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According to the St. Petersburg Times, ‘the buzz at the winter meetings this afternoon’ is that the Rays will soon trade OF Elijah Dukes to the Nationals.
For what it’s worth, the Nationals and Rays have a press conference scheduled for 5 pm.
Additionally, MLB.com is writing that the Devil Rays have been shopping RHP Edwin Jackson, who is drawing interest from the the Mariners.
…jackson is 24, a fallen prospect with a quick arm who arbitration eligible this off season…
In a report for the New York Post in early November, Mark Hale wrote that the Mets had talked to the Rays during the GM Meetings, but not about LHP Scott Kazmir.
…Update…3:40 pm…
In a post to his blog for the Washington Post, Barry Svrluga says that Dukes will get sent to DC for essentially nothing, as the Rays are simply trying to clear a roster spot.
…Update…4:03 pm…
At FoxSports.com, Ken Rosenthal writes that the deal is official, swapping Dukes for a minor-league player to be named later.
If the Rays get more for Dukes.. then we did for Lastings.. I am going to vomit.
i would interested in edwin jackson.
he has lots of potential but it hasent worked for him yet.
what will it take to acquire him.
They need bullpen help so maybe a package around joe smith?
Edwin Jackson is garbaaaaaage!!! His fastball is straighter then a pitching machine..puhhlease!!
I’m gonna puke.
Watch out for the Nationals and Rays in a couple of years. They both seem to finally have gotten a good idea of where they’re headed.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Rauch for Dukes
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Wow…press conferences at 5PM for the Nats and Rays. Think I’ll be able to see that one on YouTube? Maybe they are announcing they are folding?
I’d rather watch paint dry.
“…but not about LHP Scott Kazmir.”
Why the heck not?
Maybe the Nats will sign Jose Guillen too… they can have the most out of control OF in MLB: Dukes - Milledge - Guillen.
Fans in the outfield would have to be supplied with flack jackets.
And we wonder why the number of african americans in this league is dwindling? This league is against blacks. If you’re black, and you act black, you get a bad reputation. It’s sickening. What exactly did Milledge ever do that was so bad?
How does a player “act black”?
“How does a player “act black”?”
I was just going to ask this exact same question…
flak jacket . . . hahahaha
It would be awesome if Milledge and Dukes became the bash brothers of the Nationals.
I love my Mets, but I’m still bitter over losing Milledge. I’ve been cheering for him since I got to watch him play in Binghamton, and it’s going to be hard to let him go.
Agree. I’m sick of tired of people complaining about guys attitudes. This league needs a little attitude.
Ty Cobb was an ***. So was Pete Rose.
Who cares?
Rose and Cobb didn’t have attitudes. They were criminals.
Rose was betting on his own team, and Cobb was a rapist for God’s sake.
And you ask “Who cares?”
Milledge might, for one.
Bad comparison on your part.
Maybe Milledge was traded because Peterson can fix catchers now too?
Milledge and Dukes do make sense for DC. Young, talented African American potential stars for a heavily African American city. May not work out for one or both, but if they do, it could be a great foundation for the Nats.
good point.
if only frank robinson was still their manager
I’d like to interest them in Willie Randolph…
DC goin for the thugged outfield. Logan, Dukes, Milledge. Maybe a rap album can generate some extra money for the team.
And how does someone act black? That seems a bit ridiculous. Why not just act like a normal human athlete?
Black baseball players who do things similar to their counterparts in the NFL and NBA get vilified for them. Having an attitude, making a rap album. African Americans choose not to play baseball because they can’t be themselves there. They’d rather go to the NBA or NFl where they are more accepted.
No, they go the NFL and NBA where the quick money is. In baseball, you have to work your way up to make the big money. Why do that when you can get a mega contract out of college by putting a ball through a hoop?
Ding ding ding!
We have a weiner
congratulations on the “Most Dumbest” post of the day.
What about Pena….he is awesome…..I wish we could get him.
Logan is going to become their Endy Chavez. Pena, Dukes, Milledge. It’s a gamble, but with Zimmerman, Meat Hook/Nick Johnson, Belliard for the #2 hole, the Nats lineup goes from extremely suspect overall to having the potential to be a real surprise for folks in ‘08. They don’t have the pitching to keep up (and I’m sure they will fall apart completely without Schneider as catcher…not), but I have to say I’m pretty impressed with these moves by the Nats.
I would say it’s important to keep Dukes at arms length from the DC club scene–could be a volatile mix given his history.
dukes has a longer rap sheet than milledge’s. they should make a nice tandem - too bad they missed out on delmon young. just kidding, of course. i miss milledge already and will for some time. and dukes has some talent too
Mets can use Dukes. They need an offensive upgrade in RF. But Mets won’t touch bad character guys. Very stupid on the Wilpons fault…Last I checked, the ‘86 MEts were pretty good. mor*ns.
Dukes’s issues aren’t simply “bad character” ones. It’s not like he just has an attitude in the clubhouse or something- he’s been arrested repeatedly for battery, domestic assault, drug possession, obstructing a police officer, etc. He’s a criminally violent guy who’s not legally permitted near his wife and kids. Who exactly on the ‘86 team are you comparing him to?
the half of the team on coke?
And exactly which one of those coke addicts was also arrested over half a dozen times for violent crimes by the age of 22?
theres a difference between partying too much and domestic abuse
elijah dukes sounds like the next darryl strawberry. except he’s accomplished much more than straw at a younger age (off the field, that is)
It is rumored that the Devil Rays are interested in a veteran First Baseman. Oh how I would love to dump Delgado in that dump of a stadium in Tampa
Delgado and a lot of cash for Kazmir.
I believe Dukes is up to 6 kids with 5 different women.
Washington should insist that Tampa Bay include a case of condoms.
Six kids with five different women is really disgusting.
Wow, I understand what the DRays are doing considering this kid’s horrible history, but this could end up being huge for the Nats if this kid gets his life together. Great potential story for the Nats, and likely the right thing to do for the DRays, who I am sure are tired of his antics.
But to get this kid for essentially nothing? Wow.