Giants still a candidate for Manny?
According to Buster Olney’s latest column, the Giants might still be interested in free agent Manny Ramirez. (If they were even interested in the first place, that is.)
Lo and behold, the Giants have emerged as a player in this bidding. But it remains to be seen whether they are going to be shoving big chips at Ramirez, or if they’re just hanging in the thing to position themselves in the event Ramirez gets so frustrated with the Dodgers that he’ll walk away from L.A., at any price. It’s possible the Giants are not really bidding up Ramirez, but just hoping that a Hall of Fame bargain with a chip on his shoulder drops in their lap.
Executives with other teams do not believe the Giants are serious players in the Manny bidding. They think San Francisco’s real intent is to keep the Dodgers honest, to force them to give Ramirez at least a two-year deal. And if somehow Ramirez gets angered by the Dodgers’ level of interest and decides to deliver himself to their division rival, well, all the better for the Giants.
So basically, we know now what we knew three weeks ago about the Giants: they might be interested…but they might not be interested. Sweet.
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Posted in: MLB
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Manny Ramirez Dodgers, Manny Ramirez rumors, San Francisco Giants
Note to the Giants:
Get in or get out….This guy is a headcase that needs to be held everyday and you guys are playing around. Did you not learn anything when Boston toyed with him? What did he do and on TV for everyone to see?
If you think being coy with him or the Dodgers is working you are seriously wrong. You keep playing around and you’ll wind up with a train wreck
Man-up, say you want him, pull the trigger and get it done, you have nothing to loose and you know it.
Game on…