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Outfield: Delmon Young, Ibanez, Manny, Bradley

by Matthew Cerrone on December 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Jayson Stark of ESPN.com believes the Rays and Twins are discussing a deal that could send Delmon Young back to Tampa, with either Andy Sonnanstine or Edwin Jackson heading to Minnesota.

Last month, in a report for the New York Post, Joel Sherman said the Mets and Rays had been in talks regarding Sonnanstine and Jackson, since Tampa has shown interest in Aaron Heilman.

Speaking of outfielders…

“The Phillies, Mets and Cubs appear to have separated themselves from the pack of teams pursuing outfielder Raul Ibanez,” writes Jayson Stark at ESPN.com.

Stark also reports that Scott Boras met with the Dodgers yesterday to discuss bringing free-agent OF Manny Ramirez back to Los Angeles.  However, Stark says, ‘The Dodgers did not put their two-year, $45-million contract offer back on the table.’

the buzz in Vegas seems to be that boras has every intention of making manny the last player to sign a contract this off-season, in an effort to focus a market for his services

Accoridng to the Boston Globe, “Milton Bradley is in intense discussions with the Cubs.”