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Baseball Musings
July 30, 2008
Zaun Looks to Move

Gregg Zaun expressed his desire to be traded during an mlb.com interview Tuesday:

Zaun became the first Jay to openly express interest in leaving the club yesterday when he told mlb.com it would "probably be a good thing" if he were traded to a contender. After beginning the season as the team's frontline catcher, Zaun has recently been relegated to the backup's role by the emergence of Rod Barajas.

"I'm just disappointed that he went to the media with this," general manager J.P. Ricciardi said when told of Zaun's comments. "We have a good enough relationship that he can talk to me."

Ricciardi ends up looking a bit foolish over that remark:

The 37-year-old catcher said he had requested a trade from Ricciardi "quite a ways back." Zaun is in the final year of a two-year, $7.25 million (all figures U.S.) deal.

"We'll gladly move him if we can find someone who wants him and that's where we're at," Ricciardi said. "Right now, there's been no takers for him, there's been no inquiries about him."

He's a switch hitting catcher who still posts a decent OBA. I find it tough to believe no one is interested in him at all. Maybe the Jays are asking for too much.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:00 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

When was the last time Ricciardi made a comment and he didn't sound foolish?

Posted by: RICH at July 30, 2008 09:52 AM

The Phils would be a nice fit as Ruiz can't hit worth a lick and Coste isn't a very good defensive catcher.

Posted by: Steve_S at July 30, 2008 10:02 AM

Zaun would be an improvement because he's mediocre at both? Hard to figure Zaun demanding much of anything but good catching is a really scarce commodity.

Posted by: Bandit at July 30, 2008 11:40 AM
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