summer trade deadline 2014

Some handicapping by BP:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=24025

really, Mets better deal Murphy this month

i'm telling virginia plain you said that

she has a better glove

the padres . . . signed seth smith to a two-year extension

@Ken_Rosenthal
DEAL IS DONE: #Cubs send Samardzija and Hammel to #Athletics for Addison Russell, per sources. May be other players and team(s) involved.

plus straily

seems like a decent deal both ways; russell has barely played this year but is only 20

whoa
now Oakland has to win it all

straily is 25 but seems p. useful if not an ace

So wait, the rotation is Samardzija, Kazmir, Hammel, Gray and Chavez? Isn't that a little overloaded? I believe second base was bigger emegency for them at this point of the season.

I see this is discussed here. I guess the A's don't have much faith that their entire staff will stay healthy and or good. Definitely a win now move.

@MLBRosterMoves
The @Yankees acquire RHP Brandon McCarthy and cash from @Dbacks for LHP Vidal Nuno. http://atmlb.com/1qLe0wW #OnTheMove

a.j. pierzynski dfa'd

^^^ best day of my life.

The A.J. Pierzynski problem was worse than anybody could have imagined

He also made little effort to fall in line with the rest of the lineup in regard to seeing at least a few pitches, a frustration that came to a head when he grounded into an inning-ending double play on a first-pitch fastball after the Red Sox had loaded the bases with three walks in Seattle.

Alarming behavior from a proven winner.

if only the red sox had had real leadership, like that of derek jeter

http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/07/16/former-mlb-player-luke-scott-fired-korean-team-after-confrontation-manager

huston street to the angels for basically everything decent in their farm system ffs

Dipoto is the fuckin best

@pgammo
GM:"Padres preferred holding on to (Joacquin) Benoit. The price was higher than for Street, and it's now gone up ever more."

...

in pursuit of Burnett

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/7/20/5919151/trade-rumors-aj-burnett-phillies-orioles-giants-asdrubal-cabrera-mike-aviles

rosenthal says uggla to giants

So ends the Scutaro Experience.

Who would've thought it'd end like this.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qlA8RPV1mWA/Uqe83wGexhI/AAAAAAAAAA0/YxmepnOyTks/s1600/WELPFACE2.png

stoked for the badness

and to think that there were talks of Utley...

panik move amirite

giants second basemen have a 66 wRC+, so he *probably* won't be that much worse

he's so terrible. that second half he had in 2011 was incredible, though.

stoked for the hacking massness

How is he an improvement over hicks? I assume hicks can bat.175 with shitty defense too

No! Uggla really?

It's classic Sabean though.

chase headley to the bronx, apparently

good job good effort

yangervis, we hardly knew ye

2 years too late for the padres. they could have gotten jesus montero for him. lol

but in all seriousness, if they traded him after his mvp vote getting season they would have gotten a kings ransom. now they get a yangervis.

lol and the yanks also get $1 million, just to really make it sad

2012 - .286/.376/.498; 31 HR, 115 RBI

This will have implications for Sandoval's free agent summer, I guess.

I like any trade where we get the guy with the coolest name.

15 months ago:

Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler told U-T San Diego that the team is preparing to offer Headley a multiyear deal that would make him the highest-paid player in franchise history.

chase headley to the bronx

p sure somebody reputable forecast that recently, tho BP podcast joked Tulo-to-NYY a few days ago

darwin barney dfa'd

giants rumored to have interest in bartolo :

Colon and Sandoval walk thru door at same time.gif

The results of the Competitive Balance Lottery are as follows:

ROUND A
(Six Draft Selections Following First Round)
1. MIAMI MARLINS
2. COLORADO ROCKIES
3. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
4. MILWAUKEE BREWERS
5. SAN DIEGO PADRES
6. CLEVELAND INDIANS

ROUND B
(Six Draft Selections Following Second Round)
1. CINCINNATI REDS
2. OAKLAND ATHLETICS
3. SEATTLE MARINERS
4. MINNESOTA TWINS
5. BALTIMORE ORIOLES
6. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/7/23/5930899/competitive-balance-lottery-draft

otm

I don't remember knowing this even existed!

ya, wtf?!

it's only a couple years old. kind of intersting because the competitive balance picks can be traded, unlike regular picks

giants rumored to have interest in bartolo :

the couple times i saw bartolo take the plate (he was with the A's, playing an interleague game) were amazing. I'm not sure he even lifted the bat.

morbs and i saw him get a hit a few weeks ago!

Yeah, I was gonna say, didn't he have a comedy double recently?

heh just watched the video. He basically jogs all the way the 2nd

all the way TO second

Soria to Detroit for two prospects the 85-year-old owner does not care about.

relievers are curiously expensive this month

The Seattle Mariners made a move to upgrade one of baseball's weakest offenses Thursday when they acquired Kendrys Morales from the Minnesota Twins in a trade for relief pitcher Stephen Pryor.

-0.7 war in 39 games; quite an upgrade

Just needed to get away from the media circus in MN.

he'll flourish outside the cavernous target field

@MLBRosterMoves
The @SFGiants acquire RHP Jake Peavy from @RedSox for LHP Edwin Escobar, RHP Heath Hembree. http://atmlb.com/1AjDOmJ #OnTheMove

what? wow, Matt Cain has to be done this year.

Good trade for the Giants. Peavy in an N.L. pitchers park = a risk worth taking.

good trade for the sox -- escobar's having a bad year, but he's still a much better prospect than i'd have thought they could get for peavy

Fangraph's article on the Peavy / Escobar Hembree deal

btw Chris Capuano and his sculpted calves to the Bronx

Tulo to Mets rumors

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2014/7/28/5944829/mets-trade-rumors-tulowitzki-troy-noah-syndergaard

Rockies misspelling his promo jerseys lol

What's the breached unspoken rule?

just attending a game not involving your own team while on the DL i think

Darwin Barney to the Dodgers for a player to be named later.

the Dodgers don't even need a second baseman but the Giants do...

The Royals and Blue Jays completed a three-player trade Monday evening, and while the deal wasn't a blockbuster by any means, both clubs added potential contributors for the stretch run.

Kansas City received right-hander Liam Hendricks and catcher Erik Kratz in return for infielder Danny Valencia, according to Ken Rosenthal.

the logistics of being traded mid-season: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=24273

@robertbrender Bob Nightengale is reporting the Phillies asked the Dodgers for Joc Pederson, Corey Seager and Julio Urias in exchange for Cole Hamels.

lol

Not to say they're super similar but this trade deadline is like 08 when the pirates wanted like kemp and kershaw for maholm or duke or some piece of shit. Basically every team asked for kemp and kershaw now matter how shitty the target was

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/on-the-report-of-the-phillies-asking-price-for-cole-hamels

amaro is welcome to ask for whatever he wants, but that's silly. that's the entire dodgers system! three of the top 25 prospects in the game!

no one will pay anywhere near that much, and the phillies will be left with one more aging star and no prospects

Lester won't be pitching for the Red Sox tomorrow.

no actual trade being reported tho.

Bucs-Bosox blockbuster?

The Pirates are willing to part with a club source called a “significant” package of prospects in a trade but don’t want to give up their very best minor leaguers because they would have Lester only for the short term.

The Pirates are willing to trade any of their prospects except right-handers Tyler Glasnow, Nick Kingham and Jameson Taillon, catcher Reese McGuire and outfielders Josh Bell and Austin Meadows.

Among the significant prospects the Pirates apparently would be willing to give up — in some combination — are right-handers Luis Heredia and Adrian Sampson, third baseman Wyatt Mathisen, shortstops Alen Hanson and Jacoby Jones and outfielder Harold Ramirez.

The potential exists for a blockbuster trade. The Pirates also have interest in a pair of Red Sox relievers — closer Koji Uehara and left-hander Andrew Miller — and right-handed hitting outfielder Jonny Gomes to platoon with rookie right fielder Gregory Polanco. Uehara, Miller and Carp are also eligible for free agency in November.

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/pirates/pirates-interested-in-lester-maybe-more-from-red-sox/article_278710eb-b95e-5fc8-a0ca-d1b4c71d0439.html#.U9jKsrMcF-8.twitter

MLB Trade Rumors:

The Cardinals and Dodgers are the two teams that are most aggressively competing for Lester’s services, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. They’re also the most aggressive clubs on David Price, though it’s far from a given that the Rays will move their own left-handed ace.

An NL GM told Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe that he thinks the Cardinals, Pirates, Dodgers and Mariners are the primary suitors for Lester heading into Wednesday.

fuc a jonny gomes

Gomes will totally get u over 40% on BP playoff odds

The pirates are willing to trade any of their prospects except the ones who are good

sounds like masterson to st. louis for blocked outfield prospect james ramsey +/- others

Indians rumored to be pursuing Lackey, Oakland same w/ Lester

Masterton to Cards is official.

hmm...ramsey was definitely locked up so good to see them make a move, but i'm not so excited about masterson. his fastball has lost 2.6 MPH in the last year(!), and his best velocity games in 2014 barely eclipses his worst velocity game in 2013. :-/

uh

lester & gomes to oakland for yoenis cespedes?

O_O whoa

wow waht

cespedes is a free agent after next season, so i guess it's not that crazy but jeez

red sox colors are too bland for yoenis

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt4KF5LCEAAxu1u.jpg

pretty nice playoff rotation for the A's, and Yoenis perhaps not quite the slugger we thought he was. Ya gotta watch that Beane.

8:54am: Passan tweets that Oakland is also sending a competitive balance draft pick to the A’s in the trade, and Boston is sending cash to Oakland. The A’s landed the second pick in Comp Round B in last week’s lottery.

ya seems like its knowing they wont be able to pay him in arbitration after next yr and preferring to deal yoenis rather than another prospect, makes reasonable sense

cespedes family bbq having a crisis

whoa

Seen on twitter: "Billy Beane's shit doesn't work in the playoffs, so he's trying George Steinbrenner's."

(obv not an analogy that really holds up)

sam fuld to oakland for tommy milone

BB may not stop all day!

Dave Cameron of Fangraphs reports another wrinkle in the trade: Cespedes’ contract calls for him to be non-tendered at the end of his deal (if he is not first extended) in order to assure him early free agency, and he therefore is ineligible to receive a qualifying offer following the 2015 season.

billy beane may not win the ws this year but he has won the internet on this day, for sure

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/imported_assets/2307208/320x325_OAK_La_Potencia_Shirt.jpg

SOURCES: lackey to be reunited with pierzynski in st. louis

...still can't score

Dodgers said to be frontrunners for Joaquin Benoit

joe kelly, allen craig to boston for lackey

front office tying matheny's hands!

so it's almost like Oscar Taveras is a throw-in!

matheny now furiously trying to right jon jay into CF and RF

I can't wait to see the A's eliminated in 4 games by the Tigers.

need to trade buchholz and theyd of traded their entire starting rotation?

red sox FO is fucking crazy

2012 - MASSIVE SELL-OFF
2013 - Win the fucking world series
2014 - MASSIVE SEL-OFF

this is like the marlins but with money and brains

lack had to have said to boston in no uncertain terms that he wouldnt pitch for $500k next year

Andrew Miller about to be peddled to Tigers?

Asdrubal Cabrera going somewhere

there's no fucking way lackey plays for 500k next year - hes gonna hang retirement over whoever's head

The Braves want Andrew Miller badly (if that's the lefty reliever I'm thinking of) but it looks like the price tag in prospects may be too high.

fake joel sherman twitter account making everyone look like assholes

The Brewers have acquired OF Gerardo Parra from Arizona in exchange for OF Mitch Haniger and LHP Anthony Banda

really like parra as a player. very underrated.

then again he won a gold glove so not super underrated lol

I'm trying desperately to find a GIF, or even just a still image, of that "snake strike" hand thingy the Diamondbacks did in the 2011 post-season. Can any Arizona fans help me out? How is there no photographic evidence of this gesture?

http://www.arizonasports.com/emedia/apimage/ap_32b4c6e24f657513540f6a706700923e.jpg
http://i.azcentral.com/i/sized/C/4/4/e298/j350/PHP4E8E6BF54644C.jpg

that?

yes thanks!

Cardinals deal Allen Craig and Joe Kelly to Boston for John Lackey

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2014/7/31/5956003/breaking-news-cardinals-deal-allen-craig-and-joe-kelly-to-boston-for

my gut reaction is YESSSSSS

i don't even know that much about lackey

he beat you guys to win the world series last year iirc

the phillies aren't going to trade anyone, are they

loved this reaction I read to the Denorfia trade

"Can't believe they traded him to their inter-league rival"

asdrubal to nationals

andrew miller to orioles

i thought the byrd thing happened? to yankees? i have not been paying good attention today

fake account tweeted it, jim bowden (among many others) parroted it, hilarity ensued

apparently the phillies lineup for tonight has been posted and byrd is on it

If amaro does nothing he should be arrested

Tigers appear to be the front-runner on David Price at the moment, tweets Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News.

that'll be quite a kick in the balls for the Rays

i don't even know what the tigers have that the rays would want

MLBTR:

A three-team mix could be in the offing, according to reports. Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets that there were discussions of such a deal involving Price and the Tigers and Mariners. And Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times tweets that a three-team arrangement is under discussion now.

@GordonEdes 58s
Hearing Steven Drew to the Yankees

The Yankees finally found a shortstop

Yankees 2B: 72 wRC+
Stephen Drew: 56 wRC+

@Ken_Rosenthal: Source: #Tigers get Price.

Jim Price?

vincent

austin jackson and drew smyly in price deal

Nick Franklin heading to Tampa.

so prospects are worth more than actual mlb players these days?

so weird watching austin jackson get pulled from the tigers game, get hugs in the dugout

@Ken_Rosenthal
No trades for #Phillies.

lolololol

apparently the asking price for Byrd was hilarious

smyly + franklin doesn't seem like a fantastic haul for david price

2 run HR from our new regular RF Oscar. #mathenaging

@jjcoop36
Phillies have $123 million committed to Hamels, Howard, Lee, Papelbon, Rollins, Ruiz, Byrd, Utley next year. All 30+, 6 will be 35+

martin prado to the yanks

Twins sign Kurt Suzuki to extension

the dbacks are a terrible organization

traded justin upton for jack fucking shit

Jarred Cosart to Marlins

Rhett:
Why would the yanks trade for 2 starting infielders when they have one spot open???? Can Prado play right?

Dan Szymborski:
Well technically they don't have a SS...

Jon Morosi ✔ @jonmorosi
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Four-player deal confirmed: David Price to Tigers, Austin Jackson to Mariners, Nick Franklin and Drew Smyly to Rays. No other prospects.

what a shitty trade. really?

Jerry Crasnick:
Hearing Jake Marisnick is in the Cosart deal. #marlins #astros

@JeffSkversky
Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon says GM Ruben Amaro told him a few days ago that the Phillies will continue to compete next few years

rays also got 18yo ss willy adames from detroit, which makes a bit more sense

Surprised the Giants weren't more active today, considering the massive hole 2B has been all season long. I guess they are keeping their prospects a little longer, or that they are pretty confident with that wild card spot.

I'd prefer someone higher than low-a but I thought price was going to command 3 of the top 25 prospects in mlb so wtf do I know

The Braves have acquired James Russell and Emilio Bonifacio from the Cubs, according to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times

Wittenymyer tweets that a minor league catcher is headed to Chicago.

@MattGelb
Amaro said Phillies did not ask for “top prospects.” Criticized other GMs for not being aggressive enough.

Nice one, Wren.

Wonder if they (ATL) will dump Doumit or Schaefer.

Brian Roberts dfa'd

full deal:
Marlins have announced a multi-player trade with the Astros that will bring starter Jarred Cosart, shortstop Enrique Hernandez, and pitcher Francis Martes to Miami in exchange for third baseman Colin Moran, outfielder Jake Marisnick, outfielder Austin Wates, and the Marlins’ 2015 compensation pick.

For once, trade deadline day does not disappoint.

Would you rather have the return for Price or Cosart

guess it depends on the situation your team is in..

When was the last Red Sox - Yankees trade? I can't remember a single one, although for sure I'm forgetting a few?

Gerardo Parra to Milwaukee

last three Yanks/Sox trades:

August 13, 1997: The New York Yankees traded a player to be named later and Tony Armas to the Boston Red Sox for Randy Brown (minors) and Mike Stanley. The New York Yankees sent Jim Mecir (September 29, 1997) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

September 1, 1994: The New York Yankees purchased Scott Bankhead from the Boston Red Sox.

March 28, 1986: The New York Yankees traded Don Baylor to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Easler.

@Ken_Rosenthal
Keep in mind on #Rays: Return for Price would have paled in comparison in off-season. Big-time club control with Smyly, Franklin, Adames.

So wait, what have the Mariners given in the trade? Because getting Austin Jackson is pretty good in any case.

they gave up nick franklin, which isn't too bad given their glut of promising middle infielders (miller, franklin, taylor)

I forget tampa has no goddamn money.

@JaneMLB
Re: Price to Tigers, Beane "had a feeling it was going to happen." Dombrowski jokingly texted, "You have 1 minute to acquire Chris Sale"

@beckjason
Scherzer: "Dave was right there in the dugout. He's on the phone with [MLB], and he's screaming, 'You've gotta get Austin off the field!'"

listened to a bit of cherington's presser earlier. dude is fearless. you can argue w/the actual players received but he was super clear that the goal was getting a head start on fielding a better team in 2015.

Posted 'HOLY SHIT PRICE TRADED TO DETROIT' on facebook and the trolling. Oh how it worked.

lol

btw there's an old-school ilx0r named car3y pric3 -- she said she often gets emails, in french, praising her play or hoping that her injuries aren't too bad

that took me a while to get, well played

& I live here (mtl) too which is the sad part

ruben amaro swings into action:

the erstwhile fausto carmona to the dodgers for two ptbnl/cash considerations

only fitting they'll be named later

rangers remove catcher chris gimenez from paternity list, designate him for assignment

zing

lol @ bnw

The Dodgers on Saturday acquired pitcher Kevin Correia from the Twins for a player to be named later or cash.

in kevin correia's single all-star season (with the pirates!) he had a 78 era+

he's not even left-handed!

Gordon Beckham to Angels?

Gordon Beckham to Angels.

do they know he's not a pitcher?

Geovany Soto added to A's catcher collection

Bartolo clears waivers

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2014/8/26/6069441/new-york-mets-trade-rumors-bartolo-colon-dodgers-angels-royals

According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Cubs rejected a trade offer that would have sent right-hander Edwin Jackson to the Braves for outfielder B.J. Upton.

your joke here