Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 30, 2005
The Manny Rule

I haven't put much stock in the trade Manny rumors. But I had forgotten about this:

One source stressed to the Globe that the Red Sox have additional motivation to make this deal as Ramirez will have the right after this season to veto a trade under baseball's ''10-5'' rule, which applies to players with 10 years experience, five consecutively with the same club.

So if the Red Sox don't trade him before the season ends, they will be in a worse situation than the Padres were with Phil Nevin. Manny could veto any trade, giving the Red Sox very little leverage if Manny decides he'll only play for a certain team.



Posted by David Pinto at 09:31 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

As a Red Sox fan, what bothers me about the trade talk is the idea that you can lose Ramirez, who is having a very productive season, and replace him with Aubrey Huff and Mike Cameron? That is not a recipe for run production, with all due respect to Huff and Cameron. Theo is going to have to go get a few more aces to make up for the runs that won't be produced.

Posted by: david at July 30, 2005 10:08 AM

They can essentially only trade him to one team (the Mets) anyway, so I don't really see this as a big deal.

Posted by: Ethan at July 30, 2005 10:47 AM

I think Theo realizes that despite the booing last night, fans would go nuts if all the Sox got was Mike Cameron and Aubrey Huff, because supposedly the Sox asked the Mets for more.
Good. Don't want to lose that bat!

Posted by: Steve M at July 30, 2005 11:07 AM

I agree. There is pretty much no way to replace Manny in the lineup. He is the Sox second best hitter ever, and one of the best of all time. The names we are hearing just don't make sense. There is no reason to trade manny; he'll continue to hit and hit and hit, it doen't seem to matter what is going on around him.

Posted by: Kevin at July 30, 2005 11:39 AM
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