Friday, August 27, 2010

The latest on Manny

With today being "claim day," the word going around is that multiple teams have put a claim in on Manny Ramirez. Which teams they are is not immediately clear.

The White Sox have been the most likely destination for days now. But since a few teams have put in a claim, that doesn't appear to be slam dunk anymore. Other teams rumored in the past have been the Rays and Rangers. Then there's the Yankees, who could do it just to block their AL rivals from getting him.

No word if the Red Sox are in on this. Now that would make a story!

The team that won the claim will have until Tuesday at midnight ET to work out some sort of deal. The Dodgers can trade him for perhaps some cash and prospects, or let the other team take on his entire $4.3 million deal straight up.

Many more updates to come on this I'm sure.

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