July Deadline Dealios of 2017

[Edgy MD]

So he's pretty much a younger version of Cabrera.

[Edgy MD]

Minor league deal reportedly returning Sandoval to The Giants!

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Minor league deal reportedly returning Sandoval to The Giants!

Sandoval and Trump - they might tilt the country to the left.
Later

[Frayed Knot]

Dealing away reliever David Phelps nets the Marlins four Seattle Mariner prospects headed by 19 y/o OF Brayan Hernandez, Seattle's No. 6 prospect although he's yet to play above rookie ball.
Also RHPs Brandon Miller (22 - Low-A), Pablo Lopez (18), and Lukas (son of Calvin) Schiraldi (23 y/o at High-A)

Phelps will be arg-eligible next year and not a FA until the end of 2018 so not quite an equivalent status to say Reed

[Edgy MD]

Good move. If you want to win a World Series, you've gotta trade a guy named "Schiraldi."

[smg58]

That was mean. Accurate, but mean.

Phelps has another year, but he's also not that good. It's a seller's market for relievers. It would render our pen utterly useless for the rest of the season, but I think you have to see what Reed can get you.

[Frayed Knot]

The rumored/then shot-down deal of Jaime Garcia to the Twins is now a done deal as the Braves send the lefty starter along with one Mr. Anthony Recker to get back 19 y/o minor league
pitcher Huascar Ynoa

Garcia was supposed to be dealt to Minnesota last week, the Braves even brought a stand-by pitcher to their west coast trip to replace Garcia if and when it went down.
But when the deal fell through Garcia made his start against the Dodgers where he not only out-pitched the previously unbeaten (ex-Brave) Alex Wood but he also Grand-Slammed against him!
Turns out now that was Garcia's last start for the Cobb County squad.

The Braves, btw, split the four game set in LA over the weekend. The Dodgers had won 11 straight and 31 of 35 heading into that series but got smoked in the first two games.
And even in Sunday's loss the Braves scored three times in the 9th vs closer Jansen to tie it before later losing the game in extras.
That's a helluva lot better than we did when we were out there.

[bmfc1]

If you didn't hate him as a Dodger now you can hate him as a National: Howie Kendrick.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, the booth is passing on reports that the Mets are dealing for A.J. Ramos.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Someone said Checchini was pulled from Vegas game.

[Edgy MD]

Mmmm ... feeling sudden dislike at that news.

[bmfc1]

MFYs just made another "dealio" getting Jamie Garcia, most recently of the Twins who had him for just one start after getting him from ATL. MIN apparently traded a prospect to ATL and then received a better prospect from the MFYs.

[ashie62]

Royal acquire Melky Cabrera from White Sox for two prospects.

[Edgy MD]

Ashie62 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm just saying, if Quintana gets you Eloy-plus, then Dutch Boy gets you... If Dutch-boy is Nimmo I would have to disagree.

Why would Nimmo be "Dutch Boy"?

[Frayed Knot]

I think he's suggesting deGrom

[ashie62]

Edgy MD wrote: Ashie62 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm just saying, if Quintana gets you Eloy-plus, then Dutch Boy gets you... If Dutch-boy is Nimmo I would have to disagree. Why would Nimmo be "Dutch Boy"?

Nimmo is just very blonde. Guess I got the wrong guy.

[Frayed Knot]

Jonathan Lucroy to Colorado from Texas which is where he was dealt at this time last year.
He had NOT been having a good 2017 for the Rangers and so a PtbNL is the only thing going the other way.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: MFYs just made another "dealio" getting Jamie Garcia, most recently of the Twins who had him for just one start after getting him from ATL. MIN apparently traded a prospect to ATL and then received a better prospect from the MFYs.

So the Twins trade for pitching, then lose six of seven (the one game they won was the one Garcia started) and so decide that they're out of it to the point where they trade that pitching to one of
the teams they could potentially be fighting against for the WC.
And you folks thought the AJ Ramos deal was strange!

Be interesting for Twins fans to track the future progress of the one prospect they sent to Atlanta to get Garcia vs the two they got back from the Skanks since the net effect of this deal is a two
for one swap of minor leaguers.

[Frayed Knot]

Francisco Liriano, who's been real good, real bad, and everywhere in between in his career since first showing up with the Twins in 2005, is moving from the Blue Jays to the Astros who are expected to use him out of the bullpen.
OF Nori Aoki and a minor leaguer go the other way.



Also the Cubs filled their backup catcher hole last night, getting Alex Avila and LHR Justin Wilson from the Tigers in exchange for a couple minor leaguers.
Chicago's need for a backup backstop was a source of rumors that they were looking at Rene Rivera.
btw, Detroit GM Al(berto) Avila dealt away his own son Al(ex) in pulling off that trade.

[seawolf17]

Sonny Gray to the MFYs, apparently.

[Frayed Knot]

seawolf17 wrote: Sonny Gray to the MFYs, apparently.

For three "Top 12" prospects -- meaning Top-12 within the Yanx system, not overall -- IF Jorge Mateo, RHP James Kaprelian, OF Dustin Fowler

Sonny Gray has a name almost as contradictory as Angel Pagan

[Ceetar]

Yu thought we were done? Darvish to the Dodgers.

[seawolf17]

Man, good thing we don't play the Dodgers any time soo---SUNUVABITCH

[Frayed Knot]

Actually Darvish isn't all that good this year and might wind up being the least scary LAD pitcher you could draw at the moment.

Dodgers also dealt for two LH relievers today and the Nats for Twins closer Brandon Kintzler (third reliever they've added in the last three weeks) as those two team look to each other as their
biggest competition.

[smg58]

After all the lack of demand for two-month rentals, the Rangers got a nice haul -- Willie Calhoun is the #4 second base prospect in baseball and he's ready to play in the show right now.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Actually Darvish isn't all that good this year and might wind up being the least scary LAD pitcher you could draw at the moment.

He did alright against the Mets back in June, though. He actually did better than alright mostly, giving up only three hits in 7 1/3. Fortunately for the Mets, two of those hits were bombs by Jay Bruce, and they won in the ninth on a Matt Bush error, and a safe call that stood after a challenge and review.