Rosenthal On Price, Gardner, Morales, Lough
The Rays' attempts to trade David Price are greatly complicated by the fact that the team is still trying to contend in 2014, FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal writes.* Most teams unloading a star player are doing so in order to rebuild and add young talent across the board, but Tampa Bay is trying to add Major League-ready players for a**ther playoff run next season.* Here are some more items from Rosenthal's latest column...
The Rays "probably wouldn't be excited" by the prospect of trading Jeremy Hellickson if they couldn't move Price.* Hellickson's name came up in trade rumors last offseason before the Rays moved James Shields, and I agree that if Tampa Bay doesn't trade Price, the team is much more likely to just stand pat with its rotation rather than move a**ther starter.
Brett Gardner's career numbers compare to those of Michael Bourn and (somewhat surprisingly) even Jacoby Ellsbury, so Rosenthal wonders if the Yankees could sign Gardner to an extension **w and perhaps save themselves some future money if they want to keep the outfielder in the fold.
MLBPA officials believe Gardner will earn a "considerably higher" salary in arbitration than the $4MM number projected by MLBTR's Matt Swartz.
If the Yankees do abandon their plan to stay under the $189MM luxury tax threshold, then Rosenthal wonders why the team bothered setting that goal for themselves in the first place when it may have cost them several players over the past year.* Rosenthal also suggests Bronson Arroyo as a durable short-term option for New York, **ting Arroyo's friendship with Yankees strength and conditioning coach Matthew Krause.
Rosenthal wonders if the Mariners would be willing to re-sign Kendrys Morales (provided that they're still willing to spend, that is).* I'd argue that bringing Morales back as the regular DH would create some problems for the M's --- they'd have to trade Justin Smoak, plus play Corey Hart and Logan Morrison in the field every day, which could be a risky move given their injury histories.
An AL general manager praised the Orioles' trade for David Lough, **ting that "he can do everything that [Nate] McLouth does. He might end up being an even better hitter than McLouth.”
12-20-2013, 10:35 PM
Rosenthal On Price, Gardner, Morales, Lough
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