Rolling MLB 2009 Trades/Transactions/Trade Deadline

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11925937

J.P. Ricciardi didn't say he'll trade Roy Halladay.

He also didn't say he wouldn't.

In fact, as the Blue Jays' general manager looked ahead to the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline, what he said Sunday was, "We have to be open to anything."

Anything means anybody. And anybody means a certain All-Star right-hander who might just be the best starting pitcher in baseball.

And while that doesn't mean Ricciardi is ready to sell Halladay off to the highest bidder, it sure does sound like he's willing to listen.

"We have to see what makes us better," he said. "Obviously, if people have interest in Roy Halladay, they'd better realize there's a steep price that's going to come with it."

i knew this would be about Doc.
everytime i start reading this b.s. my teeth start a grindin'.

Dos Tony Peñas en la Liga Americana, el división central.

Had to rifle through a bunch of Mets wisecracks for this:

SI_JonHeyman
halladay gave #jays gm go-ahead to find a trade for him. friend says he's "shy'' but thinks he'd approve ny, phil, bos.

fuck all sox fans for their inevitable fixation on halladay while the thing that is going to cost the team a playoff spot is an overachieving util guy at ss and a guy whose aaa stint resulted in a fabulous 182/273/295 at first.

halladay gave #jays gm go-ahead to find a trade for him. friend says he's "shy'' but thinks he'd approve ny, phil, bos. a playoff team

Imagine him in the NL.

they said the same thing about johan...

The Rockies blog I post on has several serious discussions about what the team should give up to get hometwon boy Halladay. Am I being harsh when I tell them I think there's zero chance of this happening no matter who we trade?

tell them the gd truth mark, my guess right now is 70/30 halladay goes nowhere.

"fuck all sox fans for their inevitable fixation on halladay while the thing that is going to cost the team a playoff spot is an overachieving util guy at ss and a guy whose aaa stint resulted in a fabulous 182/273/295 at first."

Isn't Lowrie supposed to be back soon?

Red Sox look to be in pretty good shape to me. Not sure where this costing them a playoff spot stuff is coming from.

if the phillies get halladay im going to murder someone

it would be sad to see him pitch in that stadium tho

personally i think the giants should trade 8 players for him and try and win 3 of every 5 games 2-1 - if they made the playoffs they would win the world series

any phillie phanatics want to tell me who they have that they would trade for doc?

alex, the sox need infield help imo. lowrie should be back kind of soon but i'm not bullish on his 2009 potential, and lowell is a serious concern both because of his injury and how he was playing before it.

The only dude less likely to get traded than Halladay is Vernon "Horrible Contract" Wells.

god forbid the sox allow big popless to play a position...

/morbius <3

moot point, dude.

if the phillies get halladay im going to murder someone

jp ricciardi plz.

altho this wuz prob said by the cards batboy~

Asked about the price tag for Halladay, a club source said: "Give Ricciardi all our minor-league rosters and let him circle any 5 names."

R Church for J Francoeur!

We need Morbs now more than ever.

http://twitter.com/NYPost_Mets/status/2574421721

FireJerryManuel no. no no no no no no n on on onon nono no no no francoeur you're kidding me i'im going to puke no no no
5 minutes ago from web

FireJerryManuel i was bout to post saying that was i praying to god for brandon wood, only satan answered and gave me, oh god i can't even say it. im sick.
4 minutes ago from web

FireJerryManuel we just traded for the 5th worst player in baseball. the player i've spent more time laughing at than i've spent time laughing at farts.
less than 5 seconds ago from web

wait really?

mets mngmt never seemed to like church but what does this really do for them? lol mets once again

O_O

oh my godd

UNBAN MORBS RIGHT FUCKING NOW

someone email/IM him for a reaction plz

I just Facebook msg'd him

he really did curse his team in these trying times...

sorry morbs.

victor zambrano is also available

This is my favorite thing that happened today. This will produce ream upon ream of stupid articles written up by the ny sports press.

i just FB msg'd him too. yikes.

at least citi will explain francouers diminished power numbers

where is canks?

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/columnists/jimbaumbach/blog/p1_minaya.jpg

he's actually hitting himself in that picture like daffy duck

So who is going to play CF? Can they give Kenny Lofton a contract and see what he can do out there? An outfield of Murphy-Lofton-Sheffield would be legit.

[Dr Morbouirs] at 6:39pm July 10
Minaya is now officially in the first tier of moronic GMs. He may be top three.

Italics mine.

O_O

i think the royals' trade earlier is worse honestly

SARGE I WAS TAKING A NAP AND NOW IT'S LIKE I WOKE UP IN A NEW UTOPIA

he really did curse his team in these trying times...

sorry morbs.

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lol even shasta feels too bad for him to talk shit

wait when/why was Morbs banned?!?

he hit 52 :(

holy shit francoeur. i am surprised morbs is still among the living.

I don't give a shit about Church, but I'm awfully glad to be rid of the deaf, dumb and blind boy.

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0603/gallery.coverjinx/images/082905.jpg

lol with bonus jake delhomme content.

"Omar has always talked to me and told me how much he likes my energy and the way that I play," Francoeur said. "I'm looking forward to getting up there and playing in front of a packed house every night."

lol citi will be a graveyard soon at this rate

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2009/07/new_york_mets_trade_ryan_churc.html

"We like Ryan Church a lot," Minaya said. "But right now we just wanted to change it up a little bit. Unfortunately for him (Church), he got hurt. When he got hurt, he was having a pretty good year. ... We thought we just needed something different. It had nothing to do with not liking Ryan.... One thing we like about Francoeur is the amount of games that he plays."

Giambi to Rockies, they say

Yes they do. You can imagine how thrilled I am about that on many levels.

haha, you'll be his personal drug tester

(pssst, these guys take tons of stuff there's no test for)

Giambi is injecting himself with roast beef drippings, for example.

so he's going to be a "clutch" bat off the bench or something?

I would assume he'll be a lefty pinch hitter since the only position he could conceivably play is occupied by the best player in baseball.

i never knew you were a helton stan

Haha woops I got confused because the Cardinals thread got revived at the same time.

looking to offload a poorly timed investment
http://twitter.com/drmorbius

I don't fly, tweet, or live in Nashville (saw the movie)

It's been suggested Giambi's primary role is to help Colorado Springs win their (AAA) league.

what has a giambi ever won tho?

MVP I guess :\

so this kazmir to angels thing is for real i guess.

Wow Angels better have a plan for fixing Kazmir cuz he looks to me like he's toast.

yeah--i can kind of appreciate it cause it's an aggressive, proactive move, but i would not be psyched about my team picking up this particular guy.

Even if all the Rays get are parts at least they don't have to pay a guy who looks like he either won't stay off the DL or keep his ERA below 5 $20M for the next three years.

yeah my sense is that they must have really, really wanted that 20 mil for other things.

Maybe signing their draft picks next year, heh.

i wonder if they're trying to make a play to keep crawford actually.

They've also got a lot of guys coming up for arbitration this year, I think.

yeah i think you're right.

5 of Kazmir's last 6 starts look good:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/gamelog?playerId=5917

They look okay (3/4 starter material.) I'm not sure you want to bet $20M he's going to be doing that next year or the year after if you are the Rays though.

wade davis and jeremy hellickson can probably do much of that for a lot less $

nice move imo

"i wonder if they're trying to make a play to keep crawford actually."

Apparently Crawford has a $10M option for next year so yeah it looks like they will.

Penny to SF

JIM THO

ME to los dodyers

Jon Garland also to the dodgers.

wtf is thome gonna play in LA??? sounds like a cockblock.

Contreras to the Rockies...

some desperate chess moves in the NL West...

Seems like Thome is only going to be a lefty power bat off the bench. Also looking to see Doyers go to a 6 man pitching staff in September because they can.

loney kinda sucks so it's too bad thome is a defensive liability

i guess they didn't spend much of anything to get him (justin fuller, a 26 year old infielder in high-a) but thome is quite a luxury, and a roster versatility-destroying one at that.

only thing i can imagine is they're thinking of the world series and putting him in at DH

it must be pretty odd for a dude to go from being the best hitter on his team to the bench in the light hitting NL West.

i'm not a stat person so don't bite my head off, but dude is has like the sixth-best batting average on the white sox:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=chw

THO ME played 28 innings of 1B for the White Sox.

Yes, but he is a power hitter who also draws a lot of walks. He's quite valuable.

n/a, re-sort that table by OPS.

xxp and none since 2007. he's not playing first in la.

he supposedly even called Coletti yesterday and said he couldn't play first

Supposedly the Dodgers gave up Tony Abreu for Garland because the DBacks picked up most of his salary. Not too sad to see him go. Also management has hated his (injured) guts for the past 2 years and Im surprised he stuck around as long as he did.

wtf is an OPS how many game-winning RBIs does Thome have lifetime, that's a real man's stat and you can count it too.

HEY NED!!! I CAN

T PLAY IN THE FEILD

JUAN PIERE HAS SENT A GREAT EXAMPLE TO THE GAME

Srsly what does the Dugout have to say about this.

Softly Tho Me