Outfield: Jerry still likes Manny Ramirez
Jerry Manuel, on Manny Ramirez, as quoted by MLB.com:
“It’s rare that you get that type of talent. Would you like to add that? Yeah. Would you like to add something else? Yeah. But hey, we have to deal with what we have… And we have a pretty good team. We feel like we have enough tools to make it to the playoffs.”
Manuel was in Manhattan today to visit the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, where he delivered food from City Harvest.
…i know what Omar Minaya has said, and i know what Jeff Wilpon has said, but i still get this small, tiny feeling that Manny Ramirez is not totally a dead subject for the Mets… again, this is just a hunch, because i have never been told, by people i trust, that it’s a dead issue… instead, i always get the stock answer, that the team is focused on pitching… which is not necessarily a flat no…
…don’t get me wrong, i still think he’ll end up with the Dodgers, because it’s a perfect marriage on so many levels – even though i believe he prefers to play in New York… i just have to think Scott Boras will have at least one substantive conversation with minaya about ramirez before all is said and done, if for no other reason than boras is clearly waiting to see what the Mets do before locking manny in to a deal some place else…
