Baseball Babe #78 Honors Manny Ramirez Minor League Signing with Oakland A's

The Oakland Athletics dipped into the well and with little investment and minimal risk are taking their chances with Manny Ramirez.

Manny coming off of his reduced to 50 games suspension this season for an illegal drug failed test signed a minor league contract with A's for a prorated $500,000. The amount will be more like $300,000 under the league minimum after the suspension. Very cheap if Manny makes it back to the big show.

Could we find Manny Ramirez wearing a Triple AAA  Sacramento River Rats logo and fizzle away or in an Oakland A's uniform?

Will "Manny being Manny" effect the young talent such as Yoennis Cespedes positively or negatively? If the bat is there he can surely show the kids how to hit!

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Will Perry Ellis Wichita Heights' Falcons High School Phenom heading to the Kansas Jayhawks be the next NBA Star?

Wichita Heights senior power forward Perry Ellis has put his name down as one of the best high school basketball player in the nation. At 6'8' and 220 lbs he is a beast to br reckoned with at the high school level. The national basketball websites Scout.com ranked him the 36th ranked college prospect and Rivals.com followed up with 24th on their list.

The phenom started his acsent to greatness in junior high at Brooks Junior High.

Check out this dunk in of Perry while playing for Brooks!

 

The Falcon's coaches at Heights must have been jumping for joy and shaking in anticipation of Perry coming to them as a freshman!

Well they have not be disappointed so far. In the 2012 season the Falcons broke the state record for consecutive wins for a Kansas high school basketball team with 60 straight wins!

The team has flourished with the star on their team. His talents have been noticed as he passed Kansas legend Greg Dreiling as the scoring leader.

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Perry Ellis also led Wichita Heights to a third consecutive Class 6A state title last season while averaging 22.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Now in his senior season he is looking to make it 4 straight.

So he has shown the nation he is ready for the next level!

  

 

The next level is the Kansas Jayhawks where he has signed his letter of intent on Sept. 21,  2012. He will be staying home and playing for Bill Self, a coach that went to his first game at Heights as a freshman. He will be wearing his number 34 that was once worn at KU by Paul Pierce.

Will the next level take him to the NBA like these great forwards did coming from high school... Lebron James, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant or Dirk Nowitzki and win a championship?

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Blake Griffin

Kevin Durant

Dirk Nowitzki

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Baseball Babe #77 Raul Ibanez New York Yankees Signed DH/Outfielder

The New York Yankees signed Raul Ibanez to a 1 year for 1.1M with $2.9M in incentives.

The move was made right after the A J Burnett trade that happened over the weekend.

His talents come from hitting righthanders well. In 2011 he slugged 20 homeruns with 84 rbi's, but only hit .245 for the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Yankees hope his swing will be well suited for the short porch in right field. He will mainly play as DH for right handers and an emergency outfielder if needed.

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Baseball Babe #76 A J Burnett Pittsburg Pirates Added Possible New Ace

The Pittsburg Pirates pulled the trigger and traded for A J Burnett. The financial restraint were lifted in the sum of nearly $20 million by the New York Yankees leaving $13 Million for the Pittsburg Pirates. The Pirates added two minor leaguers, right hander Diego Moreno and outfielder Exicardo Cayones both lower level prospects to the deal.

A J Burnett had a rough go in the three years, an .493 winning percentage with the Yankees and will be looking to rebound his career in the National League.

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Baseball Babe #75 Honors Yoenis Cespedes Oakland Athletics new Outfield Prospect

The drama is over and SURPRISE the Oakland A's land the big fish not the assumed Miami Marlins. Yoenis Cespedes signed a 4 year $36 Million contract for the super hyped Cuban outfielder.

The signing loads up up the already crowded outfield, but will more than likely start the season in right field and will stay if he can hit major league pitching. Cespedes has the power in his bat but contact has been suspicious. He also has speed and a strong arm, but will need to play right to get better on defense.

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Baseball Babe #74 David Ortiz Boston Red Sox DH Signed

The Boston Red Sox $12.65 Million and David Ortiz $16.5 Million found middle ground at $14.575 Million on a deal that will keep him in where the Green Monster lives!

The contract is the largest annual salary in history for a designated hitter;

I guess the 29 homeruns and 96 rbi's while hitting .309 as a DH is all it takes.

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Baseball Babe #73 Honors Mike Napoli Texas Rangers 1 Year Contact



The Texas Rangers have all of arbitration eligible players signed.

Catcher Mike Napoli signed a 1 year deal worth $9.4 million avoiding salary arbitration.

He will now be able to come to camp and hope to build on the stats from last years run to the World Series.

He hit .320 with 30 homers and 75 RBIs in 113 games and started 57 games at catcher, 27 at first base and 18 as the designated hitter. 

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