The Detroit News. Gonzalez, a free agent who played for the Tigers last season, wasn't mentioned much at the winter meetings. Those teams that have been rejected, such as the Indians, will have to look elsewhere. On Monday night, after all the questions about Rodriguez had subsided, Boras said there was nothing new to report about Gonzalez.
Chances are they'll eventually be out.
These aren't tough times, but neither are they the boom times that were anticipated. They've offered him arbitration, but Gonzalez is expected to reject that offer by the Dec. 19 deadline. Boras, however, isn't about to commit to a contract that wouldn't include 2002, a season in which a work stoppage is possible. Not only that but remember that Gonzalez and Roberto Alomar, Cleveland's second baseman, are good friends. There won't be an instant boomerang effect, however.