Yankees close to signing Kelly Johnson

[bloodbrother]

Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1 18m

#Yankees close to signing Kelly Johnson to a 1-yr about $2.75-3M. Plan is to play a lot around diamond, potential 2b option if Cano leaves

 

 

$2.75-$3 mill for 1yr is very solid. There goes a potential stopgap option for the Halos if they end up trading Kendrick

[SoWhat]

Speaking of Kendrick, the Reds have said that they aren't going to trade Phillips. That should help Kendrick's market quite a bit

[Stradling]

What teams need a 2nd baseman?

[Inside Pitch]

Speaking of Kendrick, the Reds have said that they aren't going to trade Phillips. That should help Kendrick's market quite a bit

 

When did they say that -- MLB Network stated they had a source in Cinci saying they were pretty confident they would move him by the end of next week.

[Brent Maguire]

What teams need a 2nd baseman?

Blue Jays and Royals definitely need one.

 

I still think the Dodgers would be interested. Guerrero is supposed to start there but he's no sure thing and they can also use someone at 3rd and Howie has the potential to play there. 

[Brent Maguire]

When did they say that -- MLB Network stated they had a source in Cinci saying they were pretty confident they would move him by the end of next week.

"For much of the offseason, many in baseball expected the Cincinnati Reds to trade second baseman Brandon Phillips.

A deal, however, appears increasingly unlikely, according to major-league sources."

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/cincinnati-reds-unlikely-to-trade-brandon-phillips-after-all-120313

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

When did they say that -- MLB Network stated they had a source in Cinci saying they were pretty confident they would move him by the end of next week.

Reds Unlikely To Trade Brandon Phillips

By Zach Links [December 3 at 10:09pm CST]

The Reds are now unlikely to trade Brandon Phillips, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter). The second baseman has been in trade whispers for quite some time, but it now appears that GM Walt Jocketty & Co. will hang on to him despite a lack of available quality options at the position.

Phillips, 32, batted .261/.310/.396 with 18 home runs this season but was involved in a pair of ugly PR incidents: one in which he publicly complained about how the Reds handled his contract negotiations and another in which went on a tirade against a Cincinnati reporter for pointing to his low on-base percentage. He is owed $50MM over the final four years of his six-year, $72.5MM contract.

The Yankees and Royals have both been linked to him this offseason, but it's not known how serious things got for either team. Phillips' 2013 batting line was down from his previous six seasons in Cincinnati where he hit .280/.329/.446.

[Docwaukee]

What teams need a 2nd baseman?

doens't seem like many matchups for us. 

[Inside Pitch]

What teams need a 2nd baseman?

 

The Angels if they trade Kendrick...  

[Inside Pitch]

Thanks for the links on Phillips -- hopefully that means if there is a market, the Halos can play hardball.

[disarcina]

good signing by Yanks.......I'm more impressed with this signing than the long term, big dollars they did today.

 

Johnson pretty decent. Good bench depth guy. Can play all around infield. And can play 2B well enough in case Cano doesn't come crawling back to NY after his demands fall on deaf ears.