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Aug. 6 - The Cubs and Rangers, who nearly worked out a deal to send Palmeiro to Chicago at the July 31 nonwaiver deadline, are still talking, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "They're still interested," Rangers GM John Hart told the paper, speaking of the Cubs. "We have been talking, but so far, nothing is really going on." Hart has yet to ask Palmeiro to waive his no-trade clause, which the veteran declined to do last week, scuttling the earlier deal.

However, the Dallas Morning News reports Palmeiro cleared waivers Tuesday, the first step in trading anyone this month. The Twins and Royals also had expressed interest in Palmeiro before the deadline.

he declined a trade to them before the deadline...

 

i wonder if he will change his mind

John Hart should shut up and keep trade talks confidential.

Man that would be awesome for the cubs if they can get him. It will be intresting to see how he does in the Day Games!

Man that would be awesome for the cubs if they can get him. It will be intresting to see how he does in the Day Games!

How would it be awesome? It wuold suck for us maybe another team to worry about.

Palmiero used to play on the Cubs early in his career.

John Hart should shut up and keep trade talks confidential.

I personally like it when a GM or Manager isn't so damn tight lipped.

Palmiero used to play on the Cubs early in his career.

indeed....

 

it was Grace or Palmeiro

 

the Cubs took Grace...

 

neither was a bad choice

ITs not Happening

 

Rangers' Palmeiro vetoes deal to Cubs

 

Hart says first baseman has decided 'he's not going anywhere'

 

08/08/2003

 

By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News

 

NEW YORK ? Rafael Palmeiro isn't going anywhere. Well, at least not until the end of the year.

 

For the second time in 10 days, Palmeiro invoked the no-trade clause in his contract to veto a deal that would have sent him to the Chicago Cubs.

 

"Raffy's made it very clear that he's not going anywhere," general manager John Hart said late Thursday, frustration dripping from every word.

 

The Cubs and Rangers initially agreed to the framework of deal shortly before the July 31 non-waivers trading deadline, but Palmeiro declined. After he cleared waivers on Tuesday, the Rangers went back to Palmeiro to discuss waiving the no-trade clause. Had they received his permission, the sides were expected to be able to quickly hammer out a deal. The informal structure of the deal would have had the Rangers acquiring as many as three players from different pools of talent. Among the players on the Rangers' list: 19-year-old switch-hitting catcher Jose Reyes and several pitchers. Palmeiro, who has been trying to work out a contract extension, informed the Rangers of his ultimate decision Thursday evening. He had spoken with owner Tom Hicks about a contract extension as recently as Wednesday.

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"I'm not sure what [the status]of our conversation is," Palmeiro said Thursday afternoon, "because it's an ongoing conversation."

 

Palmeiro could not be reached for comment Thursday evening.

 

Palmeiro, who turns 39 in September, is in the last year of a five-year, $45 million contract with the Rangers. Desperate to return to his home after five seasons with Baltimore, Palmeiro contact the Rangers in December 1998 and took a contract believed to be less than market value.

 

While Hicks has expressed interest in re-signing Palmeiro, the Rangers tried to convince him that accepting a deal now was in his best interests if he desired to finish his career in Texas.

 

The Rangers used Kenny Rogers as an example. They made Rogers a two-year, $10 million offer last December just before the deadline for offering salary arbitration or relinquishing his signing rights.

 

When Rogers passed, the Rangers did not offer arbitration and could not have re-signed him before May 15 of this season. Rogers instead ended up with a one-year, $2.5 contract from Minnesota and had to wait until the middle of spring training to get it.

 

The Rangers suggested that if Palmeiro took a trade, the team acquiring him would not offer arbitration and he'd be free to explore the free agent market before the Rangers made him an offer.

 

"We're continuing to try and understand Rafael's perspective about this year and about the future," Hicks said Thursday afternoon. "We know Raffy wants to finish his career here."

 

It was the third time the Rangers have attempted to deal a veteran this summer only to have a no-trade clause invoked. Juan Gonzalez also vetoed a deal to Montreal. The Rangers would love to still trade Gonzalez, but he has been on the DL for two weeks with a strained calf, prohibiting the team from even putting him on waivers to see what the market might be.

 

Manager Buck Showalter, who had multiple conversations with Palmeiro about accepting the trade, said he wasn't certain how Palmeiro's playing time would be affected.

 

"I'll sit down every day and look at what lineup is best for the Rangers now and in the future," Showalter said. "It will depend on what we need to evaluate and see."

 

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hilarious

"Raffy's made it very clear that he's not going anywhere," general manager John Hart said late Thursday, frustration dripping from every word.

:lol :lol

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