The Dodgers are losing patience with Manny Ramirez.
The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the offseason with 12 free agents. As general manager Ned Colletti tries to address voids in the infield, left field and the pitching staff, he appears to be running low on patience for determining where the team stands with Manny Ramirez.
Colletti isn't ruling out a return engagement for Ramirez in Los Angeles in 2009, but he doesn't sound thrilled with the way things have gone thus far with Ramirez and his agent, Scott Boras.
"I just find it curious,'' Colletti said. "We made a [contract] offer and never heard back. We made a [salary] arbitration offer and never heard back. Maybe we have to look into the communications we're using.''
So what are the chances that Ramirez will be a Dodger next season?
"If he shows up in spring training, we'll find him a hat, we'll find him a shirt and we'll play him in the field and figure it out then,'' Colletti said. "But I can't wait until the day he shows up to go after a third baseman or a shortstop or another reliever.''
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Free-agent right-hander A.J. Burnett's agents will be in Las Vegas this afternoon and think talks are progressing with Braves.
• Arizona wants to sign veteran infielder Mark Loretta.
• The Rangers still will talk about catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, even with Gerald Laird having been dealt to Detroit.
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