in-season trades and rumors 2015

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.

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

cueto to royals

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

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.

cincy got a pretty good return for 11 weeks of cueto

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

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...

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

uh

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

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

brb barfing everywhere

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?

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)

victorino to the angels

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

Clippard to Mets

alright!

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

tulo to blue jays!?!

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

yes that's what Kruk and Miller have said

lol Bee <3

TSN confirms

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

FB winner:

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

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

zobrist to royals?

@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.

d-backs supposedly interested in aroldis

is dave stewart even worse than kevin towers y/n

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.

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?"

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

morse and his steel tits found the perfect home

gomez for wheeler & wilmer flores being reported

the prodigal returns

Woah

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

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

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

Torn quad for Holliday, so...

xp – hell of a good question

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

@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?

and wilmer flores keeps playing

and getting a standing ovation

@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

wilmer flores is crying at shortstop

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

jesus, mets

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

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...