Mets GM Omar Minaya talked with reporters today not long after the MLB Trade Deadline.
…minaya’s comments are left-justified, mine are to the right…
Minaya said he looked in to acquiring a relief pitcher who was a ‘difference maker,’ while noting there were not many relief pitchers who were traded.
…i’m thinking difference maker means, maybe, A’s RHP [...]

According to the Boston Globe and Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Red Sox have traded Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers.
NESN is reporting that Jason Bay will be traded to the Red Sox.
…Update…4:32 pm…
SI.com’s Jon Heyman is reporting that Bay will be traded to the Red Sox, while the Pirates will acquire four prospects.
…Update…4:41 pm…
Heyman is now [...]

According to Ken Rosenthal, on FoxSports.com, as of 3:49 pm, the deal is off, which would have sent Jason Bay from the Pirates to the Rays.
Earlier this afternoon, MLB.com wrote, “The Rays are going to acquire Bay for Minor League prospects including shortstop Reid Brignac and right-hander Jeff Niemann.”

From this point forward, if any team in MLB intends to make a trade it will need to be conducted through the waiver wire.
For more on how waiver-wire deals work, go to MLB.com, where an article from 2005 explains the process in detail.
According to Peter Gammons, speaking while on ESPN News, there will be a [...]

…Update…3:50 pm…
In a report for ESPN’s MLB Trade Deadline Show, airing now on ESPN News, Jayson Stark says that talks are dead between the Royals and Mariners regarding OF Raul Ibanez.
According to Stark, as of about two hours ago, the deal was a 2–for-1 exchange set to include all major-league players, but the Mariners had [...]

…Update…3:18 pm…
During ESPN’s MLB Trade Deadline Show, Jason Stark told the show’s hosts, “The Mets are focused on acquiring a relief pitcher, if they make any move at all.”
…Update…1:59 pm…
According to Jon Heyman, on SI.com, the Mets are talking to the Nationals about a deal involving RHP Luis Ayala.
In 54 games for the Nationals, Ayala [...]

According to MLB.com, “The Rays are going to acquire right-handed hitting outfielder Jason Bay for Minor League prospects including shortstop Reid Brignac and right-hander Jeff Niemann.”
…now, the question becomes, just how serious are the Red Sox about moving Manny Ramirez, can the Marlins pull such a deal off without the Pirates or a third team [...]

According to Buster Olney, during ESPN’s MLB Trade Deadline Show, which is airing now on ESPN News:

The Indians will not be trading Paul Byrd, though he could likely be available on the waiver wire in August.
The A’s will not be trading Huston Street, though teams were interested.
The O’s will likely revisit the trade market in [...]

…Update…2:42 pm…
According to Jason Stark, on ESPN’s MLB Trade Deadline Show, talks are not going well between the Blue Jays and Pirates regarding OF Jason Bay.
…Original Post…
…i would love to be in the war room with the Pirates right now, because, according to reports on ESPN.com, SI.com, Baseball Prospectus, MLB.com, and local reports, they are [...]

In an appearance on ESPN’s MLB Trade Deadline Show, currently airing on ESPN News, Peter Gammons said the Mariners had been requesting two of Fernando Martinez, Jon Niese and Robert Parnell in a deal for Raul Ibanez.
According to Gammons, there will be a lot of people on waivers in August, “and the Mets figure if they [...]

Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com writes, as of 1:30 pm, “The Manny Ramirez trade was ‘dead,’ according to an executive with one of the three teams involved in the discussions.”
In a post to ESPN.com at 1 pm, Peter Gammons wrote, “A source close to the three-way negotiations involving Ramirez says the deal is close to dead,” [...]

In an appearance on ESPN’s MLB Trade Deadline Show, currently airing on ESPN News, Jason Stark reported that the Blue Jays are now interested in M’s OF Raul Ibanez.
…form what i can gather, the M’s contacted the Blue Jays, not the other way around, which would suggest that the price on ibanez could be ready [...]

In a post to his blog for the New York Post, Joel Sherman writes, “As of 1 p.m., Met officials were growing seriously downcast about the possibility of making a trade today.”
…i am trying not to believe anything i read about the Mets, because i have grown used to Omar Minaya making moves that i [...]

According to Jason Stark on ESPN.com, “The buzz around the sport is that the Pirates are still talking to other teams about OF Jason Bay,” including the Blue Jays.
Speaking of outfielders, on SI.com, Jon Heyman reports that the Reds are requesting RHP Jeff Neimann and RHP Jeremy Hellickson from the Rays in a deal for Adam [...]

In a recent appearance on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight, Buster Olney said there is just a 99 percent chance that the A’s do absolutely nothing before today’s 4 pm Trade Deadline.
Last week, in the San Francisco Chronicle, Susan Slusser wrote that the Reds and Mets had expressed interest in trading for A’s RHP Huston Street, as did Dan [...]