UPDATE (7:00pm CT): Manny now has a new offer from the Dodgers. Details here from Tony Jackson... It's basically a revision of the original two-year, $45MM offer back in November. No agreement is expected tonight. Stay tuned as usual...
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You knew the end could be near, and it very well might be. A couple of updates have surfaced in the past hour or so, one from Ken Gurnick on the Dodgers official website, and a follow-up from Tony Jackson of the Daily News, each suggesting things might be finally coming to a closure. The first bit of coincidence before it was known why was when it was learned that Colletti left Arizona to skip the first Spring Training game against the Cubs today (which the Dodgers lost 5-3 after Ramon Troncoso gave up a go-ahead Grand Slam) to head back to L.A.
We have now learned that Colletti has been meeting with McCourt and Scott Boras. Gurnick called the meeting the most serious attempt to sign Ramirez to date in his report, and Tony Jackson went even further to say that from his vantage point, people around Dodger Stadium were acting strange, or not normal, and adds that it could be a long night. (Jackson confirmed the meeting moments later, saying that it was ongoing.)
So far, no details of what the possible contract might be. Two years plus? Three years? We'll know soon enough obviously. Stay tuned. I'm thinking this could happen in the next 12 to 18 hours.
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You knew the end could be near, and it very well might be. A couple of updates have surfaced in the past hour or so, one from Ken Gurnick on the Dodgers official website, and a follow-up from Tony Jackson of the Daily News, each suggesting things might be finally coming to a closure. The first bit of coincidence before it was known why was when it was learned that Colletti left Arizona to skip the first Spring Training game against the Cubs today (which the Dodgers lost 5-3 after Ramon Troncoso gave up a go-ahead Grand Slam) to head back to L.A.
We have now learned that Colletti has been meeting with McCourt and Scott Boras. Gurnick called the meeting the most serious attempt to sign Ramirez to date in his report, and Tony Jackson went even further to say that from his vantage point, people around Dodger Stadium were acting strange, or not normal, and adds that it could be a long night. (Jackson confirmed the meeting moments later, saying that it was ongoing.)
So far, no details of what the possible contract might be. Two years plus? Three years? We'll know soon enough obviously. Stay tuned. I'm thinking this could happen in the next 12 to 18 hours.
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