Mariners is if Borass suddenly caved in on his asking price, and that's highly unlikely. It's also unlikely that the M's caved that much out of nowhere, either.
Second, scratch the Yankees, even more than Heyman partially does. Carlos Beltran is back in the lineup.
Third, scratch the Brewers. They're an NL team, so they can't hide his fielding problems at DH. Besides, Aramis Ramirez is back off the DL, which means that Mark Reynolds can play just 1B, where he's clearly better than Lyle Overbay.
Heyman then indicates possible interest from the Rangers. Well, scratch them since Alexi Ogando has joined the mounting injury travails, and like Prince Fielder, whom Morales would replace, is out for the year, or at least possibly so. (Update, June 7: The Boras/Heyman duo have apparently suckered Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, with his "unnamed sources," to drink this Kool-Aid.)
He then talks about a "mystery team." First, this sounds just like a Borass PR line.
(Update: June 7: Surprisingly, there was a "mystery team." Actually, terms I would prefer, as politely noted in my new blog post, would be "head-scratching team" or "WTF team." The Twins DID drink the Kool-Aid.)
Second, given Heyman's one bit of absolute truth in his piece, that Morales is an AL-first player because of fielding limitations, beyond the already-scratched M's, Yankees and Rangers, I can scratch Toronto (no need with Edwin Encarnacion at 1B and Adam Lind at DH), Baltimore (no need with Chris Davis 1B/Nelson Cruz DH), Boston Mike Napoli/David Ortiz), Tigers (Miguel Cabrera/Victor Martinez); Angels (no need with Albert Pujols at 1B and Josh Hamilton back off DL), and the White Sox, with Jose Abreu back off the DL.
Other teams? Rays are out of it. Royals and Twins are price-tag challenged. That's pretty true for the A's, too. Astros are that, plus out of it. And, that covers the AL.
So, Mr. Heyman, at least in the AL, there's NO "mystery team." Period and end of story.
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July 11, 2008
Cardinals stand pat in face of big Cubs and Brewers moves
First it was CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers. Next came the trade of Rich Harden to the Chicago Cubs.
But the St. Louis Cardinals? Although manager Tony La Russa thinks they need relief help, at least, and Mark Mulder is back on the DL (and possible done with baseball?), Cards GM John Mozeliak appears content to sit on his hands.
(Oh, do NOT use Bleacher Report as a blog linking source, as its content is copy-protected HTML and you have either retype, or else save the page as a text doc, then copy and paste from it.)
That said, MLB.com’s Jim Molony argues that the two will give no more of a boost to the Brew Crew and Cubbies than the return of Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright will to the Redbirds.
Of course, Carpenter’s return is no more locked in stone than is the idea of Rich Harden staying healthy the rest of the year. Wainwright, though, should be back soon.
And, the Cards, rather than tinkering at the edges of their minor league system to plug gaps in the pitching staff injury express, have called up top minor league prospect Jaime Garcia.
But the St. Louis Cardinals? Although manager Tony La Russa thinks they need relief help, at least, and Mark Mulder is back on the DL (and possible done with baseball?), Cards GM John Mozeliak appears content to sit on his hands.
“I don’t think there’s one Band-Aid or one player (available in trade), who changes the dynamics of our club.”
(Oh, do NOT use Bleacher Report as a blog linking source, as its content is copy-protected HTML and you have either retype, or else save the page as a text doc, then copy and paste from it.)
That said, MLB.com’s Jim Molony argues that the two will give no more of a boost to the Brew Crew and Cubbies than the return of Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright will to the Redbirds.
Of course, Carpenter’s return is no more locked in stone than is the idea of Rich Harden staying healthy the rest of the year. Wainwright, though, should be back soon.
And, the Cards, rather than tinkering at the edges of their minor league system to plug gaps in the pitching staff injury express, have called up top minor league prospect Jaime Garcia.
July 08, 2008
Did Brewers get best of Sabathia deal? I say not
I think it is probably a wash and the deal may even be a push for the Tribe.
Before his Cy Young 2007, Sabathia had shown hints of promise in 2006. Before that, he was solid, but by no means spectacular.
And this year? He’s regressing. Look it up.
Of course, as a Cards fan, I HOPE the Brewers blew this trade, too. Since all they traded were prospects, that won’t really matter for this year, though, unless they really blew it.
Before his Cy Young 2007, Sabathia had shown hints of promise in 2006. Before that, he was solid, but by no means spectacular.
And this year? He’s regressing. Look it up.
Of course, as a Cards fan, I HOPE the Brewers blew this trade, too. Since all they traded were prospects, that won’t really matter for this year, though, unless they really blew it.
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