Around the league 5/14/08: Lee Hak-ju, Jones, Dohmann
- The Chicago Cubs have signed Korean high schooler Lee Hak-ju. He is a shortstop that scouts estimate would have been a first rounder if he had been drafted. One scout familiar with him said that he has better tools at this age than Jeter did.
- According to MLB.com, the Tigers were unable to find any takers for Jacque Jones, so they have placed him on waivers. It is expected he’ll clear and then the Tigers will release him, at which time they will pay him the $5 million he is owed. Jones has said that he would prefer to play for the Marlins, which is his likely destination. They are always good for picking up a veteran on the cheap to compliment there young talent.
- Inside Rays Baseball reports that Tampa Bay has DFA’d righty reliever Scott Dohmann in order to make room for Al Reyes, who was activated from the DL today.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
August 24th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
This is the best shot the Cubs have at winning the World Series since I have a fan, go Cubs.