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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: MistaNova on July 01, 2014, 06:43:42 PM
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Well it's July, which means that for the next two months we can all start taking trades seriously as more and more teams fall out of contention and trade away their useless assets while other teams decide to go for it and trade away pieces of their future.
So far the only "big" trade that's happened so far is Pittsburgh and Los Angeles (Anaheim) swapping Jason Grilli and Ernesto Frieri. But sooner or later we will start seeing some bigger trades. And more than likely most of the trades will be centered around pitching as every contender is looking for pitching help.
It's too early to tell what will happen/who will get traded but so far most of the rumors have been centered around Jeff Samadzija, David Price, Justin Masterson and Jason Hammel. Recently some reports have come out that maybe even Andrew Cashner might get dealt seeing as how the Padres are a mess right now. Of course Cliff Lee will still see his name get tossed around but nobody will bother trying to meet Ruben Amaro's retarded demands so that's not happening.
On the other side you look at the contenders who are looking to trade for these upgrades and what they can supposedly offer. As I said in the past the Yankees and Blue Jays don't have jack shit to trade. Well okay the Yankees do have a "decent" trade package if they send away Dellin Betances and JR Murphy (and others) but they won't be getting the Samadzijas or Hammels, and the Blue Jays do have Aaron Sanchez but he won't get that team shit either as the failed Samadzija negotiations have shown. The Rangers have a fair share of top prospects that has resulted in them being tied to guys like David Price and Giancarlo fucking Stanton, but recently some reports have come out suggesting that they might even move Yu fucking Darvish to revive a core and farm system that's been taking hits for the last few years, take that for whatever it's worth. The Tigers could use some more infield help (Romine is no Iglesias) but they're pretty much a lock.
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i'm waiting for the Red Sox to trade Peavy and others
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i'm waiting for the Red Sox to trade Peavy and others
Oh those guys will be out the door soon enough, after all that team has to make room in their rotation for Henry Owens, Matt Barnes, Anthony Ranaudo, Trey Ball, Ty Buttrey and a few other future front-line starters somehow.
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The AL is gonna be interesting, so many teams are hovering around .500 that are probably gonna want to try and buy. In all likelihood teams are gonna have to massively overpay to bring in significant pieces cause of the potential demand.
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Jon Lester is going to be a good pick-up for whoever needs an ace for their play-off push.
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I don't even know what the Yankees need to do. I can't even really complain about pitching right now & there's always the hope CC & Pineda come back strong.
I'd take a couple of infielders lol.
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I don't even know what the Yankees need to do. I can't even really complain about pitching right now & there's always the hope CC & Pineda come back strong.
I'd take a couple of infielders lol.
I feel better about Montero's fatass down in AAA knowing that Pineda is injured.
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I don't even know what the Yankees need to do. I can't even really complain about pitching right now & there's always the hope CC & Pineda come back strong.
I see that some Yankee fans don't mind having Vidal Nuno pitch once every five days. Go figure.
BTW, Bartolo Colon has been put on the trade block by the Mets. Would be a pretty decent pickup for a team in need of pitching.
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Don't know what's wrong with James Shields but he actually has the lowest ERA on the Royals rotation right now. He was keeping us afloat earlier in the year, so I think he is just going through a rough stretch, however, with him being in the last year of his contract a trade may be possible for the Royals to try to get a power bat in return or a third baseman.
Royals picked up Raul Ibanez this week by the way. He already knocked one out of the park 8)
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Don't know what's wrong with James Shields but he actually has the lowest ERA on the Royals rotation right now. He was keeping us afloat earlier in the year, so I think he is just going through a rough stretch, however, with him being in the last year of his contract a trade may be possible for the Royals to try to get a power bat in return or a third baseman.
Royals picked up Raul Ibanez this week by the way. He already knocked one out of the park 8)
Ibanez was ridiculous for the Mariners last year. Dude hit 25 out in the first half as a 40 year old. The problem was, our outfield was a disaster so he ended up playing way too much that he was completely worn out in the second half. Dude really struggled with Anahiem this year though, I don't know if that was a result of too much playing time or just age. Either way, doesn't hurt to take a flier on him if you just wanna use him situationally. Great locker room guy too.
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I don't even know what the Yankees need to do. I can't even really complain about pitching right now & there's always the hope CC & Pineda come back strong.
I'd take a couple of infielders lol.
i think we all know this year is a lost cause...which sucks for Jeter but it is what it is.
we sign Max Scherzer in the off season and have the best 1-2 punch since MAddux-Glavine
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Ibanez was ridiculous for the Mariners last year. Dude hit 25 out in the first half as a 40 year old. The problem was, our outfield was a disaster so he ended up playing way too much that he was completely worn out in the second half. Dude really struggled with Anahiem this year though, I don't know if that was a result of too much playing time or just age. Either way, doesn't hurt to take a flier on him if you just wanna use him situationally. Great locker room guy too.
The Royals caught lightning in a bottle with 42 year old Migel Tejada last year. The guy wasn't even supposed to make the team but he lit it up in spring training. Then he was just supposed to be a bench guy but he forced his way into the starting line-up. The guy was hitting plus .300 with pop all year and then late in the season they found out he was using substances again, lol.
Ever since, they've acted like the guy didn't even exist like he never played or contributed last year but he was a big-time contributor and it was certainly worth having him at league minimum.
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yankees get brandon mccarthy for videl nuno
good riddance to nuno
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Not exactly a trade but the Atlanta Braves just released Dan Uggla. A team desperate for lightning in a bottle will pick him up in 3, 2, 1...
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Yankees are trying to trade A-rod to the Athletics
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The Angels have acquired Huston Street (and Trevor Gott) from the Padres in exchange for Taylor Lindsey, Jose Rondon, R.J. Alvarez and Elliot Morris.
Wow, the Angels are fucking idiots. They just gave up four of their top twenty prospects (Lindsey was the second best prospect in the system coming into 2014, Rondon was the fifth best, Alvarez was the sixth best and Morris was the 18th best) for a Padres closer. Even if Huston Street is one of the few pitchers who survived pitching his home games in Coors Field, this was a massive overpay and the shitty Angels farm system just got even shittier.
Poor Mike Trout. He's the best player in baseball and yet he won't be getting a ring anytime soon.
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The Angels have acquired Huston Street (and Trevor Gott) from the Padres in exchange for Taylor Lindsey, Jose Rondon, R.J. Alvarez and Elliot Morris.
Wow, the Angels are fucking idiots. They just gave up four of their top twenty prospects (Lindsey was the second best prospect in the system coming into 2014, Rondon was the fifth best, Alvarez was the sixth best and Morris was the 18th best) for a Padres closer. Even if Huston Street is one of the few pitchers who survived pitching his home games in Coors Field, this was a massive overpay and the shitty Angels farm system just got even shittier.
Poor Mike Trout. He's the best player in baseball and yet he won't be getting a ring anytime soon.
You know what makes Angels even stupider for this? Huston Street let it to be known that HE wanted to go to the Angels, which should have given Angels more leeway, unless Padres have a shitty relationship with Street. And yet Angels still gave up way too much. Granted, it's Huston Street, one of the most lights out closers in all of baseball. But there are tons of reliable relief pitching out there and Padres are about to go on a firesale soon anyways.
It's worth noting though that the Angels' farm system has been getting shitted on for what seems like a millennium now, and yet every year they pull up more and more productive players from the minors such as Richards, Kalhoun, Efren Navarro, CJ Cron, Green, Cowgill, and Shoemaker. I left Trout off that list because unlike the others, he was actually projected to be a God. They're the second best team in baseball, and with a very young homegrown core plus some vets that they stole from Texas with fat ass contracts. I know that if anything, that should give them more incentive to keep Lindsey (ranked #93 on Baseball America, unranked pretty much everywhere else) since they're witnessing firsthand that their "shitty farm system" is pumping out good players, but I don't think they're concerned with their prospects rankings when it comes to who stays and who doesn't. The highest Kalhoun was ever ranked at the end of a minor league season in Angels' system was #11, and now he's their second best player offensively.
That's just a side note though. Ultimately, trading a prospect for relief pitching, no matter how awesome the reliever is, is a no-no. If anything, they could've developed Lindsey a little longer and then traded him for something more valuable than a very good closer. I guess when your bullpen is shitty for that long, you go crazy and end up overpaying.
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Joe Smith was doing his thing for my fantasy team too. Fuck my life.
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It's worth noting though that the Angels' farm system has been getting shitted on for what seems like a millennium now, and yet every year they pull up more and more productive players from the minors such as Richards, Kalhoun, Efren Navarro, CJ Cron, Green, Cowgill, and Shoemaker. I left Trout off that list because unlike the others, he was actually projected to be a God. They're the second best team in baseball, and with a very young homegrown core plus some vets that they stole from Texas with fat ass contracts. I know that if anything, that should give them more incentive to keep Lindsey (ranked #93 on Baseball America, unranked pretty much everywhere else) since they're witnessing firsthand that their "shitty farm system" is pumping out good players, but I don't think they're concerned with their prospects rankings when it comes to who stays and who doesn't. The highest Kalhoun was ever ranked at the end of a minor league season in Angels' system was #11, and now he's their second best player offensively.
The Angels farm system has produced a good number of major leaguers but the reason that system gets shitted on so often is because it lacks depth.
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So the Rangers traded Joakim Soria to the Tigers recently in exchange for Jake Thompson and Corey Knebel. A pretty nice get for Texas considering how both pitching prospects were top 10 prospects in the Detroit Tigers organization.
The price on Joaquin Benoit has just gone up (and from the looks of it it was pretty high to begin with).
Also the Seattle Mariners brought back Kendrys Morales and sent Stephen Pryor to the Twins. Lmao.
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I lol'd pretty hard when I found out Morales was going back to Seattle after he shitted on Safeco.
I wish Dodgers went after Soria, we have prospects who we don't even give a shit about that are ranked higher than the prospects Detroit gave up for him. I wish our front office was in 2012 desperation mode again, they seem WAY too content with the team right now and they aren't realizing that all the contending teams around them are making moves to improve their teams, while we aren't taking advantage of team's fire sales. I know sometimes the best move is no move at all, but we have very clear problems we need to address on the team. Three of our relief pitchers, most notably Chris Perez, are useless. Dan Haren needs to be replaced and that's not even by choice; he gets a vesting option for next year if he reaches a certain amount of innings, and if you take away his amazing month of April, his numbers make him the worst pitcher in the league. And we also need to part with one of our 8,000 OF's. It's frustrating as hell because these are all guys who produce when they play everyday, but they have to rotate two different OF's every other game. At this point I'd take Edwin Jackson's horrible contract and just throw him in the bullpen if they take one of our OF's plus cash to make the salaries match, though I think Cubs might actually just release Jackson (that's how badly they want to move on from him).
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So the Rangers traded Joakim Soria to the Tigers recently in exchange for Jake Thompson and Corey Knebel. A pretty nice get for Texas considering how both pitching prospects were top 10 prospects in the Detroit Tigers organization.
The price on Joaquin Benoit has just gone up (and from the looks of it it was pretty high to begin with).
Also the Seattle Mariners brought back Kendrys Morales and sent Stephen Pryor to the Twins. Lmao.
no the rangers traded joakim noah
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I wish Dodgers went after Soria, we have prospects who we don't even give a shit about that are ranked higher than the prospects Detroit gave up for him. I wish our front office was in 2012 desperation mode again, they seem WAY too content with the team right now and they aren't realizing that all the contending teams around them are making moves to improve their teams, while we aren't taking advantage of team's fire sales. I know sometimes the best move is no move at all, but we have very clear problems we need to address on the team. Three of our relief pitchers, most notably Chris Perez, are useless. Dan Haren needs to be replaced and that's not even by choice; he gets a vesting option for next year if he reaches a certain amount of innings, and if you take away his amazing month of April, his numbers make him the worst pitcher in the league. And we also need to part with one of our 8,000 OF's. It's frustrating as hell because these are all guys who produce when they play everyday, but they have to rotate two different OF's every other game. At this point I'd take Edwin Jackson's horrible contract and just throw him in the bullpen if they take one of our OF's plus cash to make the salaries match, though I think Cubs might actually just release Jackson (that's how badly they want to move on from him).
Fine, then we'll give you Brandon McCarthy and David Robertson in exchange for Julio Urias, Yasiel Puig and Andre Ethier. We expect you to pay for $30,855,000 of the $30,856,000 owed to Puig between 2015-2018 and $70,999,000 of the $71,000,000 owed to Ethier between 2015-2018. And all of the bonus incentives and whatnot that we're not privy to, yeah the Dodgers are going to have to pay for those too. Deal?
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I wish Dodgers went after Soria, we have prospects who we don't even give a shit about that are ranked higher than the prospects Detroit gave up for him. I wish our front office was in 2012 desperation mode again, they seem WAY too content with the team right now and they aren't realizing that all the contending teams around them are making moves to improve their teams, while we aren't taking advantage of team's fire sales. I know sometimes the best move is no move at all, but we have very clear problems we need to address on the team. Three of our relief pitchers, most notably Chris Perez, are useless. Dan Haren needs to be replaced and that's not even by choice; he gets a vesting option for next year if he reaches a certain amount of innings, and if you take away his amazing month of April, his numbers make him the worst pitcher in the league. And we also need to part with one of our 8,000 OF's. It's frustrating as hell because these are all guys who produce when they play everyday, but they have to rotate two different OF's every other game. At this point I'd take Edwin Jackson's horrible contract and just throw him in the bullpen if they take one of our OF's plus cash to make the salaries match, though I think Cubs might actually just release Jackson (that's how badly they want to move on from him).
Fine, then we'll give you Brandon McCarthy and David Robertson in exchange for Julio Urias, Yasiel Puig and Andre Ethier. We expect you to pay for $30,855,000 of the $30,856,000 owed to Puig between 2015-2018 and $70,999,000 of the $71,000,000 owed to Ethier between 2015-2018. And all of the bonus incentives and whatnot that we're not privy to, yeah the Dodgers are going to have to pay for those too. Deal?
Hm... Dodgers don't get nearly enough broken closers back in this deal for their liking. I'd pass.
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Giants traded two prospect pitchers, including their top prospect Edwin Escobar (ranked #56 Baseball America, #75 MLB.com) and Heath Hembree to Red Sox for Jake Peavy. My coworker who is a Giants fan was fucking heated about this lol. A part of me feels like they could have gotten someone less washed up than Jake Peavy, but along with the signing of Dan Uggla, they've pushed themselves in desperation mode.
I still think they're an underrated team but the lack of depth has shown after a couple of injuries.
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To counter the Giants acquiring a second baseman who can't hit, the Dodgers have just acquired a second baseman who can't hit. Dawin Barney (who was DFA'd by the Cubs a while back) has been picked up by the Dodgers. Wow, the NL West sure is exciting.
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Yankees targeting John Danks lol.
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To counter the Giants acquiring a second baseman who can't hit, the Dodgers have just acquired a second baseman who can't hit. Dawin Barney (who was DFA'd by the Cubs a while back) has been picked up by the Dodgers. Wow, the NL West sure is exciting.
As opposed to the AL East and the John Danks sweepstakes?
In any case, Giants really should have gone after Barney instead of Uggla to begin with, as one is arguably the best fielder at his position but putting up an awful .230/.265/.328 and the other has godawful defense and putting up an even worse .152/.234/.217 slash line.
I'm pretty sure Dodgers only got Barney to take him off the market since we sure as fuck ain't gonna be playing him over Dee Gordon lol.
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As opposed to the AL East and the John Danks sweepstakes?
Okay both divisions are equally boring.
You see Barney being up with the big league club or being assigned to the Isotopes? If memory serves they already have a backup at second in Justin Turner don't they?
Also, the Dodgers will be sending a player to be named later and cash considerations to the Cubs for Barney. Some nobody in Chattanooga is probably going to have the misfortune of being sent to Chicago.
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So the Royals and Blue Jays made a really boring trade today.
Danny Valencia goes to Toronto while Liam Hendricks and Erik Kratz goes to Kansas City.
Ugh, this trade is so boring it reminds me of the trade Toronto made with Houston that managed to be the one of the most boring 10 player trades in history.
Meanwhile he say she say nonsense is still abuzz.
*Los Angeles is interested in Lackey
*Boston is open to trading both Lester and Lackey
*Philadelphia is open to trading Hamels
*Teams are inquiring about Byrd and Bastardo
*Seattle is interested in trading for Lester
*Houston is open to trading Keuchel, McHugh and even Cosart
*Soriano (Alfonso) has received offers from undisclosed teams
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Yup, Justin Turner has been unreal for us as a bench option. He mostly plays 3B now though.
I can see Barney playing at the big leagues and serving as a late inning defensive sub for our middle infield, which is currently Miguel Rojas' job (who is an amazing defensive player himself and is the reason Kershaw got that no-hitter). I think we'll send Rojas down in favor of Barney. Barney was a SS his whole life, including in the minors, but moved to 2B so Castro could play SS. One of my closest friends is from Chicago and used to complain about this, since Barney supposedly has a way better arm than Castro lol.
Reports are the saying that the PTBNL is SP Zachary Bird or reliever Onelki Garcia. I'm sure they're both sweating buckets right now lol, but both are pretty promising prospects and I think Cubs would be happy with both, especially Bird.
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Redsox want two elite level prospects for Lester. That's silly.
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Justin Masterson to the Cardinals.
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Justin Masterson to the Cardinals.
Supposedly for next to nothing too. According to Cards fans, Ramsey was bound to bust. I was hoping Dodgers would get Masterson so we don't have to trade a top prospect to get an ace and just aim for a back-end starter instead. Though reports are saying Dodgers aren't going to do that but who knows with that crazy ball club.
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I know the Rays and Redsox want both your top prospects for Lester or Price. I'd stay away from both of them and I think they will.
Price will remain a Ray anyway. Lester will be out though.
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i bet Jon Lester is the type of scary dude who goes back to boston in 2015 as a FA
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I bet Lester sells his soul and comes to the Yankees as an FA in 2015. He'll join a rotation that features Tanaka, Scherzer, the ghost of CC and whoever ends up filling in for Pineda who spends the entire 2015 season on the DL.
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I know the Rays and Redsox want both your top prospects for Lester or Price. I'd stay away from both of them and I think they will.
Price will remain a Ray anyway. Lester will be out though.
Phillies wanted our top three prospects for Cole Hamels lol. Colletti said he's not parting with with any of them for a rental like Lester and like you said, we probably won't. Colletti also mentioned that he wasn't only inquiring about starting pitching and that the "talks" he has had about them are being blown out of proportion, which is comforting.
But I am legitimately worried for Joc Pederson. It just seems like destiny that he will not play in LA lol.
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Lester and Gomes for Cespedes. That's a crazy move for Oakland. Gearing up to win it all.
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Apparently the A's just sent Cespedes to the Red Sox for Lester and Gomes. Good god, that A's rotation is so fucking loaded.
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I bet money they don't win the WS.
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David Price to the Tigers! Holy shit!
They give up Smyly and Jackson.
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Yankees swap Kelly Johnson for Stephen Drew lol.
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When I saw Seattle was involved in the Price deal, I was like "uh oh, maybe Tampa Bay got a prospect like Walker from them." Only to find out it was Nick fucking Franklin.
Tampa Bay got robbed beyond belief in this deal. Drew Smyly and fucking Nick Franklin lmao. Astros got more for Jarred Cosart, and from Miami of all teams.
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*David Price goes to the Tigers, Austin Jackson goes to the Mariners, and Nick Franklin, Drew Smyly and Willy Adames goes to the Rays.
It was a good try the rest of the AL central, but your efforts and hustle were all in vain. We should just give the Division Champion banner to the Tigers right now and be done with it.
The Rays obviously didn't get the prospect haul everybody was expecting them to get, but they did got some nice returns nonetheless. With all of the prospect hugging going on nowadays I wouldn't be surprised if this was the best offer Tampa got for Price.
Austin Jackson will have some big shoes to fill when he's playing centerfield for the Mariners. I mean who could ever replace guys like Abraham Almonte, Franklin Gutierrez or James Jones?
*Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes go to the Athletics, Yoenis Cespedes goes to the Red Sox.
This is a clear sign that the Red Sox plan on contending in 2015. Of course their pitching rotation will have to be sorted out but Boston has the money and prospects to get anyone they want between now and Opening Day 2015.
Meanwhile the A's rotation just got even better and will make the ALDS(?) or ALCS one heck of a pitching match-up.
DET: Verlander, Scherzer, Price, Sanchez & Porcello
OAK: Lester, Gray, Kazmir, Samardjiza & Hammel
:o
*John Lackey and Corey Littrell go to the Cardinals, Allen Craig and Joe Kelly go to the Red Sox.
Again, the Red Sox are preparing their core for next year. With Cespedes and Craig they've added two outfielders who've proven that they can stick around at the MLB level. And while Joe Kelly is no Jon Lester, he is at least good enough to be John Lackey.
*Martin Prado goes to the Yankees, Peter O'Brien goes to the D-Backs.
This trade fucking pissed me off. Nice going Cashman, you traded away one of the best home run mashers in the minors (and had the second most extra base hits in the minors) for a mediocre infielder/outfielder. And people are saying this was a bad trade for Arizona, fucking morons.
*Jarred Cosart, Enrique Hernandez and Austin Wates goes to the Astros, Jake Marisnick, Colin Moran, Francis Martes and a 2015 competitive balance pick goes to the Marlins.
Holy fucking shit, the Marlins got robbed in this trade. Jarred Cosart is a nice commodity to have in any rotation but giving up Jake Marisnick and Colin Moran for him? Really? Plus the Marlins also parted with a CBP, which will be important come June, 2015.
*James Russell and Emilio Bonifacio go to the Braves, Victor Caratini goes to the Cubs.
Man, Bonifacio's value must've really plummeted after the calendar turned to May.
*Asdrubal Cabrera goes to the Nationals, Zach Walters goes to the Indians.
This one caught me by surprise as I thought the Indians were going to raise the price on Cabrera. But I guess everybody saw through that by just pointing out that they already had a future SS in Francisco Lindor.
*Chris Denorfia goes to the Mariners, Stephen Kohlscheen and Abraham Almonte go to the Padres.
Rejoice Mariners fans, this trade will save your season!
*Andrew Miller goes to the Orioles, Eduardo Rodriguez goes to the Red Sox.
Another young top org prospect added to Boston's ranks. Oh goody.
*Stephen Drew goes to the Yankees, Kelly Johnson goes to the Red Sox.
Sure, why the fuck not?
*Tommy Milone goes to Twins, Sam Fuld goes to the A's.
Gee, I thought the A's would put a bigger price tag on Milone but at least the Twins now have a young controlled arm. And one that doesn't suck either.
*Gerardo Parra goes to the Brewers, Mitch Haniger and Anthony Banda go to the D-Backs.
It just dawned on me that most of the Diamondbacks players are now white. Most of their black players and Latinos have been traded away by now. They should just rename themselves the Whitemenbacks.
One thing I noticed about this year's trade deadline was the total lack of top tier prospects being moved around. The only trade that featured top prospects being moved was the Jarred Cosart trade. And I guess the Masterson-Ramsey trade too (just barely). Most of the guys that moved around were major leaguers who teams either weren't intend on keeping around, or weren't going to be able to keep around.
This might be a common theme from here on out. Teams refuse to trade their top prospects and instead only trade proven major league talent.
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When I saw Seattle was involved in the Price deal, I was like "uh oh, maybe Tampa Bay got a prospect like Walker from them." Only to find out it was Nick fucking Franklin.
Tampa Bay got robbed beyond belief in this deal. Drew Smyly and fucking Nick Franklin lmao. Astros got more for Jarred Cosart, and from Miami of all teams.
LOL seriously. I think Franklin has some good upside and Smyly seems like a nice pitcher, but damn. Excited to have Jackson.
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When I saw Seattle was involved in the Price deal, I was like "uh oh, maybe Tampa Bay got a prospect like Walker from them." Only to find out it was Nick fucking Franklin.
Tampa Bay got robbed beyond belief in this deal. Drew Smyly and fucking Nick Franklin lmao. Astros got more for Jarred Cosart, and from Miami of all teams.
LOL seriously. I think Franklin has some good upside and Smyly seems like a nice pitcher, but damn. Excited to have Jackson.
Word Seattle came out big winners in this one IMO. You guys got the outfielder you've been clamoring for at the price of a player who is being road blocked (and will be road blocked for ten seasons lol).
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Yanks fans, how do you feel about the acquisitions y'all got? They are all random as fuck but I felt like Cashman had to go for broke for Jeter's final year. All of them are expire at the end of this year except for Prado (who's signed for two more years after this) and I don't see Yankees re-signing any of them. McCarthy would make the most sense though and it would've been nice if he had the extended contract instead of Prado.
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Yanks fans, how do you feel about the acquisitions y'all got? They are all random as fuck but I felt like Cashman had to go for broke for Jeter's final year. All of them are expire at the end of this year except for Prado (who's signed for two more years after this) and I don't see Yankees re-signing any of them. McCarthy would make the most sense though and it would've been nice if he had the extended contract instead of Prado.
I feel indifferent to all of it.
With the exception of the Prado deal, the Yankees didn't give up anything worthwhile. And you know what they say, you get what you pay for. And if what you paid only cost you a Vidal Nuno or Kelly Johnson... :P. Besides, whether or not they resign any of their infield options (or the ones that are left anyway) depends on #ARod2k15.
It would've been nice to see the Yankees be sellers though. Trade away Kuroda and Robertson, dangle Betances around as trade bait, and finally top it all off by trolling the world and shipping Jeter's rotting corpse off to the Red Sox.
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Yanks fans, how do you feel about the acquisitions y'all got? They are all random as fuck but I felt like Cashman had to go for broke for Jeter's final year. All of them are expire at the end of this year except for Prado (who's signed for two more years after this) and I don't see Yankees re-signing any of them. McCarthy would make the most sense though and it would've been nice if he had the extended contract instead of Prado.
I feel indifferent to all of it.
With the exception of the Prado deal, the Yankees didn't give up anything worthwhile. And you know what they say, you get what you pay for. And if what you paid only cost you a Vidal Nuno or Kelly Johnson... :P. Besides, whether or not they resign any of their infield options (or the ones that are left anyway) depends on #ARod2k15.
It would've been nice to see the Yankees be sellers though. Trade away Kuroda and Robertson, dangle Betances around as trade bait, and finally top it all off by trolling the world and shipping Jeter's rotting corpse off to the Red Sox.
I would become a Yankee fan for the rest of my life if all of that happened lmao
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Although the proverbial trade deadline has passed it's now that time of year where teams put players on waivers and they either pass waivers and remain with their teams, or get claimed by another team and either get traded or no deal is worked out and the players stay put anyway.
One notable waiver wire transaction today was how Yankees reliever Matt Thornton was claimed by the Nationals.
Now Thornton is on his way to the Nats while the Yankees have added Rich Hill to be the lefty in their bullpen while they wait until September for rosters to expand and to firmly evaluate whether or not their home grown lefty relievers (who they have a lot of confidence in) are ready. Possible candidates include Tyler Webb and the Yankees first overall draft pick in 2014, Jacob Lindgren.
On an unrelated but still important note, the Miami Marlins have designated Jacob Turner for assignment. Now the race is on to see who'll claim him first.