[討論] Money in pocket, GM goes shopping for Cliff Lee
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Unlike a year ago, Texas Rangers general manager Jon
Daniels is headed to baseball's Winter Meetings Sunday through Thursday in
Orlando with money in his pocket and shooting for a Texas-sized free-agent
prized: Cliff Lee.
Daniels had nothing new to report regarding negotiations with the hotly
sought-after left-hander, who figures to narrow his decision this week to the
Rangers and New York Yankees. Whether Lee makes his decision during the
four-day meetings will keep everyone's attention.
"He’s at a pretty unique spot right now in that he’s got a tremendous
decision to make with a lot of -- I don’t know how many -- but a number of
very quality options of which we think we’re certainly right there near or
at the top of the list," Daniels said. "I couldn’t tell you exactly what is
going to go into his decision-making process, but he and his family have a
pretty unique opportunity to make a decision for their long-term future. He’
s going to take his time and make his call."
Daniels and the Rangers have met with Lee twice since the end of the World
Series.
"I don’t want to get into too much detail...but I think in general he
enjoyed his time here," Daniels said. "I’m not sure we were on his short
list before he came here, but he had a good experience. He expressed a like
for the community, our players, the organization. Obviously, he was part of
something pretty special."
Daniels said the club won't be fully focused on Lee, although he acknowleged
that with Lee likely to command a salary of $20 million or more, how the
Rangers proceed with other needs in the free-agent market will somewhat be
dictated by Lee's decision. Daniels said he had no knowledge of Lee's
timetable.
Here are other statements from Jon Daniels regarding the Winter Meetings and
other issues:
Other priorities beyond Cliff Lee: Pitching’s No. 1 and the DH, additional
bat No. 2, and beyond that there are a number of areas we can always add some
depth. This year, a lot of our better young players that won’t be on the
big-league club, a few of them will be at Frisco and Round Rock, but quite a
few of the next wave, so to speak, that we are real excited about are at the
A-ball [level], so we’re going to have to do a little more work than we’ve
had to do to add some depth."
Matt Treanor: "There's a pretty good chance Matt will be back. He wants to be
back and we want him back. I don't know that it will happen in the next day
or so, but I'm pretty confident Matt will be back in a Rangers uniform."
Vladimir Guerrero: "We’re still talking. One of our primary needs is a DH.
We talked about like with Vlad was a traditional DH or whether we wanted to
get somebody that is a little more versatile defensively, maybe allow some of
our other guys some time off their feet and allow wash the flexibility with
the roster to move some guys through that position, but Vlad is certainly
high on the list. We continue to talk with he and his agent."
Mitch Moreland as starting first baseman: "I don’t see any reason why he
couldn’t do it. But, that’s going to be on him. He’ll have the opportunity
to demonstrate that he can. If he were to win the job, which is certainly our
hope, we don’t see any reason why he can’t be a full-time player."
資料來源:ESPN Dallas分部
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/texas-rangers/
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2010 Texas Rangers Postseason Franchise Roster
(SP)Cliff Lee (C)Benjie Molina (1B)Mitch Moreland (2B)Ian Kinsler
(SS)Elvis Andrus (3B)Michael Young (LF)David Murphy (CF)Josh Hamilton
(RF)Nelson Cruz (DH)Vladimir Guerrero (SP)C.J. Wilson (SP)Colby Lewis
(CL)Neftali Feliz (RP)Darren O'Day (RP)Darren Oliver (SP)Derek Holland
(RP)Alexi Ogando (RP)Michael Kirkman (C)Matt Treanor (OF)Julio Borbon
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