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Manny Ramirez LFRed Sox

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
24	9774	.312	.411	.585	154	76.8

Birth Date	5-30-1972
Height	6' 0"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	51 years, 10 months, 25 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1993	CLE	21	22	55	9	1	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	.170	.200	.302	79	-1.3	-0.7	-0.1	-0.1
1994	CLE	22	91	336	78	22	0	17	42	72	0	4	2	.269	.357	.521	123	11.3	0.2	0.7	1.8
1995	CLE	23	137	571	149	26	1	31	75	112	5	6	6	.308	.402	.558	149	37.5	-0.3	-7.1	4.0
1996	CLE	24	152	647	170	45	3	33	85	104	3	8	5	.309	.399	.582	144	41.2	-8.3	8.4	5.1
1997	CLE	25	150	651	184	40	0	26	79	115	7	2	3	.328	.415	.538	146	40.9	-2.1	-4.5	4.4
1998	CLE	26	150	663	168	35	2	45	76	121	6	5	3	.294	.377	.599	150	43.4	-2.4	7.7	5.8
1999	CLE	27	147	640	174	34	3	44	96	131	13	2	4	.333	.442	.663	164	58.4	3.0	6.0	7.3
2000	CLE	28	118	532	154	34	2	38	86	117	3	1	1	.351	.457	.697	178	60.7	-2.8	-16.7	4.7
2001	BOS	29	142	620	162	33	2	41	81	147	8	0	1	.306	.405	.609	159	49.9	-2.4	0.3	5.7
2002	BOS	30	120	518	152	31	0	33	73	85	8	0	0	.349	.450	.647	181	54.5	-5.4	-1.9	5.6
2003	BOS	31	154	679	185	36	1	37	97	94	8	3	1	.325	.427	.587	158	52.5	-0.4	-0.1	6.4
2004	BOS	32	152	663	175	44	0	43	82	124	6	2	4	.308	.397	.613	156	47.7	-4.6	-13.9	4.2
2005	BOS	33	152	650	162	30	1	45	80	119	10	1	0	.292	.388	.594	158	45.7	-1.9	-11.9	4.7
2006	BOS	34	130	558	144	27	1	35	100	102	1	0	1	.321	.439	.619	173	55.9	-4.0	-13.8	4.9
2007	BOS	35	133	569	143	33	1	20	71	92	7	0	0	.296	.388	.493	130	24.1	-0.8	-12.3	2.3
2008	BOS	36	100	425	109	22	1	20	52	86	8	1	0	.299	.398	.529	164	34.2	-3.0	4.2	4.3
2008	LAN	36	53	229	74	14	0	17	35	38	3	2	0	.396	.489	.743	166	19.0	-2.0	-0.3	2.2
2009	LAN	37	104	431	102	24	2	19	71	81	7	0	1	.290	.418	.531	142	23.6	-3.4	-7.7	2.2
2010	CHA	38	24	88	18	1	0	1	14	23	5	0	0	.261	.420	.319	122	2.3	-0.3	0.0	0.3
2010	LAN	38	66	232	61	15	0	8	32	38	1	1	1	.311	.405	.510	124	6.7	-2.2	0.0	1.0
2011	TBA	39	5	17	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	66	-0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Career			2302	9774	2574	547	20	555	1329	1813	109	38	33	.312	.411	.585	154	707.6	-43.6	-63.1	76.8

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1991	BNC	Rk	APL	59	258	.000	.000	.000	.329			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1992	KIN	A+	CRL	81	344	.000	.000	.000	.332			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	CLE	MLB	AL	22	55	.266	.331	.408	.163	101	-5.9	1.6	-1	79	16	-0.1	-0.7	-1.3	-0.1
1993	CAN	AA	EAS	89	396	.000	.000	.000	.386			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	CHR	AAA	INT	40	177	.000	.000	.000	.333			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	CLE	MLB	AL	91	336	.276	.347	.445	.298	101	10.9	10.2	-3.9	123	12	0.7	0.2	11.3	1.8
1995	CLE	MLB	AL	137	571	.271	.344	.428	.341	98	38	17.1	-6.5	149	10	-7.1	-0.3	37.5	4.0
1996	CLE	MLB	AL	152	647	.278	.348	.447	.325	100	43.8	20.0	-7.5	144	9	8.4	-8.3	41.2	5.1
1997	CLE	MLB	AL	150	651	.277	.344	.437	.373	96	45.8	17.9	-7.3	146	9	-4.5	-2.1	40.9	4.4
1998	CLE	MLB	AL	150	663	.269	.334	.428	.296	102	40.7	18.1	-7.4	150	11	7.7	-2.4	43.4	5.8
1999	CLE	MLB	AL	147	640	.272	.342	.433	.365	104	61	17.9	-7.4	164	8	6.0	3.0	58.4	7.3
2000	CLE	MLB	AL	118	532	.277	.347	.445	.403	90	79.7	16.8	-7.1	178	9	-16.7	-2.8	60.7	4.7
2000	AKR	AA	EAS	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	BUF	AAA	INT	0	17	.000	.000	.000	.286			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	BOS	MLB	AL	142	620	.268	.330	.428	.353	96	51	18.5	-8.9	159	10	0.3	-2.4	49.9	5.7
2002	BOS	MLB	AL	120	518	.271	.338	.435	.373	98	57.5	14.9	-6.2	181	10	-1.9	-5.4	54.5	5.6
2002	PAW	AAA	INT	11	39	.000	.000	.000	.100			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	BOS	MLB	AL	154	679	.269	.333	.431	.334	105	47.9	18.5	-6.2	158	10	-0.1	-0.4	52.5	6.4
2004	BOS	MLB	AL	152	663	.269	.336	.432	.324	111	38.4	19.7	-5.6	156	5	-13.9	-4.6	47.7	4.2
2005	BOS	MLB	AL	152	650	.263	.328	.420	.295	106	42.7	18.7	-4.5	158	9	-11.9	-1.9	45.7	4.7
2006	BOS	MLB	AL	130	558	.274	.336	.432	.341	106	48.9	16.8	-4.2	173	12	-13.8	-4.0	55.9	4.9
2007	BOS	MLB	AL	133	569	.272	.337	.426	.325	102	21.7	16.9	-4.6	130	7	-12.3	-0.8	24.1	2.3
2008	BOS	MLB	AL	100	425	.265	.330	.419	.344	107	20.5	12.3	-4.5	164	11	4.2	-3.0	34.2	4.3
2008	LAN	MLB	NL	53	229	.272	.338	.436	.419	93	40.5	6.6	-1.6	166	11	-0.3	-2.0	19.0	2.2
2009	LAN	MLB	NL	104	431	.257	.326	.405	.328	89	34.9	12.4	-2.9	142	9	-7.7	-3.4	23.6	2.2
2009	SBR	A+	CLF	3	9	.284	.381	.447	1.000	91	2.1	0.3	-0.1	0	0	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
2009	ABQ	AAA	PCL	2	4	.215	.319	.289	.000	115	-0.5	0.1	0	56	0	-0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0
2010	CHA	MLB	AL	24	88	.253	.316	.391	.378	112	-0.1	2.4	-1.5	122	12	0.0	-0.3	2.3	0.3
2010	LAN	MLB	NL	66	232	.256	.321	.404	.346	90	18.2	6.4	-1.7	124	12	0.0	-2.2	6.7	1.0
2010	SBR	A+	CLF	8	22	.291	.348	.460	.250	89	-3.3	0.6	-0.3	0	0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
2011	TBA	MLB	AL	5	17	.264	.328	.431	.077	92	-3	0.5	-0.3	66	13	0.0	0.2	-0.6	0.0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	17	69	.279	.346	.426	.404	96	-2.5	2.1	-1.3	89	0	0.0	0.5	-0.6	0.1
2012	AGU	Wnt	DWL	25	111	.000	.000	.000	.321			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	ROU	AAA	PCL	30	119	.258	.325	.394	.275	88	-1.1	3.4	-2.2	97	0	0.0	-1.6	-1.4	-0.2
2014	IOW	AAA	PCL	24	77	.268	.334	.406	.310	97	-2	2.3	-1.2	70	0	-0.4	-0.5	-3.1	-0.3

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1991	BNC	Rk	APL	258	215	44	70	11	4	19	146	63	34	41	7	8	.326	.431	.679	.353	0	0
1992	KIN	A+	CRL	344	291	52	81	18	4	13	146	63	45	74	1	3	.278	.381	.502	.223	1	1
1993	CLE	MLB	AL	55	53	5	9	1	0	2	16	5	2	8	0	0	.170	.200	.302	.132	0	0
1993	CHR	AAA	INT	177	145	38	46	12	0	14	100	36	27	35	1	1	.317	.431	.690	.372	0	0
1993	CAN	AA	EAS	396	344	67	117	32	0	17	200	79	45	68	2	2	.340	.419	.581	.241	0	0
1994	CLE	MLB	AL	336	290	51	78	22	0	17	151	60	42	72	4	2	.269	.357	.521	.252	4	0
1995	CLE	MLB	AL	571	484	85	149	26	1	31	270	107	75	112	6	6	.308	.402	.558	.250	5	2
1996	CLE	MLB	AL	647	550	94	170	45	3	33	320	112	85	104	8	5	.309	.399	.582	.273	9	0
1997	CLE	MLB	AL	651	561	99	184	40	0	26	302	88	79	115	2	3	.328	.415	.538	.210	4	0
1998	CLE	MLB	AL	663	571	108	168	35	2	45	342	145	76	121	5	3	.294	.377	.599	.305	10	0
1999	CLE	MLB	AL	640	522	131	174	34	3	44	346	165	96	131	2	4	.333	.442	.663	.330	9	0
2000	CLE	MLB	AL	532	439	92	154	34	2	38	306	122	86	117	1	1	.351	.457	.697	.346	4	0
2000	AKR	AA	EAS	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	0	0	.500	.750	2.000	1.500	0	0
2000	BUF	AAA	INT	17	11	5	5	1	0	3	15	7	6	1	0	0	.455	.647	1.364	.909	0	0
2001	BOS	MLB	AL	620	529	93	162	33	2	41	322	125	81	147	0	1	.306	.405	.609	.302	2	0
2002	PAW	AAA	INT	39	30	2	3	1	0	1	7	2	8	9	0	0	.100	.308	.233	.133	0	0
2002	BOS	MLB	AL	518	436	84	152	31	0	33	282	107	73	85	0	0	.349	.450	.647	.298	1	0
2003	BOS	MLB	AL	679	569	117	185	36	1	37	334	104	97	94	3	1	.325	.427	.587	.262	5	0
2004	BOS	MLB	AL	663	568	108	175	44	0	43	348	130	82	124	2	4	.308	.397	.613	.305	7	0
2005	BOS	MLB	AL	650	554	112	162	30	1	45	329	144	80	119	1	0	.292	.388	.594	.301	6	0
2006	BOS	MLB	AL	558	449	79	144	27	1	35	278	102	100	102	0	1	.321	.439	.619	.298	8	0
2007	BOS	MLB	AL	569	483	84	143	33	1	20	238	88	71	92	0	0	.296	.388	.493	.197	8	0
2008	BOS	MLB	AL	425	365	66	109	22	1	20	193	68	52	86	1	0	.299	.398	.529	.230	0	0
2008	LAN	MLB	NL	229	187	36	74	14	0	17	139	53	35	38	2	0	.396	.489	.743	.348	4	0
2009	LAN	MLB	NL	431	352	62	102	24	2	19	187	63	71	81	0	1	.290	.418	.531	.241	1	0
2009	ABQ	AAA	PCL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.000	0	0
2009	SBR	A+	CLF	9	7	2	3	0	0	1	6	1	2	4	0	0	.429	.556	.857	.429	0	0
2010	LAN	MLB	NL	232	196	32	61	15	0	8	100	40	32	38	1	1	.311	.405	.510	.199	3	0
2010	SBR	A+	CLF	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	11	0	0	.105	.227	.105	.000	0	0
2010	CHA	MLB	AL	88	69	6	18	1	0	1	22	2	14	23	0	0	.261	.420	.319	.058	0	0
2011	TBA	MLB	AL	17	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.000	0	0
2012	AGU	Wnt	DWL	111	99	14	29	2	0	4	43	17	11	18	0	0	.293	.360	.434	.141	1	0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	69	63	8	19	3	0	0	22	14	5	17	0	0	.302	.348	.349	.048	1	0
2013	ROU	AAA	PCL	119	108	7	28	3	0	3	40	13	10	14	0	0	.259	.328	.370	.111	0	0
2014	IOW	AAA	PCL	77	72	6	16	2	0	3	27	10	5	27	0	0	.222	.273	.375	.153	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	2372	0.4494	0.4553	0.7824	0.6886	0.2649	0.8515	0.6358	0.2176	0.0027
2009	1655	0.4804	0.4151	0.7831	0.6201	0.2256	0.8316	0.6598	0.2169	0.0008
2010	1262	0.4762	0.4255	0.7989	0.5973	0.2693	0.8663	0.6629	0.2011	-0.0091
2011	59	0.4237	0.4746	0.7500	0.6000	0.3824	0.8667	0.6154	0.2500	-0.0003
Career	5348	0.4650	0.4360	0.7862	0.6449	0.2551	0.8490	0.6494	0.2138	-0.0007

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-08-23	-	Minors	-	-	-		Not Disclosed		-
2014-07-24	2014-08-07	Minors	14	0	-		Not Disclosed		-
2012-05-19	2012-05-28	DTD	9	8	-	Wrist	Soreness		-	-
2012-03-06	2012-03-10	Camp	4	0	-	Back	Stiffness		-	-
2010-10-14	2010-10-14	Off	0	0	Bilateral		Surgery	Sports Hernia	2010-10-14
2010-09-07	2010-09-07	DTD	0	0	Left	Wrist	Contusion	HBP	-
2010-07-17	2010-08-21	15-DL	35	33		Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
2010-06-30	2010-07-15	15-DL	15	11	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2010-05-20	2010-05-21	DTD	1	1			Soreness		-
2010-05-19	2010-05-19	DTD	0	0	Left	Foot	Soreness		-
2010-04-23	2010-05-08	15-DL	15	14	Right	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
2010-04-17	2010-04-18	DTD	1	1	Right	Lower Leg	Tightness	Calf	-
2009-09-28	2009-09-29	DTD	1	1	Left	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2009-07-26	2009-07-27	DTD	1	1	Left	Hand	Contusion		-
2009-07-21	2009-07-21	DTD	0	0	Left	Hand	Contusion		-
2009-05-03	2009-05-04	DTD	1	1		Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2009-03-14	2009-03-23	Camp	9	0	Left	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2009-03-12	2009-03-13	Camp	1	0	Left	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2008-07-23	2008-07-25	DTD	2	1	Right	Knee	Soreness		-
2007-08-29	2007-09-25	DTD	27	24	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2002-05-14	2002-06-25	15-DL	42	38	Left	Fingers	Fracture	Index Finger Sliding	-
2001-09-29	2001-10-07	DTD	8	9	Left	Wrist	Soreness		-
2001-08-20	2001-08-28	DTD	8	7	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2000-05-30	2000-07-12	15-DL	43	39	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
1992-07-05	1992-09-05	Minors	62	0	Left	Wrist	Contusion	Severe Hamate Contusion	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2010	LAN	$20,000,000
2009	LAN	$25,000,000
2008	BOS	$22,000,000
2007	BOS	$20,000,000
2006	BOS	$21,000,000
2005	BOS	$22,000,000
2004	BOS	$22,500,000
2003	BOS	$20,000,000
2002	BOS	$17,500,000
2001	BOS	$15,000,000
2000	CLE	$4,250,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$209,250,000
13 yr	Total	$209,250,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
17 y 42 d	Alex Esteban	1 year (2014)

Details

1 year (2014). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 5/25/14 (minor-league contract as player-coach).
1 year (2013). Signed by Texas as a free agent 7/3/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 8/13/13.
1 year (2012). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 2/20/12 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.5M in majors. Released by Oakland (by request) 6/15/12.
1 year/$2.02M (2011). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 1/22/11. Retired 3/8/11 after positive PED test. Filed for reinstatement 12/5/11.
2 years/$45M (2009-10). Re-signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 3/4/09. 09:$25M, 10:$20M player option. $30M deferred without interest: 2009: $10M in season, $15M pd in 3 installments of $5M 6/30 2010-12. 2010: $5M in season, $15M paid in installments of $3,333,333 6/30 2011-12 and $8,333,333 6/30/13. Full no-trade clause. Ramirez exercised 2010 option 11/6/09.
8 years/$160M (2001-08), plus 2009-10 club option. $16M signing bonus paid over 5 years. 01:$13M, 02:$15.5M, 03:$18M, 04:$20.5M, 05:$20M, 06:$19M, 07:$18M, 08:$20M, 09:$20M club option, 10:$20M club option. $3M deferred in 2011. $4M annually deferred 2002-08. Performance bonuses. Award bonuses, including $75,000 for All-Star, $75,000 for 4th in 2005 MVP vote. $1M assignment bonus if traded. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Boston 7/31/08.
4 years/$10.1M (1996-99), plus 2000 club option. Signed extension with Cleveland. 96:$1.1M, 97:$2M, 98:$2.85M, 99:$4.1M, 00:$4.25M club option. Cleveland exercised option 11/99.
Previously represented by Scott Boras, Greg Genske and Jeff Moorad.
Drafted by Cleveland 1991 (1-13) (George Washington HS, New York).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-02-06 23:00:00 (link to chat)	Yo Wilson. It seems a smart move is to draft low minor SS. Heading into this season some early targets on my list are Miguelangel Sierra and Fernando Tatis Jr. I am not sure how to interpret their performances from last year and what to expect. Care to hit us with some knowledge on these players to make a informed decision? (David from Not Sure)	Sierra is a kid we got great internals on during list-making. I wouldn't get too caught up in the Appy HR total, as he was appropriately exposed as Not Manny Ramirez in the NYPL. But he's got the goods to develop into a real good SS, with a stick to be valuable at the position. Tatis is veeeery likely a 3B, and he's already shown a bunch of aggressive swing-and-miss, but there's a quality fantasy bat in here somewhere. Always bet on big-league bloodlines when in doubt, and take a last-round flyer if your league goes 175-200 deep - maaaybe 150 if you're feeling salty? (Wilson Karaman)
2015-04-06 15:15:00 (link to chat)	A left-fielder other than Hanley catches that double by Howard, yeah? (Pushka from O. )	Maybe? It looked like Hanley got a fair jump on it, but he's not out there for his defense. That said, the guy was a shortstop as recently as last year. He's not unathletic. I think he'll be fine out there. Hey, if Manny Ramirez could do it... (Matthew Kory)
2015-02-04 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Manny Ramirez racked up an amazing -276 runs on defense. Would you take vogelbach or manny as a ninth inning defensive replacement? (brentdaily from Colorado)	Adam Dunn, probably. (Jordan Gorosh)
2015-02-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who would you rather put in LF as a 9th inning defensive replacement - Manny Ramirez (2nd worst all-time by DEF score) or Dan Vogelbach? I can't get enough of Manny's defensive highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCdp-pSA8kc (brentdaily from colorado)	Me. (Harry Pavlidis)
2013-05-10 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Doug, Garin Cecchini is tearing up A+ this year and with Middlebrooks and possibly Bogaerts in front of him at 3B do you see him making a move to the OF ? (Bob from Boston)	Given his questionable defense and the aforementioned players ahead of Cecchini on the depth chart, I would say that a move to the OF or 1B could very well be in his future. Cecchini may not have the range for the OF - of course LF in Fenway is small enough to make Manny Ramirez acceptable - and with Napoli only signed for one year and not much else in the pipeline at the cold corner, I could ultimately see Cecchini at 1B. On the jukebox: Ennio Morricone, "Ecstasy of Gold" (Doug Thorburn)
2012-10-16 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm in the college football hall of fame, and woulda made Canton, but I bet on the '62 title game, and got busted. Just say no to gambling, Webster! Q: Would you vote for Manny Ramirez for the HOF, or do his PED violations effectively disqualify him, Ben? (Alex Karras from Football Valhalla At Ya)	I won't have a real vote for another nine years, but if he's still on the ballot in 2021 or so, and they haven't kicked me out of the BBWAA yet, I believe I'll vote for him. (Ben Lindbergh)
2012-06-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	From the Indians in 90s, who on their roster had the most value? (Paul from DC)	Offhand I'd guess Jim Thome was the most valuable during their run, followed by Albert Belle, who didn't stay for all of it, and Manny Ramirez, who was limited by his defense (not that Thome wasn't). I don't have the means to run a query at the moment to confirm this, but I'll see if I can get to something like that soon. (Jay Jaffe)
2012-05-31 14:00:00 (link to chat)	A question and a statement requiring a response: 1) Just how many cats do you have? 2) Equate each to a baseball player. (mattymatty2000 from Portland, OR)	I have three cats. The oldest is Joey From the Bronx. The middle one is Tami Taylor. The youngest is Archer. (Not named after the TV show, though I do love the TV show. Named after Lew Archer. Her unofficial first name is Louise.) Joey is Manny Ramirez, who grew up for some time in Washington Heights (we were living in Inwood when we got Joey). He used to be really good at what he did (murdering creatures smaller than him), and he might have some things left in the tank, but he's mostly a mascot now. Tami is Lance Berkman -- slow, round, and goofy, but a surprisingly effective cat for all of that. Archer is Billy Hamilton, young, full of vigor and cockiness. (Jason Wojciechowski)
2012-05-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I heard on an Astros podcast a few weeks ago that the team had Wilton Lopez throw pitches from the mound while blindfolded to try to get him to focus on his mechanics. Is this awesome or crazy? Best weird training/coaching story you've heard? (Bill from Amsterdam)	A little of both. No training story is popping to mind, but I do recall a Manny Ramirez preparation story. The legend goes like this: Ramirez's team was playing Roy Halladay. He told everyone that Halladay was going to throw him a curve, and when that happened, Manny was going to blast it. Two at-bats come and go, no curves, no hits. Third at-bat, Ramirez gets his curve and crushes it. Tangibly related: Ken Ravizza had a ton of weird, funny little tricks he used with the Cal Fullerton baseball team. Read about those here. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-04-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Good chat. Over the last 15 - 20 years, who are some of your favorite players to go to the ballpark and see play and why? (Jerome from T Hills)	Some of them are obvious - warts and all, I'm thrilled that I've gotten to see Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez as often as I have over the years - both have provided some incredible moments. Mariano Rivera, of course. I'm lucky to have seen Tim Raines and Rickey Henderson relatively late in their careers. Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner and Randy Johnson were pretty special because the Mariners were a favorite before I came to New York, and a common point of reference for me and my brother. Manny Ramirez, when he was still an Indian, was a lot of fun. Jim Thome was a beast who seemed to homer every time he came to town. Going further back, I'm thrilled I got to see Fernando Valenzuela pitch in person, even if it was only spring training. Likewise for seeing Reggie Jackson in spring training - both were huge parts of my childhood and adolesence. My first regular season major league game was Roger Clemens vs. Nolan Ryan in 1989 (read about it in today's column). That was incredibly special in retrospect because Ryan always meant a great deal to me. I'm sure I've forgotten somebody, but that's a good start. (Jay Jaffe)
2012-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Players like Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon will/may miss chunks of the season but for different reasons. Which older players with either reduced roles or other circumstances limiting games played are worth gambling on this season? (Tony035 from Toronto, ON)	Juan Pierre is interesting in Philadelphia, at least for the first couple months of the year for cheap steals. Tim Hudson might miss a month of the year, but he'll be good when he's healthy, and he came pretty cheap in LABR this weekend ($7). A.J. Burnett same deal ($3), but I like him in the NL and PNC Park. (Derek Carty)
2012-02-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay: Is there any way Manny Ramirez has anything left? I remember a piece from some years ago, I think by Bill James, that pointed out that truly great hitters often have a single rebound year in them after they appear cooked. Willie McCovey comes to mind; Cal Ripken hit .340 after he started taking days off. I don't understand the A's wanting Ramirez, and am hoping you or someone -- anyone -- can shed light on it. (oira79 from San Francisco)	I think it's possible - let's not forget that the power drought at the end of Ramirez's 2010 season came after he'd served three DL stints for leg issues and needed sports hernia surgery. That said, his age, the layoff, and the miserable hitting environment of the Oakland Mausoleum are working against him, so don't expect too much. As to what the A's see in it, that's not hard - he'll sell a few tickets, and if he gets hot, he'll hit his way out of town sometime between July 31 and August 31 while giving the A's some small return on their investment. (Jay Jaffe)
2011-01-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	who is the 1 FA who has surprised you in terms of not yet finding a home for 2011? (frank from vegas)	It was Jim Thome. At this point I would say Manny Ramirez. Not because I expect him to be fantastic, but because from almost day one of free agency, he and Scott Boras basically said "Will work for food", and there are plenty of teams who could use a DH willing to post a .400 OBP on the cheap. (Marc Normandin)
2010-11-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Victor Martinez, Dan Uggla, Manny Ramirez, etc have all been linked to Toronto. What sort of delightful alternate reality have I slipped into unknowingly? Not since the days of Cone, Morris, Winfield, and Stewart have I been able to feel something other than dread or stark fear of the winter meetings as a Blue Jays fan. I could get used to this. (Will from Mactaquac)	Exciting, isn't it? All of those guys would be in line for a power boost at Rogers Centre (who wouldn't, really), and if a couple of them end up there, the Jays would have some serious third-place buzz going, at the very least. You know when you boil eggs for too long, lose track of time, and end up with milky egg white all over everything? That just happened to me. And yes, despite how this may sound, I'm actually talking about boiling eggs. (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-11-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What will Jocketty do to keep Baker from inserting Gomes in the everyday lineup in 2011? (thomas from Columbus)	I wonder if the Reds would sign Manny Ramirez. I don't know why that thought came to me the other day, but it did. No, Ramirez doesn't provide a defensive upgrade or anything, but short of Jocketty naming himself manager and forcing a platoon with Nix, there would have to be some type of big splash to prevent Gomes from playing very frequently. (Eric Seidman)
2010-10-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Rumor is the Red Sox open up the vault for Crawford. Does that make sense, as the Monster means he has that much less room to cover LF, with his top-flight defense thus being less valuable in Boston than elsewhere? (DrManhattan from NYC)	The Red Sox won't sign him for seven years, which seems to be the number everyone is repeating. They will be in on Jayson Werth though, since he can be signed for five years in what will probably turn out out to be the 2011 equivalent of a J.D. Drew contract. It is an easy left field to play in the sense that there is less room to cover, but you still have 81 road games to play, and just as important as his speed and range are his defensive instincts. I would expect him to be able to cut off a lot of shallow outfield singles and turn them into outs if he played in Fenway. There are ways to use the lack of area to cover to your advantage with his skillset--even Manny Ramirez used to be able to rob people of singles or hold them to them. (Marc Normandin)
2010-08-24 14:30:00 (link to chat)	As a Twins fan, the thought of the White Sox obtaining Manny Ramirez is a bit worrisome. What kind of impact, if any, would you see him making for the White Sox down the stretch? (StatFreak101 from Wisconsin)	The current White Sox DH crew is a pretty motley lot--Manny's current and projected rates rates would be a major improvement over some combination of Quentin, Kotsay, Teahen, et al. Over the course of a month, that upgrade isn't nearly enough to make up a 4.5 game deficit on its own, though. (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-05-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is my potential franchise player tag still there or has that ship sailed away? (Delmon Young from Minny)	I still get a kick out of the Manny Ramirez comps from a guy who had no plate patience or strike zone recognition. Never been a huge fan, and I think the upside is above-average player, not superstar. (Marc Normandin)
2010-03-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Will, can you settle - or at least address a question for me. A steroid-obsessed yahoo I know is convinced that Carlos Beltran's knee problems are related to/caused by steroid usage. Avoiding my pointing out, for example, Andre Dawson's knee issues as being rather parallel to Beltran's as a type of player having said problems, he insists that steroids are the cause of the injuries. I suppose my question is twofold, one being perhaps unanswerable. 1) Can steroids be reasonably linked to the kinds of health issues Beltran has had the last few years, and 2) Has Beltran ever been linked to persistent steroid usage? Many thanks for your time. (gilgamesh from NYC)	1) No, but reason and steroids seldom go together. I'd agree with the Dawson comp. 2) Beltran has never failed a steroid test to my knowledge. Then again, neither had Manny Ramirez until he did. (Will Carroll)
2009-10-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Colletti's extension? (David from Sonoma State University, CA)	You know how some players have their best years right as they're about to become free agents? That's what happened with Colletti - he had a fantastic year. No new dumb contracts, great plays towards the end of the winter to get bargains on Randy Wolf, Orlando Hudson and Manny Ramirez (who exercised his player option and will return, according to the tweets I've received today), and smart in-season acquisitions that helped the team reach the NLCS at minimal future cost (though Josh Bell does make me wince a little). Hell, even Juan Pierre made him look good by playing well during Manny's absence. The Dodgers have now made the postseason in three of Colletti's four years, and while that certainly owes something to his predecessor, Paul DePodesta, and his underlings, Logan White, Kim Ng and DeJon Watson, it's very tough to kick a guy out the door when he's at the helm of a team with that recent track record. Which doesn't mean he doesn't scare the bejesus out of me as a Dodger fan at times, but I guess I'd rather hear him say he's not trading the Dodgers core youngsters for an ace (as he did last week) than floating the idea of trading a Kershaw or a Kemp (as he did last winter). (Jay Jaffe)
2009-09-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Nats fans were really pleased to see Nyjer Morgan respond to the trade from the Pirates. Do you expect a full recovery from his broken hand and similar numbers (albeit not .350avg over the whole year) with the Nats next season? (Kdub34 from Washington)	He'll recover from the hand, but then he'll go back to being Nyjer Morgan. He's a great guy to interview or have in the clubhouse because of his positive outlook and genuine happiness to be where he is, but on a good team he's a fourth OF. If you have a guy like JD Drew or Josh Hamilton (or Manny Ramirez, for defensive reasons) then Morgan's not a bad fit. (Will Carroll)
2009-09-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Josh Willingham- Fluke or legit? His numbers are among the top 3 OF in all of baseball. (Jacob from Kentucky)	I don't see it. Even if you limit the proposition to just left fielders, he's fourth behind Adam Dunn, Manny Ramirez, and Ryan Braun. His performance at this specific level is fluky, but he'll be a good contributor for the next several seasons. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-09-14 16:30:00 (link to chat)	What are the chances that Charlie Manuel deep-sixes the Phils chances by insisting that Lidge is the closer in the post season? Surely someone in the front office will ask him to stop, right? (mattymatty from Phillly, PA)	He did pull him out of the closer role in favor of Madson recently, though Lidge did get one of the two saves in the doubleheader yesterday. Manuel clearly doesn't have the confidence in his ability to turn it around that he did earlier this year, but I think he still wants him to succeed terribly. If he was willing to yank him in the 9th inning against the Nationals, I have to imagine he's not going put him out there against Manny Ramirez if he's not showing improvement. Eric Seidman's article the other week doesn't make it sound all that likely he will. (Matt Swartz)
2009-08-19 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Good afternoon Jay ... thanks for the chat. Has the cloud of PEDs tarnished or thrown into the question the relevance of election to the HOF? (and yes, I know the exclusion of African-Americans prior to 1947 tarnished the HOF already) Jeter is a HOFer, yes? A-Rod, in the wake of his "confession"? Damon? (dianagramr from Cubehenge)	Hi Diana. I think the question of PEDs and the Hall of Fame is an open one that will take at least a decade to tell us anything even remotely conclusive. As hard as it may be to envision the players outed as steroid users via one means or another actually getting in, I have a much harder time envisioning the Hall's relevance without guys like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez. As for Jeter, he's a lock; this year puts him over the line as far as JAWS is concerned, and he's got the kind of resume writers will love. Damon's going to have to get somewhere on his push for 3,000 hits to have much traction; he's got just two All-Star appearances and scores well below average on the Hall of Fame Monitor and HOF Standards metrics. A-Rod will get there eventually, I think, particularly if he keeps to this new STFU PR strategy. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-06-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's the Athlete's Passport? (P Bu from St. Louis)	Oh -- good question. The AP is a document that shows the date of each test and the result. WADA uses it with most Olympic athletes and it has to be presented at some tournaments to show "good standing." Baseball could do the same thing with a document or even a website. Wouldn't it have been better to have the Inquirer ask "hey, some blogger says you might have done steroids" and have Ibanez pull out a document that said "Ibanez, tested 3/23 clean, 5/10 clean" etc. Heck, just put up the negative results on MLB.com. I don't see a valid argument that a negative(clean) test would be an invasion of privacy. How about this -- instead of the crappy PSA's baseball has now, why not have Albert Pujols stand up on camera and show the fifteen or so negative tests he's taken. (Yes, you could say that Manny Ramirez also has a lot of negatives and that one positive ...) (Will Carroll)
2009-06-03 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Can anyone beat the Dodgers in the NL West? (Jake from LA)	I'll never say never as to whether somebody could beat them out, but they looked like the class of the division at the outset of the year, and even with the major blow of losing Manny Ramirez for a third of the season they've widened the gap. The NL West flag is theirs to lose. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-06-03 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Not a team related question, but one regarding individual players. How do you see these players ranking over the next five years: Lance Berkman, Vladimir Guerrero, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Lee, Manny Ramirez. Thanks. (Krams706 from Boston)	Wow, you named four 33-year-olds and a 37-year-old, and you want to know what their next five years look like? Sell now, because they're not going to be getting better, and in many cases -- I'm thinking Vlad and Lee, particularly -- I think the decline will be precipitous due to injuries and conditioning. If I had to pick one to own five years from now it would probably be Soriano because of his body type. PECOTA appears to agree, though it also puts in a good word for Berkman. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-05-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Uh, is "kidney procedure" the new slang for superdupersteroids, or did Joe Mauer just decide to stop messing around and become Mike Piazza? (Dan Pawson from Boston, MA)	I traded him in Tout. No, really it's just the normal small-sample variations you'll see in any two week period for almost any player. Juan Pierre is tearing it up in Manny Ramirez's absence, but it doesn't make him a great player. Mauer is a great player and he's on one of those runs that you just sit back and enjoy. (Will Carroll)
2009-05-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Interesting you mention Manny Ramirez and the Beatles in the same sentence. Does the performance enhancement of other entertainers color your view of PED use in sports? (ashitaka from long beach, ca)	That's a really, really difficult question, if I even understand it. Does that mean, do I think less of John Lennon because songs like "I Am the Walrus," "She Said, She Said," and "Across the Universe" were written under the influence of LSD? I'm always disappointed when my heroes are not as perfect as I want them to be (as perfect as I am! Ha!), and since I strongly disapprove of drug use, I always hate to learn that a favorite artist is a user. Still, the art is the art is the art and we should evaluate it based on what it is, I guess, and not where it came from. I guess it's a little different in sports because we want our athletes to be on a level playing field, however mythical the concept, whereas there's no level playing field in creativity... I feel like I could toy with this forever and still be as incoherent as I have been to this point, so I'm going to just move on. (Steven Goldman)
2009-03-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	You know when missing Manny hit me? When the playoffs got under way, he hit a bomb off a reliever against the Cubs. The pitch was either a curve or a change, middle of the plate, but too low, almost at his ankles. And he just leaned over and golfed it over the wall. Like it was nothing. Remember when he high fived the fan in the stands last year before gunning a guy down at first? (Rob from Brighton)	Hey there Rob, what's happening? I'm glad I'm not the only Boston fan who misses the guy. Manny Ramirez is my favorite player in baseball. I don't care if he's a selfish jerk like some people say, or that he's a space case, or that the dude can't field to save his life, there is no one more fun to watch at the plate. I miss having him in Boston, and it's even worse that he went to the Dodgers (remember, my other favorite team is the Padres. He may as well have signed in New York). I want someone to sign him, and now, even if it's Los Angeles again. (Marc Normandin)
2009-02-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you think of Seattle's decision to sign Josh Fields relative to the option of just taking the pick in the upcoming draft? (Jay J. from Tacoma, WA)	I understand the heat the move has taken with Mariners fans, but I don't really mind the move. As I noted above, a lot of the college pitchers that will be available around pick 21 are future relievers themselves, and Fields is probably better than the lot of them (except maybe Volz). Also, as I saw Dave Cameron note, there's a real possibility that Fields starts in West Tenn, dominates, and ends up contributing for Seattle this season. It's not a terrible move given this draft, although I am a bit confused why in a baseball economy that has Manny Ramirez unsigned on February 17, a college senior managed to get over slot money with no discernible leverage. (Bryan Smith)
2009-02-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Would it be reasonable for a small market team to sign Manny Ramirez with the sole intention of flipping him for a bunch of prospects at the deadline? Maybe he will sell some tickets for a few months and could result in a nice return. (brian from brooklyn)	The risk there is that Ramirez has never really played for a bad team in a small market, and if you're signing him to trade him, you have to hope that doing so doesn't have a negative effect on his performance. Remember, too, that Ramirez isn't finding suitors when all it will cost to sign him is money. Is there any guarantee teams will pay talent for two months of him at the deadline? I wouldn't do it. I'd sign him because he'd make my team better, but I would not do so intending to make a deadline deal. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-02-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Let's play a hypothetical; if Manny Ramirez doesn't get a contract he wants and retires (I know, just play along) where would it rank in bizarre career endings in American sports history? Has a player of Manny's caliber ever retired in such circumstances? (Joe from Tewksbury, MA)	I'm not entirely sure how to frame the answer. Will Clark comes to mind. Barry Bonds. Michael Jordan's first two walkaways, maybe. Barry Sanders. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay, do you ever recall an off-season when so many veteran players were unsigned by this point? It's one thing when you are talking about Junior Griffey who has little value left, and a guy like Manny or to a lesser degree Abreu, who while in decline, can still provide...something. (AlexBelth from Bronx, NY)	My man Alex! I think you'd have to go back to the collusion era (1985-1987 offseasons) to find so many big names out there who remain unsigned. While I'm not suggesting anything so nefarious is afoot, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if a decade from now somebody unearths evidence to the contrary there. Doubling this up with another good question you've asked ("Has your analytical work been more difficult this year with all these free agents still out there in limbo?") I think the offseason climate created by the economy and the slow pace of player movement has provided one of the more daunting challenges I've ever faced in this industry. Teams like the Brewers and Dodgers (both of whom I cover in BP09) still haven't come close to completing their offseason work with regards to replacing big guns like CC Sabathia and Manny Ramirez, making any legitimate assessment of their 2009 chances very difficult. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Where does a player like Adam Dunn land in this mess of a marketplace? I can't think of any good fits off the top of my head (maybe Anaheim?) where his skillset meshes well with the team's needs and likely tolerances... (Aaron from YYZ)	It's difficult to believe that a 29-year-old who's reached 40 homers in each of hte last five seasons won't find a home eventually. Slotted at first base, he'd be a decent play for the Nationals, who could undoubtedly use his thump. I've argued before (http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1148908/index.htm) that he would make good sense for the Dodgers in the event they don't re-sign Manny Ramirez, since they haven't had a player top 20 homers since Jeff Kent in 2005. Though he lacks Manny's charisma, even moving into the least hitter-friendly park of his career he'd be an imposing middle-of-the-order presence, and he's hardly a major step down from Manny defensively. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-11-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Should the Dodgers re-sign Manny Ramirez? (laynef from Texas)	If they can get him to sign a two-year deal? Sure. Even 3/75 works for me. I don't know what you do with $27 million of fourth outfielder next year, but deal with the problem later. (If signing Ramirez is going to lead to a Kemp or Ethier trade, however, do NOT sign him. The combination of moves would be a net negative.) (Joe Sheehan)
2008-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I think the problem with the deadball era is that it's a completely different game. Offensive and defensive have ebbed and flowed throughout the years but different factors thereof still had similar relative values. It's hard to make sense of an era where scoring was way down, averages were way up, power meant triples, everyone stole at a 50% clip and usage and equipment changes since mean contemporary pitching is almost irrelevant as a comparison point. The sixties are a distant, distant second place in the whole "no rational frame of reference" game. And I say this as someone whose loved the era ever since you recommended Crazy 08 and The Glory of Their Times to me at the Boston book signing! (jackalltogether from Boston)	Glad you took me up on those books. There are some really good ones. I also like "The Pitch that Killed," about Ray Chapman and Carl Mays... For me, history, even baseball history, is all about people and their high and low moments, their heroism, their villainy, the fact that they succeeded and failed just like you and me. The challenge as a writer is to bring them to life as people, not just stats. That's what I try to do, though it's sometimes a little difficult in the context of a 1500-word column. Also, even though all the differences you point out are true, a lot of the team-building and strategic problems are relateable. If I ask you to choose between PH A and PH B in a World Series game, and describe the strengths and weaknesses of each, we can second-guess along whether we're talking about Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker or Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker vs. Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay? The Analogy Police have reported you to Joe (jackalltogether from Boston)	That was totally random, of course. You really can't go wrong, can you? Bay is the one that doesn't belong, I guess. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Brien Taylor? Never heard that story, please tell. (carp1626 from Warrensburg)	Taylor was the #1 overall pick in the 1991 draft, a high school southpaw with great stuff taken by the Yankees. He went ahead of Dmitri Young (#4), Manny Ramirez (#13), Cliff Floyd (#14), Shawn Green (#16), and several other future major leaguers. As with many hard-throwing young lefties, he struggled with control, but he was definitely projectable, reaching AA at 21. Unfortunately, that winter he got into a bar fight and was thrown down on his pitching arm. He missed a full year recovering, and when he came back he just had nothing left. ...You know what's interesting about that? I never thought about this before, but the Yankees left Taylor throw a million pitches at 20 and 21 (160 innings each year with tons of walks and strikeouts). I wonder if his arm would have fallen off even without the bar fight. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Given the contracts that they would be looking to sign would you rather sign Pat Burrell or Manny Ramirez this offseason? (Brian from brooklyn)	Manny Ramirez, and I love Pat Burrell as much as the next fan of his. I don't expect Manny to slug .700 forever, but there's not an NL team that can't use someone that can tear apart inferior pitching like he can. (Marc Normandin)
2008-10-06 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Given what the difference in salary will be, would you rather sign Manny Ramirez of Pat Burrell (if you were the Mets)? (Brian from brooklyn)	Probably Ramirez. It's close. I think I'd spend the marginal dollars for the extra 40 points of BA and the other stuff that comes with it, and the likelihood of a slower downslope. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-09-23 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Hi Joe, thanks for the chat. If you had a vote, would Manny Ramirez crack your top 10 for the NL MVP? (jtrichey from Indianapolis)	Without looking, I'll say "no." There are so many players having strong seasons in the NL that I can't see Ramirez, with negative defensive value, beating out 10 of them in full-season value. I mean, wouldn't you have to put Andre Ethier--who's matched Ramirez's performance at the plate since the trade, runs circles around him defensively and was there all year--ahead of Ramirez? (Joe Sheehan)
2008-09-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can Andre Ethier get a little more attention for what he's been doing, please? (Odie from Portland)	Ethier has been tearing it up, no doubt, and I've been seeing quite a lot of his exploits lately. .390/.455/.820 over the past month, and .500/.582/.957 over the past two-ish weeks batting in front of Manny Ramirez. You had to know that the only way the whole Juan Pierre debacle could be put to rest was if Ethier went white-hot, and luckily, Little Peanuthead has one start since August 20. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-08-01 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Manny Ramirez in a Joe Torre clubhouse? That should be interesting... ...Or does Joe not care anymore? (Nick Stone from New York, NY)	Hey Nick! I think it will be fine so long as Manny's in the lineup instead of Pierre... He got what he asked for, so it's put-up-and-shut-up time for him. And let's face it, the only time Torre's really appeared to have had a problem tamping down on what was going on in the clubhouse was circa 2006 with regards to Alex Rodriguez, who's still bigger and more radioactive than Manny is right now. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-06-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Here's a fantasy question for you if you're interested. I'd much appreciate it. Someone in my league just traded Ryan Howard, Justin Verlander, Josh Beckett, Curtis Granderson and Manny Ramirez for Cliff Lee, Ervin Santana, Carlos Gomez, Torii Hunter, Erik Bedard and Garrett Atkins. A lot of people are screaming veto, and I have to agree. The trade doesn't have any 'needs-based' or 'long-term' mitigating factors, either. As an important aside, the team getting the first set of players is in third while the other guy is near the bottom. Would you exercise a veto on this deal? Thanks! (havens from bristol, CT)	Are we assuming good faith in this deal? Often a league has someone in it who is the Randy Smith of fantasy GMs and just gets suckered by everybody. I think that guy is fair game -- if he wears diapers, he shouldn't have been allowed in the league in the first place. I'm not for exercising the veto except in really apparent cases of dumping... You know, there was a parallel case in actual baseball, where for awhile Bowie Kuhn was negating trades just because he didn't like the players involved. He was actually sitting there and passing judgment on what the GMs were doing. Imagine if Bud Selig came in and said "Mets, you're overpaying for Johan Santana. No deal." That kind of thing was happening, and the more obvious opposite case as well, where he would have said, "Twins, Carlos Gomez isn't good enough. You need to hold out for a better position player or no deal." Like much of Kuhn's reign it was pathetic and unintentionally comical. (Steven Goldman)
2008-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Brian Bannister said after being pounded in Texas last night (paraphrasing): I'm a fly ball pitcher who pitches to contact in with the wind blowing out, I'm the last pitching in baseball we wanted on the mound tonight. His intelligence is well-known by now, but isn't it still refreshing for a major leaguer, in one quote, to reference park factors and accurately assess his own abilities and shortcomings? (BL from Bozeman, MT)	That's a fantastic comment. It'll never catch on, but I love hearing baseball players talk about baseball, instead of interpersonal relations, or spouting cliches, or what have you. Maybe they don't all have much to say, but wouldn't you love to talk about hitting mechanics with Barry Bonds or Manny Ramirez, or pitch selection with Pedro Martinez, or footwork with Jeff Kent? There's a lot of baseball out there to be covered in the gaps between this controversy and the next one. We're working on it. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-03-25 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Christina: Travis Hafner, Kent Hrbek awaiting or just an injury plagued 07 and return to mashing? On the same note, who do you like the best this year of Manny Ramirez, Justin Morneau, or Travis Hafner? Thanks CK. Love your work. (sriramk1027 from Palo ALto)	I'm not a Pronk believer, I'm sad to say. A short career arc for a guy who got a late start shouldn't have surprised everyone as much as it did. From that trio, I'll pick Morneau, because I figure he'll regain ground lost last season while batting in the middle of a stronger overall Twins lineup. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-03-18 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Jim, What does your crystal ball see in 2008 for Manny, Abreu and Andruw Jones ? Thanks. (joe from mich)	I think Manny Ramirez will have a better year in 2008 than he did last year. I think Abreu will be about the same, perhaps a little worse, as he is getting into the decline phase of his career, and I think Jones will look better on paper but that we have seen the best he has to offer. Jones should hit more homers because Dodger Stadium treats folks that way, but the extra weight is troubling. All of these players are in the 2008 Prospectus Matchups Contest I'm currently running, which leads me to this next question.... (Jim Baker)
2008-03-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Manny Ramirez - contract year rebound or continued decline? I have to believe that, if he has another year like last year, neither the Red Sox nor anyone else will give him $20 MM a year going forward. (Sully from Los Angeles)	I see it this way...if Manny does what he did last year, the Sox will probably be able to re-sign him for less money than he is making now after declining his option. If not, the Sox have to look elsewhere. As for whether he'll decline or not, I think we're done seeing the monster Manny campaigns, but he has spent a lot of time keeping in shape this winter in order to stave off the effects of aging. It would be interesting to see just how effective that can be, since normally he just works on his technique rather than physique. I'm not sure he'll rebound, but I'll vote for stasis. (Marc Normandin)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	Jake (California): How can I find statistics on multiple-home run games? I would like to find out who had the most multiple-home run games over the past few years. That's a job for the awesome Baseball-Reference.com Play Index, which is well worth the subscription price if you lie awake at nights wondering such things. Here's a list of multi-homer games since 2000: http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/b2ezk Alex Rodriguez leads with 42 of them since then, followed by Manny Ramirez at 36 and Vlad Guerrero at 35. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-10-15 17:00:00	2009 NLCS Game One (Phillies/Dodgers)	Belliard really does look like a miniature Manny Ramirez. (Eric Seidman)
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	Caray: "This is part of their offensive [plan] without Manny Ramirez." Yeah, they had to adjust, going from a left fielder slugging .529 to one slugging .527. I want a job where I can just make things up and have no one question me. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	108. Nice unintentional symbolism. I'm happy to see Lou didn't hang Zambrano out there. Seeing him go from 91 to 95 gave every indication that Zambrano was reaching back, the time he's most likely to get injured. Part of that is adrenaline as he faces Manny Ramirez, but credit to Lou for getting him out. I'd have rather seen him pulled for a pinch, but not that big a difference. (Will Carroll)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	"SaberTJ (Cleveland): What kind of record could we have expected from the Dodgers if Furcal was healthy all season? This offense looks impressive. " They were 18-12 when he went down, IIRC. So I think 90 wins was within reach, although I don't think they trade for Manny Ramirez in that universe. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	Everyone go to Unfiltered right now. Eric Seidman's findings on Manny Ramirez are pretty cool. (Will Carroll)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	Steven, Sure, but I actually REMEMBER Floyd coming up. Ah, the Eastern League in 1993. Cliff Floyd: .329/.412/.600 in 101 games with 26 HR and 31 SB Manny Ramirez: .340/.416/.581 in 89 games (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	Steven, Floyd always makes me kind of sad. He's one of the ultimate 'what if' goes in terms of health. Back in the early 90s, the great debate over who was the best prospect in baseball revolved around him or Manny Ramirez. (Kevin Goldstein)

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