The Market for Manny

A couple weeks ago, I thought Manny was out the door for sure, and with a decent return coming back. But recent developments have made me think twice about both. The two players who I think have been the best comps for Manny have been dealt, and haven’t brought back much. In Thome’s case, he has serious health concerns, so it’s understandable that the Phils will pick up half his contract. But I think the Delgado case makes things look very poor for Manny. Delgado has very similar value to Manny and his contract called for him to make either 3/48 or 4/54. In order to get just Jaccobs (B-?) and Petit (B+?) back, the Marlins had to throw in $7 mil.

Perhaps worse, the Mets were one of the main suitors for Manny, and they’ve also made offers to the FA catchers as well as Billy Wagner. And they’ve dealt Cameron, who seemed like a likely trade chit in our deal. If NY’s going to be involved, I’d say we’d probably end up getting back Floyd to defray the cost of Manny’s deal, and Milledge seems pretty unlikely as well.

My hopes of Manny going to any other team are pretty low. LAA for Kotchman? LAD for Drew or Bradley, with others involved? Arizona for ???

Has anyone else noticed how white this team is getting? That has to be a concern on a number of fronts.