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Peter Gammons is happy to have his little man-buddy Jim Bowden back in the game. Both make me sick...Gammons passes off more gossip as news than anyone else in the media. With that in mind, he had this to say about WMP going to the Nats.
Marc Lancaster has the cuts from Florida for the Reds.
The latest round of cuts sent five players out, a couple of them surprising -- Rob Stratton and Ricky Stone. Because of Stratton's production and Stone's experience, I had expected both of them to at least make it to the last cut. But both were reassigned to minor league camp, along with LHP Randy Keisler. Optioned to Louisville were Edwin Encarnacion and Dane Sardinha.
That means some guys on the bubble survived at least for a while -- Jose Acevedo, Matt Belisle, Todd Coffey and Joe Valentine most notable among them.
I don't believe any of those guys will make the team. Further, notwithstanding some prodiguous blasts this spring, I don't think Stratton is that surprising. He is this year's Roberto Petagine. He's going to be 28 this year with no ML at bats. Guys like that rarely turn into anything.
Finally, if, as rumored, we can move Griffey to the Stros for four prospects, we should do it right away. There's no long-term upside to keeping Junior around. There might be for this season, but not for the long-term.
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