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D-Backs trying again for Green
Mark Gonzales
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 8, 2005 12:00 AM
The clock is ticking once again for Shawn Green and the Diamondbacks, who on Friday night requested that the Commissioner's Office open a 48-hour window to resume negotiations and complete a trade with Los Angeles.
The Diamondbacks also are trying to fill their center field position and the No. 4 spot in the pitching rotation. They have set their sights on Oakland outfielder Eric Byrnes, who batted .283 with 20 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 18 attempts last season.
Byrnes, 28, is arbitration eligible but is more proven than Luis Terrero, who will be a backup if he isn't traded. Byrnes and Terrero can play all three outfield positions.
"I'm pretty confident we're going to have these positions filled within this next week, if not prior to next week," General Partner Ken Kendrick said Friday before the Diamondbacks struck a tentative deal with the Dodgers.
The Diamondbacks are believed to be getting $10 million and Green for minor league catcher Dioner Navarro, minor league pitcher William Juarez and two lower-level pitchers.
A different proposal failed Thursday when Green, 32, and the Diamondbacks couldn't agree on a two-year extension that would have allowed him to waive his no-trade clause.
The extra money could be the difference to fulfill Green's extension request, although rejecting a trade would keep him with a team that has tried three times to trade him.
Green was scheduled to make $16 million this season in the final year of his contract, but was asked by the Diamondbacks to take a substantial cut for his extension.
The Diamondbacks thought they had Green last month in a three-team deal involving the New York Yankees until the Dodgers backed out.
"Shawn was very impressed with the Diamondbacks organization and their high level of interest," agent Greg Genske said.
Green, a career .314 hitter in 175 at-bats at Bank One Ballpark, would solve the Diamondbacks' void in right field and give them a productive left-handed bat behind Luis Gonzalez (a Genske client) and Troy Glaus.
The Diamondbacks are now more equipped to trade for a center fielder. The free-agent signings of shortstop Royce Clayton and second baseman Craig Counsell make infielders Alex Cintron, Matt Kata and Scott Hairston expendable, with Cintron potentially bringing more value because of his experience (2 1/2 seasons) and his ability to play three positions and switch-hit.
Oakland is looking for infield depth because of the uncertainty of Mark Ellis, who missed all of 2004 because of a shoulder injury.
Arbitration-eligible first baseman Shea Hillenbrand could be expendable. Chad Tracy could move from third.
Although Florida's A.J. Burnett could be available, the Diamondbacks could settle for a one-year deal with free-agent left-hander Shawn Estes for the No. 4 spot in the rotation.
Estes, 31, won 15 games with Colorado last season and has expressed a preference to pitch close to his Paradise Valley home with his wife and two young sons.
David Meier, Estes' agent, said his client had ruled out Seattle and is considering the Diamondbacks, San Diego, Houston and Washington. But Estes probably would settle for a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks after passing on a Thursday deadline with the Padres.
"We've got a few things going on," Meier said.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/0108dbacks0108.html
Mark Gonzales
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 8, 2005 12:00 AM
The clock is ticking once again for Shawn Green and the Diamondbacks, who on Friday night requested that the Commissioner's Office open a 48-hour window to resume negotiations and complete a trade with Los Angeles.
The Diamondbacks also are trying to fill their center field position and the No. 4 spot in the pitching rotation. They have set their sights on Oakland outfielder Eric Byrnes, who batted .283 with 20 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 18 attempts last season.
Byrnes, 28, is arbitration eligible but is more proven than Luis Terrero, who will be a backup if he isn't traded. Byrnes and Terrero can play all three outfield positions.
"I'm pretty confident we're going to have these positions filled within this next week, if not prior to next week," General Partner Ken Kendrick said Friday before the Diamondbacks struck a tentative deal with the Dodgers.
The Diamondbacks are believed to be getting $10 million and Green for minor league catcher Dioner Navarro, minor league pitcher William Juarez and two lower-level pitchers.
A different proposal failed Thursday when Green, 32, and the Diamondbacks couldn't agree on a two-year extension that would have allowed him to waive his no-trade clause.
The extra money could be the difference to fulfill Green's extension request, although rejecting a trade would keep him with a team that has tried three times to trade him.
Green was scheduled to make $16 million this season in the final year of his contract, but was asked by the Diamondbacks to take a substantial cut for his extension.
The Diamondbacks thought they had Green last month in a three-team deal involving the New York Yankees until the Dodgers backed out.
"Shawn was very impressed with the Diamondbacks organization and their high level of interest," agent Greg Genske said.
Green, a career .314 hitter in 175 at-bats at Bank One Ballpark, would solve the Diamondbacks' void in right field and give them a productive left-handed bat behind Luis Gonzalez (a Genske client) and Troy Glaus.
The Diamondbacks are now more equipped to trade for a center fielder. The free-agent signings of shortstop Royce Clayton and second baseman Craig Counsell make infielders Alex Cintron, Matt Kata and Scott Hairston expendable, with Cintron potentially bringing more value because of his experience (2 1/2 seasons) and his ability to play three positions and switch-hit.
Oakland is looking for infield depth because of the uncertainty of Mark Ellis, who missed all of 2004 because of a shoulder injury.
Arbitration-eligible first baseman Shea Hillenbrand could be expendable. Chad Tracy could move from third.
Although Florida's A.J. Burnett could be available, the Diamondbacks could settle for a one-year deal with free-agent left-hander Shawn Estes for the No. 4 spot in the rotation.
Estes, 31, won 15 games with Colorado last season and has expressed a preference to pitch close to his Paradise Valley home with his wife and two young sons.
David Meier, Estes' agent, said his client had ruled out Seattle and is considering the Diamondbacks, San Diego, Houston and Washington. But Estes probably would settle for a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks after passing on a Thursday deadline with the Padres.
"We've got a few things going on," Meier said.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/0108dbacks0108.html