Monthly Archives: July 2006
…though the deadline has passed, last minute deals will still trickle in…however, the buzz from the market floor says you should not expect to see any deals involved Giants RHP Jason Schmidt, Astros RHP Roy Oswalt, A’s LHP Barry Zito and O’s SS Miguel Tejada…
…there are rumblings from mlb that a deal involving Nationals 2B Alfonso Soriano has been reached, but it is not yet clear where he is headed…
According to ESPN News, the Yankees have acquired Pirates 1B-OF Craig Wilson for RHP Shawn Chacon…
Also, the Pirates have traded RHP Kip Wells to the Rangers, writes Ken Rosenthal at FOXSports.com…
…from what i can gather, the mets will trade LHP Oliver Perez along with RHP Heath Bell for Padres RHP Scott Linebrink…
…from what i can gather, like what happened to Tom Glavine in 2004, Duaner Sanchez was injured by a drunk driver while riding in a taxi around 1 am…
According to SI.com, the Mets have traded OF Xavier Nady for RHP Roberto Hernandez and LHP Oliver Perez…
…from what i can gather, the mets will call up OF Lastings Milledge, who must feel pretty good about a) not getting traded, and b) getting promoted…
According to ESPN’s Jayson Stark, the Mets are closing in on acquiring RHP Roberto Hernandez and LHP Oliver Perez…
Stark is not aware of what the Mets will part with in the deal…
…the buzz all morning has been that the mets have been working overtime to replace sanchez, who they have known had been injured last night…
…when i wrote this this morning…
…there is some unconfirmed chatter out of new york that says the mets will need to acquire help in the bullpen, because a pitcher is hurt and headed for the disabled list – though i have not seen any such thing reported in the newspapers…
…please, don’t make too much of this, since i can’t confirm the information, but with this odd nugget plus the talk about houston, it makes me wonder if the mets are interested in lidge, though i have no idea who they would give in return…
…this is what i was refering to…
At FOXSports.com, Ken Rosenthal is reporting that Mets RHP Duaner Sanchez is out for the season after seperating his shulder in a car accident…
…from what i can gather, the mets learned of this information at 1 am, but have been surpressing it so not to impact the trade market…
…damn…
According to ESPN News, the Astros, Mets and Orioles were discussing a three-way swap that would have sent RHP Roy Oswalt to the Mets, OF Lastings Milledge and SS Miguel Tejada to Houston and players from the Mets and Astros to Baltimore…
…the buzz from all corners of baseball, however, is that both oswalt and tejada are no longer being shopped…in fact, both players may have been contacted by their teams to say they are going no place…
…as the deadline draws near, Phillies RHP Jon Lieber, Pirates RHP Kip Wells and Nationals RHP Tony Armas Jr. seem to be drawing the most interest…
…the mets are said to have the most interest in armas, while the red sox and rangers keep discussing wells and lieber…
…the dilemma for many teams, the mets included, appears to be whether to trade now, or wait to see what happens on the waiver wire, when more players may become available as teams fall out of a playoff race, while contending teams get a better feel for what they’ll need in october…
…the buzz from boston is loud…from what i can gather, they have been allowed to talk with Tampa Bay SS Julio Lugo about a contract extension…however, lugo refuses to play second base, unless, of course, he is paid like a shortstop…
