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Guillen: Financial Crisis Will Affect Most Teams
"The teams will have to be made up of a mix of prospective young players and veterans," said Guillen. "One must trust in the work that the minor leagues are doing." "Teams will have to look for alternatives, work with lower salaries," he said. Guillen added that apart from the Yankees and Red Sox, teams will have to look within themselves or to the minor leagues. Chicago White Sox Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Reds Pass On Dye Trade?
"Right now, we're thinking more long-term (Dye is 34) and he's on the final year of his contract ($11.5 million in 2009)," Cincinnati general manager Walt Jocketty said. "We have to fill out our outfield and some bench spots, and it may or may not happen right away, but we're working on it." Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Elite Shortstops Remain On MarketFree-agent shortstops Rafael Furcal and Orlando Cabrera remain on the market, even with the winter meetings having come and gone. Furcal turned down a four-year, $36 million offer from the A's before the start of the meetings. The A's still appear to be in the running for Furcal, while the Dodgers, Blue Jays and Royals are also interested. Cabrera has drawn interest from the Twins, Royals and A's, the same teams Furcal has drawn interest from, meaning there could be a fair amount of scrambling in the coming days for these teams to find shortstops. Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets White Sox Dec 2008 Archive
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White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen believes that the current financial crisis will affect most Major League teams.
The Reds appear to have passed on a potential trade with the White Sox that would have netted them veteran outfielder Jermaine Dye.