NFT: MLB Deadline Day Thread

Bonifacio sucks. Who on earth would trade for him over Murphy???

vs. giving up... Giolito? c'mon

Plus Bonifacio rakes vs. lefties.

is a FA after next year

well depending on cost it might not be a bad move for the Mets. Not sure how many great upgrades there will be for LF in the summer and perhaps after next year one of the kids looks close to ready.

To twins. Not sure return. MLB network

Tommy Malone o the Twins

Nick Hamelin þ@NickHamelinMLB · 3m
Josh Willingham may be going back to Oakland. All we know is that Minnesota has received Tommy Milone.

for Milone would be an awesome move for the A's (solid for the Twins as well)

Ken Rosenthal þ@Ken_Rosenthal · 4m
Sources: #Astros “very, very busy” with calls on Cosart. Have taken Keuchel off the market.

The rest of his career? Not so much. I don't get the fascination with this guy. He's just not very good.

the point is there are other 2b options on the market. Nobody is giving up the moon for arbitration eligible Murphy. Giolito could be the best P prospect in baseball.

Jon Morosi þ@jonmorosi · 2m
Fuld goes to Oakland in Milone deal.

win this one.

Nevermind, Oakland only got Sam Fuld. Nice trade by the Twins.

Just can't see why anyone with a brain would rather have Bonifacio on their team than Murphy.

about equivalent as prospects. Thor is more ready, but Giolito will be in AA next season. Once a power pitcher hits AA, he's always a threat to make the jump to the majors.

Would any Met fan trade Thor for Murphy? Of course not.

Jeff Passan þ@JeffPassan · 3m
Source: Yankees looking for incremental upgrades, not big pieces. Monday much bigger day. They expect news on Masahiro Tanaka's progress.

In comment 11788172 DanMetroMan said:

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win this one. Nevermind, Oakland only got Sam Fuld. Nice trade by the Twins.

Strange trade by the A's. Fuld was exposed to waivers and the Twins claimed him. And I guess the A's really didnt want to lose him and would have rather given up Milone for him. Fuld's 32 so maybe they see value him as a good pinch runner??

Shark
Lester
Gray
Kazmir
Hammel

Fuld is a guy who can play anywhere, a heady player, and who can come in late in games to pinch run or as a defensive replacement.

Oakland is building their team for October.

Mark Feinsand þ@FeinsandNYDN · 2m
Source says Yankees working on small potential deals, but no big splashes expected today. Right field still seems to be the focus.

they go and trade lester for a nice return and the yankees let their best player walk for nothing. It is a really bad way of doing business for the Yankees and why they are where they are today.

In comment 11788196 mac attack said:

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Shark Lester Gray Kazmir Hammel Fuld is a guy who can play anywhere, a heady player, and who can come in late in games to pinch run or as a defensive replacement. Oakland is building their team for October.

Probably the best rotation in the AL.

but where is Boston for next year? Their lineup is still weak (though this deal helps) and their rotation is weak. They could have locked up their best pitcher, an ace, for a slightly below market deal but didn't want to do the length. Yes they have kids, a lot of them, and over time that should be the nucleus of a good team, but that fluke 2013 really skewed perceptions of Boston. It was a shitty team in 2012, a lucky team in 2013, and is a shitty team again in 2014.

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a power hitter and got an extra draft pick in the process. What will the yankees get to improve? The market for bats suck and that is the yankees biggest weakness. Boston could go out and get a leadoff hitter and improve their rotation if they choose to do so.

Robert Murray þ@RobertMurrayMLB · 3m
David Price trade talks intensifying and a deal is becoming likelier:

team?

In comment 11788223 sinctybldh said:

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they go and trade lester for a nice return and the yankees let their best player walk for nothing. It is a really bad way of doing business for the Yankees and why they are where they are today.

Boston, I think, also lucked out a few years ago when the Dodgers took whoever the Sox didn't want, freeing up a ton of payroll. If that trade doesn't go down, I think the Sox are in a very, very different position today.

they at least found a team willing to take on albatross contracts. Yankees keep handing out albatross contracts.

They have a great farm, which outside of Owens and De La Rosa had little to do with that deal, but the major league roster without Lester is pretty atrocious and its two best players are Pedroia and Ortiz, one has gone from star to ordinary in a year or two and the other is 38. 2013 was an annus mirabilis for Boston: that was a poorly constructed team that got lucky and it is showing its true colors now.

Bogaerts are excellent building blocks.

Price and Zobrist possibly to Detroit. According to Ken Rosenthal

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detroit doesn't have the prospects to do that. i assume they would trade castellanos but still that isn't close to enough.

small sample size at major league level notwithstanding.

So did Jesus Montero.

MLB network reported a fake tweet from one of their OWN employees. Majorrrr fail lol

I think Cespedes, Ortiz, Napoli gives them a strong middle of the order to follow. Bogaerts should pick up (I hope). SO, it's what they get at SS, C, and RF (assuming Victorino is on the DL). That's not a horrible lineup. A question will be how poorly Vasquez hits and whether Devan Marrero can be a quality ML bat. They've got as much a chance as anyone to add Castillo. SO I think there are parts to work with.

If they have a chance at re-ssigning Lester, then I think their rotation can hold. If not, I expect them to be in on Scherzer, Failing that...I don't know. I really do thin gthat they can get by and be decent with only one established vet pitcher though. Problem is, without Lester, they have no ace.

but we talked about Bradley yesterday. Plus, the AL East pretty much bites. So, to at least to compete in the division, you don't need that much.

for help right now. As long as they get good value in return. Sanchez and Jagielo/Bichette Jr should fetch something decent.

sanchez and jagielo should be kept. you aren't going to get a significant enough piece to make a difference with those two any way.

and focus on protecting prospects and even acquiring more.

In comment 11788286 feelflows said:

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MLB network reported a fake tweet from one of their OWN employees. Majorrrr fail lol

To be fair "@Ken_Rosenthal and @Ken_Rosenthal_" are very similar looking accounts.

and they won't this year. it just isn't their m.o.

Yes. But he's sitting in the same room as them lol

No way I trade potential regular players for the marginal improvement in the Yankees chances for this year.

I'd kind of like them to make a small move or two so we can try to get the Captain into the postseason one more time, but whatever. The team needs new core players. Trading away youngsters is the opposite of what they should be doing now.

Apparently Saturday night the A's had a promotion, Cespedes T Shirt night.

or trade him today.

Solarte back ? LOL

the yankees are going to do to robertson what boston and seattle did to drew and morales.

but I saw where the Yankees sent Danny Burawa down one classification. That is the right move. He is not even ready for AAA yet.