Wednesday, July 28, 2004
SWAP MEET GIL-LY?
I was just listening to the morning show on KJR, which yielded an interesting development.
Apparently, they were supposed to have Gil Meche on at 9:05am for an interview. He was suddenly unavailable. They were told by the Rainiers and some other source I probably forgot (probably the Mariners) that nobody (including Gil Meche) cancelled, but that he was unavailable. When KJR asked why he was unavailable, they gave the response along the lines of "you'll know soon enough."
This led KJR to suspect a trade involving Gil Meche. The trade? Apparently they corroborated this speculation with the Newark Star-Ledger, and I can't find the article. It's Gil Meche and some arms to the Royals for Mike Sweeney. Yes, he's a power hitting first baseman, but he also has an oft-injured back and is due around $37M on his contract.
Is there a plan here? Are they thinking about cutting their losses on Scott Spiezio even though he has two years left on his deal?
Apparently, they were supposed to have Gil Meche on at 9:05am for an interview. He was suddenly unavailable. They were told by the Rainiers and some other source I probably forgot (probably the Mariners) that nobody (including Gil Meche) cancelled, but that he was unavailable. When KJR asked why he was unavailable, they gave the response along the lines of "you'll know soon enough."
This led KJR to suspect a trade involving Gil Meche. The trade? Apparently they corroborated this speculation with the Newark Star-Ledger, and I can't find the article. It's Gil Meche and some arms to the Royals for Mike Sweeney. Yes, he's a power hitting first baseman, but he also has an oft-injured back and is due around $37M on his contract.
Is there a plan here? Are they thinking about cutting their losses on Scott Spiezio even though he has two years left on his deal?
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