It was a busy day for GM’s yesterday, with several contenders adding key pieces to their post-season drive. Let’s take a look at the moves and the effect I think they will have. Boston Red Sox Acquire Victor Martinez The Red Sox added a big bat in Martinez, while holding onto prized pitching prospect Clay [...]
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2009 MLB Trade Deadline Recap
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Boston Red Sox, Casey Kotchman, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Washburn, Jerry Hairston Jr., Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Nick Johnson, Orlando Cabrera, Trade Deadline, Victor Martinez on August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Phillies Trade Four Prospects For Cliff Lee But Hold On To JA Happ and Kyle Drabek
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Ben Francisco, Carlos Carrasco, CC Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, JA Happ, Jason Donald, Jason Knapp, Kyle Drabek, Lou Marson, Matt Stairs, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, Toronto Blue Jays on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, the defending world champions got their man. No it is not Roy Halladay, but it is a second ace they can pair with Cole Hamels for a strong 1-2 punch. The big win in this deal is that the Phillies kept their top two pitching prospects, Happ and Drabek, the former who is having [...]
Pirates Fail In Bid To Give Free Tickets To Their Fans
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Arizona Diamondbacks, Freddy Sanchez, Matt Capps, Paul Maholm, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, You Score As The Bucs Score on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It seems the Pittsburgh Pirates cannot do anything right. Faced with brutal ticket sales for an upcoming series against the lowly Nationals, the Bucs marketing department came up with a “You Score As The Bucs Score” campaign. I do not know about you, but I would rather have my “scoring” tied to something other than [...]
Inside The Cardinals – Matt Holliday
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Brett Wallace, Clayton Mortenson, Inside the Majors, Matt Holliday, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is my latest article at Inside The Majors in which I discuss the acquisition of Matt Holliday. http://www.insidethemajors.com/?p=2369
New York Mets Fire VP of Player Development Tony Bernazard
Posted in News and Notes, Opinion, tagged Adam Rubin, Binghampton Mets, Buffalo Bisons, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, David Wright, Francisco Rodriguez, Johan Santana, Jose Coronado, Jose Reyes, New York Daily News, New York Mets, Omar Minaya, Tony Bernazard on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The last couple weeks have added a new wrinkle to a 2009 Mets season that most fans are already trying to forget. Forget injuries to Reyes, Delgado and Beltran, or six home runs from David Wright, how about a member of the front office trying to throw down with two players on separate occasions, and [...]
Mark Buehrle Shuts Down The Rays To Throw 18th Perfect Game in History
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Chicago White Sox, Dewayne Wise, Gabe Kapler, Mark Buehrle, Perfect Game, Randy Johnson, Tampa Bay Rays on July 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What a month it has been in baseball. Jarrod Washburn and Jason Marquis were one and two hits away respectively from perfect games, and last week Jonathan Sanchez was one error away from a perfecto. Now, on July 23rd, Mark Buerhle has done what these other pitchers could not accomplish, and has thrown the 18th [...]
Cardinals Acquire Julio Lugo for Chris Duncan
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Boston Red Sox, Chris Duncan, Dave Duncan, Julio Lugo, St. Louis Cardinals, Tony La Russa on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here is the link to my article for Inside The Majors about the Lugo acquisition. Very risky move by Mozeliak to risk alienating his manager and pitching coach. I am not sure I like this. http://www.insidethemajors.com/?p=2335
Boston Red Sox Acquire 1B Adam LaRoche from the Pirates
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Adam LaRoche, Argenis Diaz, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Hunter Strickland, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Pittsburgh Pirates, Theo Epstein on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Red Sox GM Theo Epstein once again showed why he is one of the best in the business, acquiring former 32 home run hitter Adam LaRoche for two mid-level prospects. Going the other way are AA shortstop Argenis Diaz and A pitcher Hunter Strickland. In LaRoche, the Red Sox get an average defensive first baseman [...]
SS Julio Lugo Finally Released By The Boston Red Sox
Posted in News and Notes, tagged Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Julio Lugo, Nick Green on July 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When you have one less error than RBI, you know you are having a bad year, and probably feel pretty bad. When you are the team paying this player $9 million dollars a season, you probably feel even worse. This is the case with Julio Lugo, who the Red Sox finally cut ties with today. [...]
