True Blue LA - Dodgers sign Juan Uribe for 2 years, $15 millionWhere The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2013-12-26T10:30:03-08:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/49756732013-12-26T10:30:03-08:002013-12-26T10:30:03-08:00Juan Uribe contract details
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<p>With 163 more games at the hot corner, Uribe would have<a href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/03UOo" target="new"> the fourth-most games played at third base by a Los Angeles Dodger</a>.</p> <p>LOS ANGELES -- The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> on Tuesday finalized the two-year, $15 million contract for third baseman <span>Juan Uribe</span>, part of a quartet of moves finished off by the team on Christmas Eve.</p>
<p>"Juan was a major player in our success last season," Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said on Tuesday. "His play at third base, leadership in the clubhouse and clutch hitting helped the club immensely."</p>
<p>Colletti said the Dodgers were aggressive early in the offseason with Uribe, but the two sides didn't reach an agreement until after the winter meetings. Colletti cited Uribe's strong influence in the clubhouse, specifically his relationship with <span>Yasiel Puig</span>, as a factor in Uribe's return.</p>
<p>Uribe will be paid a signing bonus of $2 million, then will receive salaries of $6.5 million in both 2014 and 2015, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/415665054034309121">per Jon Heyman of CBS Sports</a>. He will also receive $1 million in 2014 as a deferred signing bonus from his previous three-year, $21 million contract with Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Along with Uribe, the Dodgers on Tuesday finalized contracts for relief pitchers <span>J.P. Howell</span>, <span>Chris Perez</span> and Jamey Wright. There are three Dodgers free agents remaining: <span>Chris Capuano</span>, <span>Carlos Marmol</span> and <span>Michael Young</span>.</p>
<p>The Dodgers now have $218.675 million <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/21/4861112/los-angeles-dodgers-payroll">committed to 21 players in 2014</a>, and have 40 players on the 40-man roster.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/12/26/5211588/juan-uribe-contract-details-dodgersEric Stephen2013-12-14T14:00:49-08:002013-12-14T14:00:49-08:00Dodgers, Uribe reportedly agree to 2-year deal
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<p>The Dodgers third baseman hit .278/.331/.438 with 12 home runs and was a gold glove finalist in the National League.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> have reportedly reached an agreement to bring back third baseman <span>Juan Uribe</span> on a two-year contract, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/411976458811482113">per Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports</a> and confirmed by <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/411982696689061888">Jon Heyman of CBS Sports</a>.</p>
<p>The contract is worth $15 million total, per <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/412003833808556032">Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/412027788720234497">Buster Olney of ESPN</a>.</p>
<p>The club has been negotiating with Uribe off and on since the beginning of the offseason, but it appeared the two sides were stuck in a holding pattern of sorts of late. The Dodgers were reportedly offering one year plus an option, while Uribe was reported to have interest of varying degrees from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Marlins</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">White Sox</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.draysbay.com/">Rays</a>, though none appeared to be too serious.</p>
<p>I <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2013/12/14/5186080/juan-uribe-dodgers-third-base-michael-young">wrote on Saturday morning</a>, "To me, this appears to be a game of chicken, with Uribe waiting for the Dodgers to offer a second year."</p>
<p>Per Rosenthal, Uribe got that second year.</p>
<p>Uribe is coming off a three-year, $21 million deal that was an absolute disaster until his bounce-back season in his contract year in 2013. Uribe hit .278/.331/.438 with 12 home runs in 133 games, well outpacing his production from the previous two seasons combined.</p>
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<td align="center"><u><b>Total bases</b></u></td>
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<td>2011-2012</td>
<td align="center">143</td>
<td align="center">474</td>
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="center">0</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">36</td>
<td align="center">45</td>
<td align="center">125</td>
<td align="center">.199/.262/.289</td>
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<td>2013</td>
<td align="center">133</td>
<td align="center">426</td>
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">47</td>
<td align="center">50</td>
<td align="center">170</td>
<td align="center">.278/.331/.438</td>
<td align="center">117</td>
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<p>In addition Uribe provided stellar defense at third base, and was a finalist for the National League Gold Glove Award at the position.</p>
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<p>The comeback season for Uribe culminated in Game 4 of the NLDS, when he cemented himself in Dodgers playoff lore with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/8/4815506/juan-uribe-home-run-video-dodgers-braves-nlds">a two-run, game-winning home run off David Carpenter of the Braves in the eighth inning</a> to help eliminate Atlanta<a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/"></a>.</p>
<p>"Regardless what Juan did the past two years, Juan has been, I think consensus, he's probably been the most liked teammate we have," said <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> after the NLDS.</p>
<p>"If you ask everyone in this clubhouse who is their favorite teammate, 95 percent will tell you Juan Uribe," added <span>A.J. Ellis</span>.</p>
<p>With Uribe reportedly in the fold, the Dodgers will have 37 players on the 40-man roster.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/12/14/5182520/juan-uribe-contract-dodgersEric Stephen2013-12-14T11:33:33-08:002013-12-14T11:33:33-08:00Waiting on Juan Uribe
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<p>Rumors of Michael Young starting every day at third base should be enough to jump start these negotiations, right? Right?</p> <p>We still have roughly eight weeks before position players report to spring training, but the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> infield is still very much unsettled. It appears the hold up is third baseman <span>Juan Uribe</span>, still waiting for his free agent market to materialize.</p>
<p>The Dodgers are used to waiting for Uribe, who provided next to nothing in the first two years of his three-year, $21 million contract. Uribe hit .199/.262/.289 in 2011-2012, and was relegated to nearly permanent bench duty, closing 2012 with one plate appearance in the final 34 games and no starts in the final 45 games of the season.</p>
<p>But despite the lack of production Uribe was almost universally loved in the clubhouse. He kept his teammates loose with his sense of humor, continued to work hard and never complained about his lack of playing time. The Dodgers had numerous opportunities to cut ties with Uribe and eat the remainder of his contract but didn't , and in 2013 were rewarded with a terrific bounce-back season.</p>
<p>Uribe hit .271/.331/.438 with 12 home runs and 22 doubles, setting career highs in on-base percentage and OPS+ (117). He also had a stellar year defensively, rated the best third baseman in the NL by both <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2013-specialpos_3b-fielding.shtml#players_standard_fielding::14">Total Zone Rating</a> (22 runs above average) and in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=3b&stats=fld&lg=nl&qual=0&type=1&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0">Ultimate Zone Rating</a> (24 runs above average). Uribe was a finalist for a Gold Glove Award at third base in the National League, an honor that went to <span>Nolan Arenado</span> of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>.</p>
<p>The Dodgers want to re-sign Uribe, but it's hard to blame them if they don't want to commit another three years to the inconsistent infielder, now 34. In fact, it appears the sticking point is a second year, as the Dodgers reportedly offered Uribe a one-year deal plus an option for a second year, <a target="_blank" href="http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/la/dodgers-gm-ned-colletti-not-closing-in-on-or-chasing-rays-david-price?ymd=20131210&content_id=64563340&vkey=news_la">per Ken Gurnick of MLB.com during the winter meetings</a>.</p>
<p>Can Uribe top that offer?</p>
<p>During the winter meetings there were rumors of interest in Uribe from both <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Enrique_Rojas1/status/410454425711284225">the White Sox</a>, one of his former teams, and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/410434897153900544">the Marlins</a>, but at the same time there were <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/410472286991294465">conflicting reports</a> saying <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/clarkspencer/status/410461786752548864">those teams</a> weren't <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/410453184839045120">pursuing Uribe</a>. On Friday just as quickly as there was a report from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports of <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/411563951596797953">the Rays' interest in Uribe, to primarily play first base and back up at second and third</a>, Tampa Bay brought back <span>James Loney</span> on a three-year deal to play first.</p>
<p>A new report Friday from Joe Frisaro of MLB.com says <a target="_blank" href="http://joefrisaro.mlblogs.com/2013/12/13/uribe-remains-option-at-third/">the Marlins are indeed interested in Uribe to play third base</a> and back up first occasionally.</p>
<p>That Uribe hasn't signed anywhere yet tells us either he doesn't have an offer better than the Dodgers, or simply not one significantly better to leave a place he is familiar with and where he is adored. A <a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/los-angeles-dodgers-wrap-up-winter-meetings-with-work-to-do?ymd=20131212&content_id=64629148&vkey=news_la">line from Gurnick on Thursday summed up the situation nicely</a>:</p>
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<p>But [Uribe] wants a multiyear guarantee and is putting pressure on the Dodgers without clear evidence that any other club is seriously interested.</p>
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<p>To me, this appears to be a game of chicken, with Uribe waiting for the Dodgers to offer a second year. The Dodgers in theory have other options. The two names engraved in stone in the infield are first baseman <span>Adrian Gonzalez</span> and Hanley Ramirez. The flexibility of Ramirez and his willingness to move to third base if needed mean the Dodgers could pursue a shortstop instead of a third baseman if they so desired, but the only clear upgrade on the free agent market is <span>Stephen Drew</span>, who would cost a first-round draft pick and who has averaged just 96 games played in the last three years.</p>
<p>Second base will likely be filled by <span>Alexander Guerrero</span>, but a left hamstring injury has limited him to just 12 games played so far in the Dominican Winter League. Might the Dodgers bring back <span>Mark Ellis</span> as an insurance policy of sorts, giving them time if needed to ease in Guerrero, or at the very least providing a capable backup infielder?</p>
<p>But whatever happens at second base is mostly independent of the Dodgers' need to acquire a starting position player for either third or shortstop.</p>
<p>On par with the rumor of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.draysbay.com/">Rays</a> interested in Uribe appears to be the latest volley by general manager Ned Colletti, with the threat of what can only be described as the nuclear option:</p>
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<p>The Dodgers are considering signing <span>Michael Young</span> as their everyday third baseman.</p>
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/statuses/411817416444764160">December 14, 2013</a>
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<p>Attached to the Michael Young interest for the Dodgers: They believe increasingly that Juan Uribe is going to sign elsewhere.</p>
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/statuses/411818360758747136">December 14, 2013</a>
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<p>Young is on the opposite end of Uribe of the defensive spectrum. The former shortstop in 2013 ranked third-to-last in the majors in both <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2013-standard-fielding.shtml#players_standard_fielding::15">Total Zone Rating</a> (17 runs below average) and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=3b&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=200&type=1&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=23,a">Ultimate Zone Rating</a> (14 runs below average).</p>
<p>Think about that for a moment. The difference between Uribe and Young defensively last year was nearly 40 runs.</p>
<p>If the Dodgers want to bring back Young as a reserve, that's perfectly fine. But his days as an everyday player are over, and hopefully this is nothing more than a rumor.</p>
<p>Luckily Gurnick provided a piece of holiday cheer on Saturday morning:</p>
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<p>Ned Colletti today said he is still hopeful of re-signing free agent 3B Juan Uribe.</p>
— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) <a href="https://twitter.com/kengurnick/statuses/411917766019411968">December 14, 2013</a>
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<p>Let's hope it happens. Because the alternatives aren't looking so hot.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/12/14/5186080/juan-uribe-dodgers-third-base-michael-youngEric Stephen2013-12-11T08:43:04-08:002013-12-11T08:43:04-08:00Dodgers in holding pattern at winter meetings
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<p>There hasn't been a whole lot of action just yet at the winter meetings, but let's catch up on the nothing so far.</p> <p>The first two days of the winter meetings have been a bit of a snoozefest, with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> seemingly in a holding pattern waiting on a few smaller moves to develop.</p>
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<p><span>Matt Kemp's</span> name keep's coming up in discussions - the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> are the latest team to join the fray, <a target="_blank" href="http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/despite-obstacles-matt-kemp-deal-still-possible-los-angeles-dodgers-boston-red-sox-seattle-mariners-detroit-tigers-121013">per Jon Morosi of Fox Sports</a> - but it's pretty much the same old story. The Dodgers don't need to trade one of their four outfielders, and talk Tuesday from both <a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/dodgers-gm-ned-colletti-not-closing-in-on-or-chasing-rays-david-price?ymd=20131210&content_id=64563340&vkey=news_la">Ned Colletti</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/mattingly-happy-crowded-outfield-023341290--mlb.html">Don Mattingly</a> echoed the same sentiments of previous weeks, that the Dodgers are okay with keeping all four outfielders.</p>
<p>The Dodgers essentially need to be overwhelmed to do a deal for Kemp, and of the teams interested - <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> are out, leaving the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a>, Tigers and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Mariners</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/410616484486868992">per Jon Heyman of CBS Sports</a> - it seems the only one with a chance to give the Dodgers close to what they want is Seattle, if they are desperate to make sure <span>Robinson Cano</span> isn't their only big splash this winter.</p>
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<p>The Dodgers remain waiting on <span>Juan Uribe</span> as well for third base. Colletti said Saturday the Dodgers had made multiple offers to Uribe, and Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reported <a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/dodgers-gm-ned-colletti-not-closing-in-on-or-chasing-rays-david-price?ymd=20131210&content_id=64563340&vkey=news_la">the club has a one-year offer plus an option for 2015 on the table</a>. There have been multiple conflicting reports in the last two days that both the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">White Sox</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Marlins</a> were interested, and not interested in signing Uribe. So it remains unclear whether or not Uribe actually has a two-year offer that he appears to be looking for.</p>
<p>Colletti also mentioned Tuesday that <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dylanohernandez/status/410546147229310977">the club is interested in bringing back Michael Young</a>, who has also received interest from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/rockies/2013/12/09/michael-young-emerges-as-bench-target-brett-anderson-interests-rockies/16102/">per Troy Renck of the Denver Post</a>. The Dodgers <a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/dodgers-gm-ned-colletti-not-closing-in-on-or-chasing-rays-david-price?ymd=20131210&content_id=64563340&vkey=news_la">remain in contact with Mark Ellis as well</a>.</p>
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Nationals</a> are among the teams aside from the Dodgers most reported to be interested in a left-handed reliever, which makes them competition with the Dodgers for <span>J.P. Howell</span>. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports says Washington <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/410799353516027904">is expected to sign a southpaw reliever "soon,"</a> and mentioned Howell, <span>Scott Downs</span>, <span>Boone Logan</span> and Eric O'Flaherty as all in play, though O'Flaherty was mentioned earlier in the week <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/410478834069147648">as likely to return to the Braves</a>.</p>
<p>Both Rosenthal and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCotillo/status/410801186862673920">Chris Cotillo of SB Nation</a> say the Nationals could instead trade for <span>Jerry Blevins</span> of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.athleticsnation.com/">Athletics</a>.</p>
<p>There is still no new word on <span>Jamey Wright</span>, he of the eight straight non-roster invitations to spring training, who is said to be deciding between the Dodgers and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.draysbay.com/">Rays</a>, his last two teams.</p>
<p>If the Dodgers want to bring in another setup guy with late-inning experience, might they consider...</p>
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<p>Industry source says that <span>Joaquin Benoit</span> received a multi-year offer in the $6-8 million per year range. Team unknown.</p>
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCotillo/statuses/410803588235948032">December 11, 2013</a>
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<p>Not that a trade for David Price is imminent or anything, but his was interesting:</p>
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<p>Just saw <span>David Price's</span> agent, Bo McKinnis, in lobby. Asked if Price would consider extension with <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Mariners&src=hash">#Mariners</a>. Said no. MORE</p>
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/statuses/410801489557602304">December 11, 2013</a>
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<p>Asked McKinnis if Price would consider extensions with other teams. Said yes. Asked which clubs. He declined to answer.</p>
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/statuses/410801533270634496">December 11, 2013</a>
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<p>Pitcher Mark Mulder, who last pitched in the majors in 2008 is making a comeback attempt, <a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10116437/mark-mulder-attempting-return-mound">per Jerry Crasnick of ESPN</a>. The kicker is that Mulder decided to come back after watching Dodgers reliever <span>Paco Rodriguez</span> on television:</p>
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<p>"I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am," Mulder said by phone Tuesday. "To be honest with you, I never anticipated this five or six weeks ago. It was just a flat-out fluke that came from me trying to imitate Paco Rodriguez in my living room."</p>
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<p>I also enjoyed this exchange from Tuesday between Gurnick and Mattingly regarding Josh Beckett's comeback from surgery. Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register <a target="_blank" href="http://sulia.com/channel/baseball/f/f79d9032-e540-4d76-99f9-418a386ac29f/?source=twitter&repost=600">relayed the back-and-forth</a>:</p>
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<p>Mattingly said Beckett has even begun throwing a football as part of his workouts.</p>
<p>MLB.com's @kengurnick's reporting instincts kicked in. He followed up by asking if the Dodgers planned to let him throw a baseball or if Beckett would stick to football from now on.</p>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2013/12/11/5199996/matt-kemp-rumors-mlb-winter-meetings-juan-uribe-jp-howellEric Stephen