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The Dish On Jermaine Dye

A quick rumor from the end of the week, ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago reported the Phillies may be interested in a trade for White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye. That doesn’t mean the Phils have asked about him.

Dye — who hit .292 with 34 HR and 96 RBI last season — is owed $11.5 million in 2009, and has a mutual option for $12 million in 2010. His contract also includes a no-trade clause to six teams. One of those teams is likely the Red Sox, who was on his short list in a 2005 no-trade clause. I wouldn’t think the Phils are on that list.

If the Phils were to trade for Dye — who will be 35 — it would mean likely picking up most of his remaining contract, then giving Chicago some sort of minor league return. It might not be Carlos Carrasco, but something close — maybe Jason Donald.

Dye is a cheaper alternative from other rumored options Magglio Ordonez and Manny Ramirez, and potentially cheaper than Matt Holliday. He’s probably a better contact hitter than Pat Burrell, while still being able to rip off a 30-HR season. He wouldn’t be a bad acquisition, but only if the price isn’t too high. It might be.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.