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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Peavy, Giants, Rays, M's, Lidge, Beltre
On this date seven years ago, the A's traded Jeremy Giambi to the Phillies for John Mabry. At the time of the deal, Giambi was hitting .274/.390/.471 with 8 home runs and Mabry was essentially a pinch-hitter. Giambi would go on to hit 12 more home runs for the Phils but would play only one more season in the big leagues. As rumors start to fly in the '09 season, let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere...
- Fire Ned Colletti Now would be happy to see a team other than the Dodgers trade for Jake Peavy.
- Jorge Says No! says the Brewers should look into trading for Jake Peavy.
- McCovey Chronicles takes a look at some deadline deal possibilities for the Giants, including Matt Holliday, Carl Crawford and Ichiro.
- The Rays Party notes that Jason Isringhausen makes for a crowded bullpen which may indicate that the Devil Rays ($29) are about to make a deal.
- Phlavio's Corner takes a look at some options to replace Carlos Delgado.
- Around the Majors takes a look back at the Brad Lidge extension and wonders if it was a mistake.
- Bleeding Blue and Teal would like to see the Mariners make a deal for Ben Zobrist.
- The Detroit Tigers Weblog now admits that the Edwin Jackson-Matt Joyce trade may have been good for the Tigers.
- MLB Notebook sees a few possible trade destinations for Adrian Beltre including both Chicago franchises.
Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and on Twitter here.
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McCovey Chronicles are a bunch of idiots. The Giants have no chance this season. The Giants should be trading away players like Molina to in exchange for prospects. Not trade away prospects for a rental type player who's not going to make a difference on that team.
Posted by: kdub | May 22, 2009 at 02:48 PM
I second McCovey Chronicles being idiots as they said "Ichiro can move back to RF"...uhmm hello MC, he has been in right field the entire season
Posted by: MakinItMine | May 22, 2009 at 03:03 PM
Beltre in Chicago..maybe the South Side. But the Cubs don't need to add him to their struggling offense. They need a guy that can help energize that team. Like me or someone of equal talent.
Posted by: Dr TL | May 22, 2009 at 03:07 PM
In response to the Zobrist talk:
As I've said previously: SS's that can hit are difficult to find but there are three players who can play that position and their respective managers don't think they are deverving. They are Ben Zobrist, Brandon Wood and Ramon Santiago. Barring an injury to Bartlett, Aybar and Everett - none will likely start for their current teams. It would seem that all those teams that need a SS - should be calling the Rays, Angels and Tigers and they just might be able to scoop an undervalued player.
It's unfortunate, but some times there are players that should be starting every day that end up in the minors or on the bench. These players will often find a regular spot via a trade.
Posted by: OPSMAN | May 22, 2009 at 03:08 PM
"Matt Holiday for territorial rights to San Jose!"
I think they'd have to throw in Los Gatos too.
You know what else I think? I think fan blogs aren't worth the digits they're printed on. What do we need with a bunch of home boy wet dreams?
Posted by: BlueSky | May 22, 2009 at 03:26 PM
Giants need to cut their loses on zito and try to ship rowand and molina out for a few talented position players and let Sandoval catch
Posted by: bravoboy10 | May 22, 2009 at 03:59 PM
"McCovey Chronicles takes a look at some deadline deal possibilities for the Giants, including Matt Holliday, Carl Crawford and Ichiro."
Ichiro, no. Crawford, no. Holliday maybe if theyre willing to give up a lot of prospects. But even then, would Holliday sign long term in that massive park?
Im going to start a blog so I can invent my own trade rumours too. What a complete joke.
Posted by: xethicx | May 22, 2009 at 04:10 PM
"You linked a FREAKING FANPOST!!!"
isnt everything on a blog a "fanpost"? If it isn't relevant to the site than why is it on their front page?
Posted by: Sean Gibson | May 22, 2009 at 04:16 PM
From the bottom of the McCovey Chronicles link up there: "This FanPost is reader-generated, and it does not necessarily reflect the views of McCovey Chronicles." It's like reading a comment on CNN.com and saying, "CNN.com reported today that 'obama is the worse proesident ever just you watch lol'."
Posted by: Grant | May 22, 2009 at 04:42 PM
"It's like reading a comment on CNN.com and saying, "CNN.com reported today that 'obama is the worse proesident ever just you watch lol'.""
only CNN isnt dumb enough to make a reader comment look just like a regular post and put it on their front page. i looked at that link. looks like a post to me.
Posted by: Sean Gibson | May 22, 2009 at 04:45 PM
Cork - you need to edit what you said. You linked to a fanpost by one not so regular visitor to the site (3 days ago) making his case. It's hardly "McCovey Chronicles" commenting. As you can tell by the comments in the fanpost, most of the MCC crowd think those ideas are on the ridiculous side. It is not representative of Giants fans or MCC visitors.
And no, Sean Gibson, not everything on a blog is a fanpost. It's basically a visitor diary, not endorsed or whatever by the operators of the site. It's more than a comment in a thread, but not much more. You might know that if you actually spent time on SBNation.
Posted by: nostocksjustbonds | May 22, 2009 at 04:53 PM
It's not on the front page. Any SB Nation reader can make a FanPost, but they don't show up on the front page, other than a link in the "community fanposts-sidebar.
Posted by: Grant | May 22, 2009 at 04:55 PM
Everything about that post looks like a regular post except for a small disclaimer at the bottom. I spoke with the editor of the site and asked him if he wanted me to pull it. He gave the OK to leave it up.
Posted by: Cork Gaines | May 22, 2009 at 05:09 PM
The other thing, Cork, is you called them the "Devil Rays". Um, are we back in 2007 again?
Posted by: rememberthecoop | May 22, 2009 at 07:51 PM
"The other thing, Cork, is you called them the "Devil Rays". Um, are we back in 2007 again?"
click the "$29" link next to it and that will answer your question. He is calling them the Devil Rays because that is what he says they are playing like. And each time he says Devil Rays he is donating $1 to charity.
Posted by: Sean Gibson | May 22, 2009 at 09:01 PM