Dodgers start looking for Hanley's replacement By Mark Saxon | ESPNLosAngeles.com -- 19 hours ago Photo: CBS Sports PHOENIX – The Los Angeles Dodgers’ top decision-makers spent most of the first day of the general managers meetings at the team’s Glendale, Arizona, complex. The top brass watched an Arizona Fall League game that included the Dodgers' top position-player prospect, Corey Seager. Afterward, they made it clear that they view the shortstop position as a puzzle to be solved between now and February. Much as they like Seager, they don’t view him as an Opening Day possibility, and both Erisbel Arruebarrena and Miguel Rojas would be a major risk as an everyday option. Rojas batted .181 and Arruebarrena has played just 22 major league games and is viewed as a bit of an off-field liability after some of his maturity issues in the minor leagues. Hanley Ramirez rejected the Dodgers’ $15.3 million qualifying offer Monday and, according to a source, there has been no internal dialogue about retaining Ramirez on a multiyear deal. The Dodgers will take the compensatory draft pick they get for losing Ramirez and move on. President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the team has begun to check in both on the free-agent market -- which is thin -- and the trade market for shortstops. The Dodgers are believed to have expressed interest in the Chicago White Sox’s Alexei Ramirez. Free agent Jed Lowrie could be a fit. In both cases, the acquisition might simply be a stopgap until Seager is ready, assuming he doesn’t move to third base. “The limited supply at the position makes it hard to put a lot of rules on it,” Friedman said. “We’re going to try to acquire the best player we can and, if we wind up having depth there, that’s a good problem to have.” General manager Farhan Zaidi described the Dodgers’ pursuit of both shortstops and starting pitchers as “preliminary.” “I think it’s easy to say we’re in the same spot, which is starting to evaluate the options,” Zaidi said. .
Damn it, your avatar, when look at from peripheral vision, looks like a happy monkey with glasses on lol. The sad part is even that looks smarter than NedCo.
I will ask you this question BZ as your being a Jersey Boy gives you insight. The Yankees signing Ramirez to a big six year contract is the worse of two previous contracts combined of ARod and Mark Teixera. By the time teams weigh giving up a draft pick and seeing his medical records all bets might be off the table. He is a head case ant talking to the media in LA is going to play hiw well with the NY media which during the regular season pays little attention to the west coast.
Hanley has a number of the physical issues that players who juiced in their early years suffer from in their 30's.
I pretty much think that Hanley is just a greedy fool who should not have turned down the QO. Typical spoiled athlete with an overestimated sense of value.. Health issues, age, declining range, erratic hitting all add up to "be thankful for the QO" but noooooo... oh well... fuck him
I think the guy who should have accepted the QO is David Robertson. Turns 30 next spring. $15.3 million for one year? Yes please, ...then we'll talk long term, say...sometime after the AS break?
I agree with '96, Hanley is going to get paid. It's been proven over and over again that someone will offer that huge, ridiculous contract. He'll get the offer from someone. Right handed power is hard to come by these days.
Well if $15,300,000.00 isn't enough for him then fine... fuck him... go play for some loser then. Go Dodgers!!
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal · 2m2 minutes ago Source: Hanley Ramirez headed to Boston tomorrow to finalize deal with #RedSox. Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal · 2m2 minutes ago Sources say Hanley’s deal with #RedSox will be in range of five years, $90M.
