in-season trades and rumors 2015

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it's Tulo time (again)

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-think-about-a-troy-tulowitzki-trade/

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/troy-tulowitzki-trade-mets-yankees-article-1.2219924

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 14:02 (ten years ago)

ten straight loses will do that

johnny crunch, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 14:43 (ten years ago)

dave Cameron also mentioned in a chat that he thinks the brewers will def trade carlos gomez

johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:27 (ten years ago)

brewers should trade garza too.. they just need a whole new team at this point.

tired phrase but the dodgers will be pretty damn active at the trade deadline looking for a #3 starter.. I assume they'll do a red sox deadline deal like last year where they trade a couple of scott van slyke, justin turner and alex guerrero instead of prospects to get someone while every gm on earth will insist on seager and urias as a starting point.

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 14 May 2015 21:56 (ten years ago)

Tulo decided NOT to demand a trade.

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 May 2015 14:23 (ten years ago)

@TBrownYahoo
Reports Tulo left game tonight with quad tightness. Could be media production, however.

cool, thx

mookieproof, Saturday, 16 May 2015 04:04 (ten years ago)

last week, Jed Hoyer seemed to hint that there will be a big Mets-Cubs trade "eventually"

http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2015/5/12/8595201/hoyer-cubs-mets-trade-syndergaard-castro-baez-wheeler

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:32 (ten years ago)

Cubs traded Welington Castillo to the Mariners for Yoervis Medina.

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 15:07 (ten years ago)

Juan Uribe to Barves, apparently

http://www.talkingchop.com/2015/5/26/8664243/braves-trade-juan-uribe-dodgers-alberto-callaspo?_ga=1.185574827.340491824.1391709445

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 15:29 (ten years ago)

niewenhuis to the angels for 'cash'

mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 17:58 (ten years ago)

Monopoly money will do.

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 19:11 (ten years ago)

The Mariners and Diamondbacks pulled off a trade yesterday. Mark Trumbo was sent to Seattle along with Vidal Nuno in exchange for Wellington Castillo, Dominic Leone, Jack Reinheimer, and Gabby Guerrero.

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:59 (ten years ago)

Dominic Leone! I heard she's cute

polyphonic, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:12 (ten years ago)

astros expressing interst in hamels

mookieproof, Friday, 5 June 2015 19:21 (ten years ago)

The Jays are going to go after Rafael Soriano (along with the Cubs and Cardinals).

clemenza, Friday, 5 June 2015 20:53 (ten years ago)

the phillies have signed kevin correia lololol

mookieproof, Monday, 8 June 2015 18:57 (ten years ago)

career, career, correa, correia

Who M the best? (Will M.), Monday, 8 June 2015 19:03 (ten years ago)

Soriano going w the Cubs

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:56 (ten years ago)

love that soriano got a minor-league deal and correia (who was last league-average in 2007) a big-league one

ruben!

mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:00 (ten years ago)

i guess the ML deal lets them move him through their system without having to go through waivers.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:29 (ten years ago)

yeah, Aramis Ramirez, that'll help

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/6/10/8763015/mets-trade-rumors-brewers-ramirez-segura-new-york

the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 June 2015 10:57 (ten years ago)

perhaps they're bringing him in as a spine donor and they want one that they know has at some point played 3b

Who M the best? (Will M.), Thursday, 11 June 2015 15:09 (ten years ago)

barves bought themselves 2014 first-rounder touki toussaint by agreeing to take on bronson arroyo's contract. dave stewart doesn't seem much better at this than kevin towers

mookieproof, Sunday, 21 June 2015 06:21 (nine years ago)

@jonmorosi
Sources: #Rangers and #Phillies having ongoing dialogue about Cole Hamels, and he is willing to waive no-trade to Texas

mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 16:47 (nine years ago)

sooooo when do they ask for joey gallo and get laughed out the fuckin room lol

definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 16:48 (nine years ago)

pretty sure ruben is holding out for elvis andrus

mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 17:41 (nine years ago)

The Philadelphia Phillies reportedly agreed to trade outfielder Ben Revere to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for right-hander Trevor Gott, but Los Angeles backed out of the deal at the last minute. The Angels then tried redirect Philadelphia toward another pitching prospect, according to Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:01 (nine years ago)

no relation to former blue jay/pirate/dodger great jim gott

mookieproof, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:07 (nine years ago)

who used to have God-Devil faceoffs vs Tim Teufel

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:12 (nine years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/21/report-tigers-prepared-to-be-sellers-make-david-price-and-yoenis-cespedes-available/

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 14:12 (nine years ago)

joba to the blue jays on a minor league deal

nationals release jose valverde

gonna be excited when the phillies don't trade papelbon

mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 23:59 (nine years ago)

The story I saw about Chris Johnson wanting the Barves to trade him was the funniest thing I'd seen all month.

dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Thursday, 23 July 2015 00:01 (nine years ago)

scott kazmir to houston

mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2015 17:15 (nine years ago)

@JeffPassan
One other guy whose name is everywhere: Pedro Alvarez. Said one GM: "Pirates want to get rid of him. They're offering him to everybody."

lol

mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2015 17:50 (nine years ago)

do u want mike napoli for him and a prospect? im sure the sox will eat that

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 23 July 2015 18:17 (nine years ago)

sure -- if the pirates get the prospect instead

mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2015 18:44 (nine years ago)

i thought u guys had those

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 23 July 2015 19:22 (nine years ago)

@BrinkPG
Sources: Pirates and Brewers nearing agreement on a trade that would send 3B Aramis Ramirez to Pittsburgh.

mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:13 (nine years ago)

oh cool, they got the older version of pedro alvarez

polyphonic, Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:16 (nine years ago)

a righty-lefty matching pair

12 years to the day since they traded him away

mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:20 (nine years ago)

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1m1 minute ago
Aramis Ramirez in July: .352/.422/.500 in 64 plate appearances. #Mets were not interested.

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:34 (nine years ago)

smart trade for both the a's and astros

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 23 July 2015 22:10 (nine years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKoM-2QUsAEwIQM.jpg

those two minor leaguers the a's acquired went from lancaster to stockton -- which are opening a four-game series against each other tonight. they just walked from one clubhouse to the other

mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2015 23:51 (nine years ago)

Amazing. How often does that even happen?!

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 24 July 2015 02:03 (nine years ago)

every once in a while -- i remember it happened to robbie erlin a few years ago and it was actually his day to start, but his new team opted to give him the night off

stockton started their new catcher, nottingham, tonight -- singled in his first at-bat

mookieproof, Friday, 24 July 2015 03:06 (nine years ago)

Supposedly down to the Jays and Royals for Cueto. Mixed feelings on whether I want the Jays to get him. We're 5.5 out, 3.0 for a wild-card, and who knows what they've offered.

clemenza, Friday, 24 July 2015 16:23 (nine years ago)

i'd still be wary of his injury history, too. after the last time his arm exploded, didn't everyone say that he'd have to change his delivery? but then he didn't? he's a great pitcher obv, he just seems like a timebomb, like the slightly less fragile brett anderson.

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2015 16:33 (nine years ago)

Conor Gillaspie from White Sox to Angels for $$$

Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:17 (nine years ago)

hope they get him back like gordon beckham

mookieproof, Friday, 24 July 2015 17:40 (nine years ago)

cishek to the cards for some minor league d00d (kyle barraclough?)

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 24 July 2015 19:34 (nine years ago)

BEARCLAW?

Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Friday, 24 July 2015 20:05 (nine years ago)

Zack Wheeler being shopped?

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/zack-wheeler-mentioned-mets-trade-talks-source-article-1.2303875

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 25 July 2015 17:28 (nine years ago)

Supposedly down to the Jays and Royals for Cueto. Mixed feelings on whether I want the Jays to get him. We're 5.5 out, 3.0 for a wild-card, and who knows what they've offered.].

The Astros got Kazmir for very little (in a trade within their division no less). Someone is going to similarly overpay for Cueto. Having said that, I think the Jays have to make this trade, it'll cost them Sanchez or Norris but we have 1.5 decent starting pitchers and the offense is built to win now.

NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 26 July 2015 07:29 (nine years ago)

... Or next year. Agree the Jays need an upgrade to the rotation. But Norris would be too high a price IMHO.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 26 July 2015 13:07 (nine years ago)

cueto to royals

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 26 July 2015 16:03 (nine years ago)

Can't wait for Norris to have a hard luck 9-13 record with the 2017 Blue Jays!

NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 26 July 2015 17:10 (nine years ago)

If the Jays had been leading or no worse than a game out, I would have been all for getting Cueto at some cost. They're 5.5 out, though; Cueto cannot make that up. If he pitches well, he's worth, what, two or three games the rest of the way? (Teams in the Jays' position who make these moves seem to be putting faith in those dreaded intangibles--that it'll inspire the rest of the team to make up the other three games.) Even if they got (or get) into the playoffs, I just can't see them getting very far.

I think it's a great move for KC; for us, I had my doubts.

clemenza, Sunday, 26 July 2015 17:17 (nine years ago)

cincy got a pretty good return for 11 weeks of cueto

mookieproof, Sunday, 26 July 2015 19:31 (nine years ago)

Wow, cishek is deeply religious and was stoked to join the cardinals, weird

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Sunday, 26 July 2015 20:41 (nine years ago)

I bought tickets last week for Toronto-K.C. Thursday night; just realized that we'll probably see Cueto. The crowd should be interesting if he shuts down Toronto...

clemenza, Sunday, 26 July 2015 21:33 (nine years ago)

#Mets are "making progress" on a trade for OAK's Tyler Clippard, who would be a hell of a setup man for Familia.

mookieproof, Monday, 27 July 2015 17:17 (nine years ago)

uh

http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2015/7/27/9049561/rajai-davis-just-followed-every-cardinals-person-on-twitter

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 27 July 2015 20:24 (nine years ago)

Maybe he merely found the Cardinals Christian Connection (and not only Cardinals among his recent followed accounts):

@LangoschMLB
Christian. Cardinals reporter for http://MLB.com

@RickyH49
Christian. Husband. Father. Son. Brother. Friend. FCA Director. Cardinals Broadcaster

@MattCarp13
Christian, Husband, STL Cardinal, Elkins Knight and TCU Horned Frog 4 life!

@SUGASHANE__21
Christian, Husband, Father, FSU Seminole, Jesuit Tiger, Minnesota Twins

@TrevRosenthal
Official Twitter Page of Trevor Rosenthal, Christian, father, husband and pitcher for St Louis Cardinals 1 Philippians 4:13

@KoltenWong
Offical twitter page of St. Louis Cardinals second baseman. live and play for the man upstairs!

@JMotte30
Follower of Christ, Father, Husband, Son, Friend, and #GoCubsGo John 3:16 Matthew 6:34

Andy K, Monday, 27 July 2015 21:04 (nine years ago)

brb barfing everywhere

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 July 2015 21:07 (nine years ago)

yeah man, barf sandwich every day over here.
it was christian day at the ballpark a week or two ago, apparently. do other teams do that?

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 27 July 2015 21:14 (nine years ago)

lol whuuuuh

the most overt god-bothery shit the sox have at present is a. everything daniel nava ever does ever and b. ortiz and x either crossing themselves or looking to up DA HEAVENS after offensive successes. when schilling was around, not everyone calling him "father curt" meant it as a compliment (on the team and among fans iirc)

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 July 2015 21:17 (nine years ago)

victorino to the angels

mookieproof, Monday, 27 July 2015 22:01 (nine years ago)

(btw if the cardinals are outliers for god-bothering, i don't think it's by very much)

mookieproof, Monday, 27 July 2015 22:03 (nine years ago)

Clippard to Mets

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 27 July 2015 22:18 (nine years ago)

alright!

i think 'Faith Day' is the most ive seen in other parks, KM

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 July 2015 22:23 (nine years ago)

tulo to blue jays!?!

hunangarage, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 04:35 (nine years ago)

yeap, just heard this on the Giants broadcast. WOW.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 04:37 (nine years ago)

yes that's what Kruk and Miller have said

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 04:37 (nine years ago)

lol Bee <3

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 04:37 (nine years ago)

TSN confirms

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 04:40 (nine years ago)

i guess it's kind of a moot point whether or not the Jays have pitching at this point.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 06:09 (nine years ago)

FB winner:

Now Tulo's injuries can be measured with the metric system!

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 07:05 (nine years ago)

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/inside-the-shocking-trade-of-troy-tulowitzki-125111163.html

rockies management is a nightmare, but i don't really see what they did that was so wrong here. tulo wanted out, he got out, and they didn't send him to a place he didn't want to go (new york).

being traded is weird and difficult, but probably more so for the other guys involved than the one making $20m a year. and they probably didn't get personal visits from the owner/gm asking for their blessing either

mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 16:15 (nine years ago)

zobrist to royals?

mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 18:34 (nine years ago)

@JeffPassan
Final deal: Ben Zobrist to Kansas City, Sean Manaea and Aaron Brooks to Oakland. Kansas City is getting more than $2M from the A's, too.

Andy K, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 19:01 (nine years ago)

d-backs supposedly interested in aroldis

is dave stewart even worse than kevin towers y/n

mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 19:23 (nine years ago)

J Stark:

The Philadelphia Phillies have told several teams interested in acquiring Cole Hamels that they'd like to get their "best" offers by Wednesday, sources told ESPN.com.

The team would then make a decision about where -- and whether -- to trade him.

The Phillies have continued to speak with a large number of teams -- a group known to include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox -- about Hamels.

However, sources said that in the case of about half of that group, the Phillies initiated those talks in an attempt to reopen discussion about players whom those clubs had said previously they'd be unwilling to trade.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 19:32 (nine years ago)

Re-followed Olney's Twitter account and was reminded that he replies with stuff like, "So let me get this straight, @fartsplat420, you really think Buddy Biancalana was a better infielder than Frank White?"

Andy K, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 21:13 (nine years ago)

source: mat latos, michael morse, cat latos to dodgers

mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 15:26 (nine years ago)

morse and his steel tits found the perfect home

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 17:37 (nine years ago)

gomez for wheeler & wilmer flores being reported

johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:03 (nine years ago)

the prodigal returns

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:05 (nine years ago)

Woah

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:05 (nine years ago)

Read Wheeler but was thinking Noah at first for some reason.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:11 (nine years ago)

Alex Wood, Jim Johnson and Jose Peraza from the Barves to the Dodgers as well, apparently. Dang.

rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:13 (nine years ago)

wtf are the barves getting in return besides Not Seager and Not Urias

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:21 (nine years ago)

Torn quad for Holliday, so...

Andy K, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:22 (nine years ago)

xp – hell of a good question

rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:25 (nine years ago)

the dodgers aren't even loading up for a division race, they're loading up for two years from now too

they're just fucking with us, really

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:26 (nine years ago)

@jjcoop36
There is no logical spot yet but Dodgers collect spare Ferrari's for when the first is in the shop.

Dirty Water Sports @DirtyWaterFan
@jjcoop36 Where does Peraza play in LA?

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:33 (nine years ago)

and wilmer flores keeps playing

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:38 (nine years ago)

and getting a standing ovation

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:39 (nine years ago)

@JeffPassan
If completed, Dodgers get Wood, Latos, Johnson, Peraza, Morse. Braves get Olivera, Zach Bird, draft pick. Marlins get 3 low-level pitchers.

jet fuel can't melt steel beams

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:45 (nine years ago)

wilmer flores is crying at shortstop

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:48 (nine years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLIFlTbWsAAO1Oh.png

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:50 (nine years ago)

jesus, mets

hope tulo feels slightly better about the way the rockies treated him, at least

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:56 (nine years ago)

barves giving up Luis Avilan too, jesus! I've never seen a fire sale like this from them in 20 years of actually paying attention. Not that Avilan is any good, but...

rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Thursday, 30 July 2015 01:59 (nine years ago)

i'm not super high on peraza but giving up him and a league-average left-handed starter who isn't eligible for arbitration until 2017 for a 30yo question mark, a 20yo who is 16-35, 4.74 in class a, and a pick is dumb. it's not even a salary dump!

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 02:09 (nine years ago)

Yeah this is baffling.

rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Thursday, 30 July 2015 02:18 (nine years ago)

can only assume that the cardinals have acquired jupton in the hour since holiday went down

'whatever -- we have seven outfielders; pick one'

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:02 (nine years ago)

@Ken_Rosenthal: Alderson just told #Mets’ writers “there is no trade” for Gomez and that a deal “will not transpire.”

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:06 (nine years ago)

plus hamels to texas

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:06 (nine years ago)

wow

johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:06 (nine years ago)

shouldnt sandy have squashed the report once like idk it was being discussed on air during the game if it def wasnt happening

johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:12 (nine years ago)

So... Did the Brewers pull the deal because it got leaked too early? Or was it really just a rumor?

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:13 (nine years ago)

sounds like some writer jumped the gun? and yes *someone* on the mets should have done something, jeez

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:17 (nine years ago)

Like this is weird

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/626586872437964800

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:18 (nine years ago)

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/626587070912458752

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:19 (nine years ago)

Did he see Wilmer crying and have a change of heart?

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:20 (nine years ago)

@AnthonyDiComo: I want to be perfectly clear because I've heard this from all angles now: the trade was DONE, pending medicals. And now it's not happening.

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:23 (nine years ago)

mets gonna met i guess?

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:25 (nine years ago)

Did he see Wilmer crying and have a change of heart?

I was joking but this may have been what actually happened?

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:28 (nine years ago)

do we know for a fact that he wasn't crying because he has to keep playing for the mets?

Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:31 (nine years ago)

don't know who's really to blame, could be the brewers.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:51 (nine years ago)

i miss the old days when you read abt trades in the fucking morning paper

ie shaddap

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 July 2015 04:00 (nine years ago)

@AdamRubinESPN
You will recall that Zack Wheeler's Tommy John was more complicated than a regular procedure. Also had partially torn flexor-pronator tendon

‏@Haudricourt
Just heard from #Brewers GM Doug Melvin. Gomez trade was in place. Medicals did nix it. Couldn't give details. Story coming.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 July 2015 04:10 (nine years ago)

maybe everybody in the stands should get off Twitter so they don't "know" so much. God, I hate people.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 July 2015 11:11 (nine years ago)

is there a reason alderson had to be so tight-lipped/cryptic? it's not like he was in the dark as to why it 'will not transpire' as of ~11 last night

johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 July 2015 11:30 (nine years ago)

otoh

Ken Rosenthal says the Mets pulled out of the deal when reviewing medical records because of concerns about Gomez's hip condition. And Rosenthal's report was confirmed by several other writers.

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/30/9072027/mets-carlos-gomez-trade-medical-concerns-hip

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 July 2015 11:41 (nine years ago)

cards get brandon moss from cleveland in return for pitching prospect rob kaminsky

:-/

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 30 July 2015 13:14 (nine years ago)

that's real? jfc

bnw, Thursday, 30 July 2015 13:43 (nine years ago)

yeah. he's hitting worse than mark reynolds! i expect him to hit better for the rest of the season, but yikes.

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 30 July 2015 13:45 (nine years ago)

kinda curious why hamels would not accept a trade to houston but evidently would to arlington

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:19 (nine years ago)

and yeah kaminsky seems like way too much for a diminished moss

good thing the cardinals have another dozen young guys who throw 95+

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:30 (nine years ago)

@Haudricourt
The more details I get on nixed Gomez trade, the more it sounds as if it became more financial matter than medical matter. Anyone surprised?

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:58 (nine years ago)

The Jays seem to have gotten Price. Maybe for Daniel Norris and Anthony Alford--who they might be giving up seems hazy.

Unless they simultaneously extend Price's contract--do players ever do that anymore heading into free agency?--I honestly think this would be a terrible move.

clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:57 (nine years ago)

Norris, Boyd & Labourt.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:07 (nine years ago)

seems like a high price for a rental for a .500 ball club.
game tonight should be fun tho!

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:08 (nine years ago)

Price at Toronto

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:08 (nine years ago)

according to Globe

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:08 (nine years ago)

with what happened yesterday I'm a bit cautious, but still, holy crap.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:09 (nine years ago)

I don't get it at all. Anthopoulos said two days ago that the one thing he adamantly would not do is the thing he just did.

clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:10 (nine years ago)

seems like the strategy is to sell jerseys

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:10 (nine years ago)

Trolling the entire Montreal area with a 'omg Price traded to Toronto'.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:11 (nine years ago)

Is it too late to get Anthopoulos to give this a quick read?

http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/worst-trades-ever-baseball/

clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:13 (nine years ago)

ya... ya.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:14 (nine years ago)

You think there will be a 40+ WAR difference between Norris and Price?

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:15 (nine years ago)

also, yeah, pretty happy the giants have been silent so far.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:20 (nine years ago)

I hate to be that guy who's being a drudge in the middle of what should be an exciting moment. If this were 1992, I'd be all for it. And this will, or at least should, guarantee the second wild-card.

Is it enough to win everything? I just can't see it, not when I think about KC, St. Louis, Washington, and the Dodgers. I think the lightning-in-a-bottle they're hoping to catch isn't appreciably more likely today than it was yesterday, and the cost is significant.

(I looked at all three guys' minor league records, and I could definitely see their careers adding up to 40+ more WAR than the 2-3 we may get from Price the rest of the way.)

clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:22 (nine years ago)

Anyway, I just linked to the Posnanski article as it generally related to this kind of trade. I have no basis for thinking it's one of the 10 worst trades ever.

clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:23 (nine years ago)

I agree with you Clem, even though I wasn't very high on Norris to be honest. I think the Tulo trade was actually smart, and that they got carried away.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:27 (nine years ago)

@TonyPaul1984
Hearing #Tigers Joakim Soria only has three teams on limited NTC -- Blue Jays were one and could've impacted this deal; also Yankees, Mets.

A true anti-Yankee

Andy K, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:28 (nine years ago)

ppfft Toronto is a nice city.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:29 (nine years ago)

The naive fan part of me wants to believe that Price has somehow indicated to Anthopoulos (are they even allowed to communicate?) that he's tired of moving around, loves the team they're building, and wants very much to re-sign. Of course, the reality is that someone will wave around enough money and he'll be gone in a blink.

clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:35 (nine years ago)

Part of me wishes Anthopoulos is going for Cespedes.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:37 (nine years ago)

But yeah I don't see Price staying in Canada after this fall. Cubs, Dodgers, Yankees surely will be ready to give big bucks for him.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:38 (nine years ago)

From a Tigers perspective I quite like this trade.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:40 (nine years ago)

@DanielNorris18
Brad Ausmus is my 2nd cousin.

Andy K, Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:52 (nine years ago)

i don't think it's bad for the jays at all. the AL is wide open this year and they have an insane lineup. the run differential suggests that they're better than their record. they haven't made the playoffs in this century. norris looks like a solid future starter but not an ace; the other guys could be good but aren't ranked particularly high by scouts.

i doubt they can afford to keep price, but they'll have stroman coming back next year and maybe a full season from aaron sanchez. seems like a decent trade for both teams imo

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:19 (nine years ago)

You kinda hafta go for it when you have the shot, esp with 2 wild cards.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:29 (nine years ago)

Dodgers making moves like an nba gm

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:36 (nine years ago)

"I can't believe [Anthopoulos is] thinking about doing this," said one AL official Saturday, before the Jays and Mets finished the structure of the deal.

"He's out of his mind," said another.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, December 17, 2012 1:28 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:45 (nine years ago)

Very disingenuous answer from Anthopoulos to the first question at the press conference ("What changed from Tuesday, when you said you wouldn't make this kind of move?"):

"I don't know that I said that..."

You did, very specifically--I was watching.

Guy on TV said the Jays' odds for winning everything have moved from 25-1 to 16-1. That sounds pretty much dead-on to me. So I guess it amounts to how you feel about a 16-1 shot. If they go on and win everything, obviously this would be all forgotten, like nobody cares now that they gave up Jeff Kent in the '92 trade for Cone. If they get to the ALCS, maybe ending the postseason drought will be enough and it'll be forgotten. If they win a wild-card and lose the wild-card game, it'll be a hard thing to justify. If they don't make the playoffs--and they're still in a logjam with 5-7 other teams--you get to spend the next five years pretending not to notice what the three guys you traded away are doing.

clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 19:18 (nine years ago)

ya - it's dramatic the different outcomes we could be seeing from this trade.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 July 2015 19:51 (nine years ago)

winning everything is not the only positive outcome

being in the ALCS wd prob generate lots of revenue for next year

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 July 2015 19:58 (nine years ago)

you guys complain about having missed the playoffs for 20 years -- are you really waiting for a sure world series winner before making moves?

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 July 2015 20:41 (nine years ago)

The playoffs are a crapshoot! Every team is a longshot to win the World Series, but somebody has to win!

NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:08 (nine years ago)

The team with the best winning percentage is on pace to lose 59 games! Fifty-nine!

Everyone sucks at baseball all the time.

Andy K, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:14 (nine years ago)

even the best hitter on earth strikes out roughly 89% of the time

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:24 (nine years ago)

You guys are right, baseball is stupid.

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:39 (nine years ago)

I seriously doubt that I will feel bad about the alternate universe Daniel Norris possibly having a breakout season for the 75-win Blue Jays.

NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:51 (nine years ago)

jeez, are we even gonna have any blockbuster trades for the final day? almost all the big names been got

(barring the half-dozen batshit things every baseball writer is predicting AJ preller to do, that is)

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:02 (nine years ago)

Complete deal: OF Gomez and RHP Fiers from #Brewers to #Astros for OF Phillips, LHP Hader, OF Santana and RHP Houser.

polyphonic, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:49 (nine years ago)

even the best hitter on earth strikes out roughly 89% of the time

Even more damning:

Shaquille O'Neal career free-throw percentage: .527
Rickey Henderson career on-base percentage: .401

Rickey gives up.

Andy K, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:43 (nine years ago)

otoh, everything but the last 3 minutes of an NBA game is shitboring.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 03:43 (nine years ago)

Leake to SF

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/mike-leake-traded-giants-reds.html

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 11:02 (nine years ago)

@JeffPassan 6 hours ago
Sources: Astros-Padres believed to be working on "something big." They've talked Tyson Ross and Craig Kimbrel. San Diego could use a CF.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 11:07 (nine years ago)

Jay Bruce to Mets rumors? Wheeler plus the price

not crazy about that

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 13:52 (nine years ago)

red sox looking to get tyson ross and maybe kimbrel along with him

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:00 (nine years ago)

Yankees, Astros also after Kimbrel sez Rosenthal

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:01 (nine years ago)

Aroldis rumors

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/aroldis-chapman-yankees-reds-trade.html

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:05 (nine years ago)

kinda surprised at yanks going after closers/setup men - they have two of the best in baseball. sometimes I look at betances and think he straight up is the best.

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:07 (nine years ago)

kimbrel would totally make sense for the 'stros though

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:08 (nine years ago)

feeling like the yankees are going for the royals' style of 4+ innings of relief seeing as how no pitcher can give them any length and CC is actually dead

How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:25 (nine years ago)

@Ken_Rosenthal 2m
Source: #Orioles closing in on #Brewers’ Parra. Deal expected to be Parra for RHP Zack Davies, straight up.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:31 (nine years ago)

xp i suppose that makes sense, CC is indeed a deceased being and pineda's out for a while

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:38 (nine years ago)

@Buster_ESPN
There is some speculation within the industry about a possible BOS/Cubs/Padres three-way blockbuster taking shape. Lots of pieces that fit.

stoked for the madness

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:28 (nine years ago)

broxton to cardinals for . . . ?

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:53 (nine years ago)

shits and giggles?

Evan R, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:54 (nine years ago)

Probably just salary relief but still that is awesome news

Evan R, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:59 (nine years ago)

wtf is happening

1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:06 (nine years ago)

shits and giggles?

a canadian!

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 16:19 (nine years ago)

bud norris, one of the 'prizes' of a year ago, dfa'd

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 16:42 (nine years ago)

What's this about shits n giggles?!

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:56 (nine years ago)

brewers got mississauga's own malik collymore for broxton

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 17:02 (nine years ago)

mark lowe to blue jays for prospects

dan haren to the cubs

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:30 (nine years ago)

@jaysonst
Hearing rumblings that Jonny Gomes could get traded by #Braves today, as much for what he brings off the field as on it.

#grit

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 18:38 (nine years ago)

hahahahahahahaha

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 18:42 (nine years ago)

Bowtie gets ruminative

@Ken_Rosenthal 23m23 minutes ago
#Padres’ trade candidates filing into #Marlins Park, preparing for a game they may never play.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 18:55 (nine years ago)

Yanks-Kimbrel not happnin, kr sez

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 19:34 (nine years ago)

The Tigers are close to moving Yoenis Cespedes, Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets. While the White Sox are involved, they aren’t the favorite.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 19:45 (nine years ago)

@BNightengale 3m3 minutes ago
The #Whitesox were aggressive, but fell short, and now out of #Tigers Cespedes sweepstakes

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 19:47 (nine years ago)

cespedes to the mets!?!

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:49 (nine years ago)

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 19:54 (nine years ago)

two minor leaguers, not Wheeler

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 19:56 (nine years ago)

probably nimmo imo mo o

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:57 (nine years ago)

Hope Cespedes re-signs with the Tigers. Sounds very possible.

Andy K, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:57 (nine years ago)

fulmer and cessa to detroit. the former is having a v. good year at least

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:04 (nine years ago)

@Ken_Rosenthal
#Padres largely standing pat because GM A.J. Preller believes the team can reach the postseason, source says.

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:07 (nine years ago)

hahaha what

Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Friday, 31 July 2015 20:10 (nine years ago)

sigh

polyphonic, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:19 (nine years ago)

Cubs get RHP Tommy Hunter from Orioles for OF Junior Lake

Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 31 July 2015 20:20 (nine years ago)

oh look the red sox got another ben cherington special bullpen reclamation project for a PTBNL

*barfs*

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 20:24 (nine years ago)

happy for the mets though, 'grats morbs

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Friday, 31 July 2015 20:25 (nine years ago)

welcome to Pittsburgh, JA Happ and Tarzan Morse

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 July 2015 20:26 (nine years ago)

ja happ *and* joe blanton jfc

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 20:29 (nine years ago)

don't think the Pads can pull it off this year. but for next year, they're still looking alright.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 31 July 2015 20:30 (nine years ago)

@Gambo987
Dave Stewart tells Burns and Gambo the Padres wanted Paul Goldschmidt from the Dbacks for closer Craig Kimbrell....WOW

mookieproof, Friday, 31 July 2015 21:37 (nine years ago)

if true, that's ridiculous.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 31 July 2015 21:55 (nine years ago)

intersting how most of the prospects involved in these trades were pitchers (maybe even specifically lefties?) seems like there are a lot of guys who throw 95 and might or might not work, but fewer position players who can hit -- and no shortstops to speak of

kinda think domingo santana could be the next nelson cruz? good job brewers

mookieproof, Saturday, 1 August 2015 01:32 (nine years ago)

Dodgers payroll is now at 306 Million, thats ridiculous.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2015-payroll-salaries.shtml

Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:22 (nine years ago)

it's beautiful

extremely lag∞n postings voice (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:41 (nine years ago)

Chase Wrigley?

http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/7/71/844213/cubs-considering-chase-utley

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 August 2015 17:32 (nine years ago)

@TBrownYahoo
Source: Braves close to acquiring Nick Swisher from Indians.

#broves

mookieproof, Friday, 7 August 2015 19:05 (nine years ago)

for chris johnson, it would seem

mookieproof, Friday, 7 August 2015 19:11 (nine years ago)

Swisher + Michael Bourn + $10M for Johnson

rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Friday, 7 August 2015 21:29 (nine years ago)

napoli to texas

mookieproof, Saturday, 8 August 2015 04:13 (nine years ago)

The Jays got Cliff Pennington today, so I assume the Munenori era has come to a close. (He did make a nice double play last night.)

clemenza, Saturday, 8 August 2015 19:50 (nine years ago)

@jonmorosi
Sources: #SFGiants and #Phillies in ongoing talks about Chase Utley trade. Stage is advanced enough that prospect names have been discussed.

mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 19:33 (nine years ago)

Sounds like a panik move to me

polyphonic, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 19:37 (nine years ago)

is he gonna miss a ton of time, now that he's destroyed my HACKING MASS team?

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 19:42 (nine years ago)

chutley to the dodgers, apparently

mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:33 (nine years ago)

so happy, the Giants don't need him we have Joe Panik, though we do need some bench help. Utley wants playing time, see you later if your not a team player. clark kent has been doing fine...

Bee OK, Thursday, 20 August 2015 03:09 (nine years ago)

ummm Panik hasnt played in 2 weeks....

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 August 2015 08:03 (nine years ago)

Tomlison has been doing well. 2nd base is hardly a priority at the moment.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 20 August 2015 15:14 (nine years ago)

tigers acquire randy wolf for $

1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 20 August 2015 21:44 (nine years ago)

Haha christ

Andy K, Thursday, 20 August 2015 21:56 (nine years ago)

third in the international league in ERA & K this year! kinda surprised the jays never called him up considering their pitching issues

mookieproof, Thursday, 20 August 2015 23:38 (nine years ago)

had no idea he was around

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 August 2015 23:46 (nine years ago)

lefties never die

marlon byrd to the giants, as well

mookieproof, Thursday, 20 August 2015 23:48 (nine years ago)

Jays are probably mad at Wolf because of his brother!

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 21 August 2015 00:37 (nine years ago)

When I started watching the latest asswhipping last night, Johnny Gomes was a barves; switched to a movie, went back to the game, he's a Royal.

Gett Off, Eileen (WilliamC), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:29 (nine years ago)

#clubhousepresence

slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:52 (nine years ago)

Austin Jackson to Cubs

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 16:22 (nine years ago)

De Aza to SF

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 22:00 (nine years ago)

I assume all these happened yesterday before postseason roster deadline?

Gett Off, Eileen (WilliamC), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 22:41 (nine years ago)


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