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Bay deal not close

Before Friday night's game against the Phillies, many of the Braves players were asking whether Jason Bay was going to be one of their teammates at some point this weekend. On Thursday night, some of them were under the impression that a deal with the Pirates was imminent.

In fact one player said he had expected to wake up on Friday and learn the deal was complete.

But like fans, players can be as easily duped by the many rumors that will fly this week.

When asked on Friday night, the Braves said they weren't close to making a deal for Bay.

Still as Braves GM Frank Wren continues his search for a power bat, Bay remains a definite candidate.


-- Mark Bowman

bay becomes a free agent after 09, and he wont be asking as much as tex so we could resign him....i am totally for this, i'm not sure what we would give tho....lillibridge/b jones/chuck maybe?

I honestly don't think anything is going to happen with Jason Bay. It seems to me that the D-Backs are just asking for way to much. I really like what he brings to a team, but I don't anyone should give them 4 good prospects for him. He's got bad knees to so that makes me even more weary.

Just our luck!

Jason's contract is the following:

4 years/$18.25M (2006-09)

a proposed deal, which would have brought Bay to Atlanta in exchange for four Minor Leaguers, was killed when presented to the Pirates owners for approval.

http://trades.mlblogs.com/archives/2008 ... radar.html

looks like lilli/schafer/rohrbough/low prospect is what its gonna take to get bay, and i sure hope we land him, we could resign him and he is a nice replacement to tex at the cleanup spot....