The biggest deal in the works for day one which kicked off at 12:00am on December 8th was Jermaine Dye to the Reds in exchange for young pitcher Homer Bailey. These rumors started a couple days ago but today we got official news from the Chicago White Sox GM and agent of Jermaine Dye that this deal is not true.
- Walt Jocketty on the report: "Wrong. It's not even close." The Reds haven't had talks with the Sox since before Thanksgiving.
- ESPN's Jerry Crasnick adds that Dye and his agent "haven't heard a word" about a trade. Reds assistant GM Bob Miller rejected the report, adding, "We haven't talked to White Sox since we got here."
The Mets are reported to be offering Francisco Rodriguez, Kerry Wood and Brian Fuentes offers withing the next 24 hours, barring the acceptance from K-Rod who will get the first offer. Stay tuned.
Moving on, a lot of players have declined arbitration from their present teams, C.C Sabathia, Ben Sheets, Oliver Perez, Milton Bradley, Manny Ramirez, Derek Lowe, and Casey Blake are just the big names that declined.
The first acquisition has happened, the Detroit Tigers have signed catcher Gerald Laird.
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