Mets Ask About Andruw Jones, Dodgers Say "Really?"

By  KURT HELIN

Updated 2:16 PM EDT, Tue, Dec 30, 2008

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Andruw Jones had a lot more awkward swings than smooth ones last year.

 

It's just like a White Elephant Party, where you bring the Sponge Bob Square Pants talking cookie jar you got for Christmas and hope someone else ends up with it, only to see other people fight over your junk.

Apparently, somebody wants to take Andruw Jones off the Dodgers hands.

Andruw Jones, coming off a disastrous first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has been the subject of trade talks between L.A. and the New York Mets, according to sources…..There is a perception within the industry that Jones, who played the first 12 years of his career in Atlanta, was just never comfortable with the Dodgers.

You bet he wasn’t comfortable, he hit .158 and struck out 36% of the times he went to the plate. By the end of the year he wasn’t comfortable sitting on the bench watching the Dodger youngsters do what he couldn’t.

The first reaction may be to ask why someone would want Jones. But the Dodgers need to curb that urge and just make the deal. Any deal. Getting him off the roster is just one fewer problem heading into next season.

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  • DodgerFan Tuesday, Dec 30 at 1:36 PM FLAG COMMENT I always had high hopes for Andrew and wish him the best where ever he goes.
  • cookiemonster Tuesday, Dec 30 at 12:18 PM FLAG COMMENT I heard Jones is doing very good in the Dominican Republic Winter Ball. It seems he has found some of his stroke. Maybe Minaya has been following thim and other players in the Caribbean Winter Sports (DR, PR, Venezuela, etc). I saw a game where he hit a HR. The TV angle was not the best to judge, but the swing was not so bad as it was in LA this pasr season. If that team in DR makes it to the Wprld BAseball Classic, we mi ... MORE >

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