Deadliney Dealin'

[Edgy MD]

That's a whole lot of salary the Phils are going to be laying out for past performances over the next few years.

We kinda needed Cliff Lee to help the Phils pick off teams ahead of the Mets.

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: Prado hasn't been real good [career worst 686 OPS Y-t-D in fact]

Well then it's a good thing he's not signed for the next 2-1/2 seasons and owed some $25 million or anything ... oh wait!


The bad news for the DBacks on Prado is that they bought high (was a main cog in the Justin Upton deal right after Prado's All-Star season for Atlanta), then overpaid him with a 4-year/$40 mil contract, and now are selling low (a minor league "catcher" w/power but no real position).
The good news is that they got some other team to absorb more than 60% of that deal and give them a professional ballplayer in return.

[Edgy MD]

Not a "deal" per se, but the suddenly stacked-with-pitchin' Oakland Athletics released Jimmy Johnson outright, eating a third of this $10 million deal.

The guy had saved 101 games the last two years. Reason number 29 in why you don't invest big in closers.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gwreck wrote: Price is [crossout]under contract for 2015 as well.[/crossout] not eligible for free agency until after 2015.

I take back the kudos then. Weird move, especially considering how well they've been playing for the last two months.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: I suspect it'll be Kelly Johnson to 3B and the Sox will slide Bogaerts over to SS, and we already know there's no way that Drew is going to play SS in the Bronx; not this year anyway.

Drew would be good to bring in as a late-inning defensive replacement for Jeter.

I know that's heresy in Bronx.

"But Jeter is a Gold Glove shortstop. He's got five rings, baby!"

[Frayed Knot]

No doubt Drew is a better glove man than St Derek of Jeteria and will start at SS on the odd Jeter day off/DH start, but the Yanx don't really swap out Jeter mid-game.
He doesn't run as well as he used to but he still moves better than most of the Clydesdales they have on that squad; it's the AL so you don't ever double-switch; and if they want to improve their 'D' there are several guys they'd move before him.
Plus Jeter has never played an inning in his entire career at a position other than SS (and the occasional DH) and, although no one there will say so, I suspect he desperately wants to retire with that on his record.

[ashie62]

Texeira Drew Jeter Headley?

[Frayed Knot]

Post-deadliney deals:

Marlins deal RHP Jacob Turner to the Cubs in exchange for two Class-A relievers.
Turner is a former #9 overall pick (Tigers - 2009) out of a St Louis HS and was consistently a Top-25 prospect over the 2010-2012 period.

The Cubs will mark the 23 y/o Turner's 3rd organization, having been dealt to Miami in the Anibal Sanchez deal in mid-2012, and they plan to use him in their ML rotation starting immediately.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jon Heyman reporting that Jon Niese and Curtis Granderson have cleared waivers. No word (yet) on whether Bartolo Colon has cleared.

This very likely means nothing at all, but, for whatever little it's worth, there you have it.

[Frayed Knot]

Granderson definitely means nothing.

Niese probably means nothing as, even if the Mets were inclined to deal him in an attempt for an SS or LF, I suspect that would be more an off-season type of thing than a stretch-drive move.

Colon would mean something as it would expand the pool of trading partners. He could still be dealt w/o clearing waivers but only to the claiming team and that claiming team might just be pulling a blocking move.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Plus Jeter has never played an inning in his entire career at a position other than SS (and the occasional DH) and, although no one there will say so, I suspect he desperately wants to retire with that on his record.

Back when Omar Vizquel was one of the four or five best defensive shortstops ever to take the field, Joe Torre was forced to put together an all-star team with four shortstops. Of course, Vizquel was the one he played at second.

[Frayed Knot]

Josh Willingham from Minnesota to the Royals.
Only batting .210 now at age 35 (.253 lifetime) but still knows the strike zone (.345 OBA) and still packs some punch (18 XBH including 12 HRs out of his 47 hits)

[ashie62]

Granderson Niese clear waivers...

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24656463/mets-vets-granderson-and-niese-clear-waivers-and-can-be-traded-now

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Verlander goes down for Tigers. Wonder if Colon would interest them?

[Frayed Knot]

No damage to Verlander's shoulder, "only 1 to 2 starts" missed ... at least as of now. IOW, more deGrom than Santana so far.
The bigger problem for Detroit is that Verlander wasn't that good prior to this problem. And that Anibal Sanchez is DL'd. And that the just acquired Jochim Soria is DL'd. And that Joe Nathan is 64 y/o and blows about as many saves and he saves. And ...

[ashie62]

Anybody want Granderson???

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: Anybody want Granderson???

a lot of people I'd imagine. But on the other hand, there are other guys out there to get under your own contract terms too.

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, I'd like two of them.

[Edgy MD]

Gordon Beckham goes from the Whities to the Angels for cash and a PtBNL.

[Frayed Knot]

Beckham was an 8th overall draft pick back in 2008 as a SS out of Univ of Georgia*. But he didn't stay at SS and now nearly six full seasons of .244/.306/.374 later it was probably time for the ChiSox to cut ties.
What I remember when he first came up was his big, blondish mop of Kennedy-esque hair. Maybe cropping as he got older is what became his undoing, who knows.







* although oddly enough was not the first SS from the state of Georgia or even the first Beckham picked that year. The unrelated Tim Beckham, a SS out of a Georgia HS, was the 1/1 pick that year by Tampa and, until looking him up just now, I had thought he was among the rare few 1/1 picks never to play in the majors. But it turns out he did get a cuppa coffee (7 ABs) late last year. He's just now getting back to minor league work after a lengthy injury rehab but is almost certain never to be the star you'd want out of a top pick.

[Edgy MD]

Hey kids, grab a deadline deal in this thread and find out how it worked out!

Kendrys Morales down the stretch for the Twins: 162 PA: .234 / .259 / .325 // .584. Gulp!

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Hey kids, grab a deadline deal in this thread and find out how it worked out! Kendrys Morales down the stretch for the Twins: 162 PA: .234 / .259 / .325 // .584. Gulp!

Josh Willingham going from the Twins to the Royals has worked out just fine for Willingham.

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