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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 10:58 PM) KW is all over those pitching prospects in ATL. I heard they weren't even willing to include Minor in a deal for Pence though. I wouldn't even want Minor as a centerpiece for TCQ.

Braves might become even more desperate now that their division rivals just grabbed a significant upgrade.

From some Blue Jays blog: http://www.bluejayhunter.com/2011/07/what-...-get-colby.html

ROFL @ Jason Marquis. Do the Tigers even have the prospects in their system to get Ubaldo? I mean, literally, if Dombrowski said "Take whatever and however much you want that isn't on the major league roster," could the Rockies scrape together enough?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 04:06 PM) It is what he has to do. Is it me or does it seem like the Rangers are always looking to add every good player, no matter what their organizational needs are? I mean, they could use a reliever, but I feel like it's like "Oh Rangers add Napoli AND Yorvit Torrealba AND Beltre to push Young to full-time DH..." and "Oh yeah Rangers also in on all the starters even though they have one of the lowest starter ERAs in the league" and "ALso Rangers in on Beltran despite having Hamilton and Cruz in the corners and the third highest CF WAR in the majors, not to mention three guys fighting for the DH slot."

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 09:20 PM) I would too. But if he's a piece that prevents the Sox from having to pick up such a huge chunk of Rios salary... If the Sox could get off paying around $18M of the remaining on Rios that would be golden. But again....hate to see Escobar go. I'm pretty sure Escobar is just a total nobody who had a hot season in winterball and turned some heads. Nothing he had ever done indicated that he could hit at all. I'd personally love to sell high on him.

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 04:21 PM) If Pence is moved, for the Sox's sake lets hope it is to Boston, so that Philly and Atlanta would be bidding against each other for Quentin's services. Even though Boston gets that much better, the Sox might too, because maybe Braves/Phils offer up a crown jewel to keep Q away from the other. This

If the Phillies are offering Brown AT ALL for Quentin, KW needs to immediately agree and sign whatever needs to be signed.

QUOTE (gosox41 @ Jul 27, 2011 -> 10:18 PM) Not happening. Why would anyone want Rios, even if they can have him for nothing? Bob Guys, because Carlos Gomez broke his collarbone. They're literally playing Mark Kotsay in the OF. Remember Mark Kotsay?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 27, 2011 -> 06:13 PM) What a bizarre couple of days, the trade/rumors are just weird and they're coming from odd sources. None of this seems typical, this year's deadline just feels off, it feels like the ogranization is stuck in between. We totally are, especially with the win today.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 27, 2011 -> 04:55 PM) I think I'd rather get Brown. I'm just not as high on Beachy as everyone else. There's absolutely no question we'd rather have Brown.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 27, 2011 -> 05:07 PM) Call me crazy but uh... Carlos Gomez just broke his collarbone. They might need a CF... *ahem*

Call me crazy but uh... Carlos Gomez just broke his collarbone. They might need a CF...

Thanks, Mark. You stayed on the DL enough to not hurt the team as much as I expected.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 27, 2011 -> 12:51 PM) I think its fairly safe to say that the Cards got less for Rasmus than we did for Hudson and Holmberg. A year ago I would have thought that was crazy talk. Cardinals are definitely the long-term losers here. Edwin and Dotel will help them this year, but they're both gone in two months. People are going to stop trading with AA.

This is a reasonable deal. I can see weighing this against Jackson/Thornton/Viciedo for Rasmus and coming down on this end. It's a safer choice.

We can still win the division, I'm not being sarcastic. We turned Jackson into a pitching prospect, dumped Teahen AND got him paid for, and acquired Frasor for the rest of the season and will collect his Type B compensation pick, which is what Jackson was going to be worth anyway. Read that a couple of times. I can live with it.

Well, at least my fantasy team is on a hot streak!

I'm not giving up hope that something good is coming from this. As this is reported, KW would have been much better off just keeping Jackson and cashing him in for a sandwich pick. Dumping Teahen's salary makes no sense if you're picking up Frasor's salary. Unless... Does Frasor profile as a type B as well?

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 27, 2011 -> 10:21 AM) Wow so now everyone is in love with Rasmus? I remember a bunch of people saying his was Rios 2.0. Now were screaming at Kenny because he may not want him? We're all scared, diregard almost everything in this thread.

AA has mind control powers

There HAS to be something else going on here... FWIW, MLBTradeRumors says the Jays are going hard after Wandy Rodriguez as well.

I'm terrified because Alex Anthopoulos is involved...

WTF? Three way, maybe? Who is Toronto's best prospect?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 02:37 PM) If Sale's future in the majors is as a reliever, that's ok. However, they need to give him a shot at starting to see if he can do it. Anything else would just be symbolic of the short-sighted nature of this organization. This ^ Yeah, if he's the next Thornton, I'm happy. But I'd much rather he be the next top-rotation lefty starter, so if he has a chance at that, we have to give him a try. He can easily just do a Joba and fall back into the bullpen at anytime, but it's much harder to go the other way.