Friday, July 29, 2005

Manny in Minny?


Just throwin' this out there.
Manny has asked to be traded. Again. Manny's reasons are that he's tired of 'not having a private life' because the East Coast media is so pervasive.Theo Epstein, the Sox GM, has supposedly wanted to trade Manny ever since they won the Series.
The Sox have expressed interest in Joe Mays, Kyle Lohse and JC Romero.
Why not offer those three, plus maybe Jacque Jones or Lew Ford, or hell, both of them, for Manny.
If Manny wants to play for a quieter team not in the media spotlight, but one that is still a contender, Minnesota seems like a good option.
The catch, of course, is that Manny makes about $16 million a year.
The Twins would be dumping about 10-12 million if they traded the players mentioned above, but they already were going to dump that much money just to get under next year's payroll, without adding a $16 million contract on top of it.
To fit Manny, they'd basically have to completely break the bank, because they wouldn't be able to trade enough salary to fit him in for next year.
Same thing for Soriano.
Fun to dream, though, I guess.
A 40-homerun hitting right-handed bat would look really good in the middle of Gardy's lineup.

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