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I hate to give rumors the time of day, but some almost make time stop.
From the Toronto Star:
A few moments of uncertainty set in during [Toronto's] entertaining 10 inning, 6-5 win when ESPN Radio reported Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi had completed a trade in principle that would send superstar slugger Carlos Delgado to the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielder Juan Encarnacion and left-handed pitching prospect Brian Morris.
"I don't know where it (report) came from," Ricciardi said about the report, which was flatly denied in Toronto and even surprised the Dodgers front office last night.
My favorite part of this rumor is that no player named Brian Morris exists either in the Baseball America or Baseball Cube databases. Now that's the kind of prospect you don't mind parting with.
Putting that aside, Carlos Delgado, who makes $19.7 million this year, is, believe it or not, having a worse season than Shawn Green.
Green: .328 on-base percentage, .430 slugging percentage, .758 OPS, .269 EQA
Delgado: .335 on-base percentage, .394 slugging percentage, .729 OPS, .262 EQA
Perhaps Delgado, five months older than Green but unburdened by labrum problems, has a brighter future - but he's hardly a player the Frank McCourt Dodgers would seemingly want to pursue at this point.
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