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News From Twitter: Red Sox, Corey Hart, Victor Martinez, Cardinals
A few of tonight's trade tidbits from baseball writers on Twitter:
Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal: "GM Doug Melvin told me any talk of the Brewers shopping RF Corey Hart is pure nonsense."
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: "Red Sox looking hard for a hitter. Victor Martinez would be perfect. but [C.C.] Sabathia told me no way Tribe trades V-Mart."
Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that Troy Glaus is ready to resume baseball activities and noted that the Cardinals are "expanding [a] wide net for possible help."
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Goold says POSSIBLE help not pitching help and here's an article on Glaus from stltoday.
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/commishs-hot-stove/commishs-hot-stove/cardinal-beat-updates/2009/06/glaus-making-progress-but-mozeliak-says-cardinals-looking-for-help/
Posted by: Cardsfan387 | June 01, 2009 at 08:16 PM
Thanks, Cardsfan. Big difference there.
Posted by: Brian Shephard | June 01, 2009 at 08:25 PM
I dig this Twitter round-up. i really only come to mlbtraderumors for updates and i dont (have time to) follow writers/athletes/etc on Twitter...so this is a cool way to recap all of their relevant tweets.
Posted by: el clash combo | June 01, 2009 at 08:54 PM
Glad you like it, clash. It's been fun watching beat writers tweet about game highlights tonight, too.
Posted by: Brian Shephard | June 01, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Hey Brian, you may want to capitalize Victor Martinez, and Sabathia. Just saying. I'm a nit picker haha. Besides that i love your posts. Nice job!
Posted by: Spieg7 | June 01, 2009 at 09:12 PM
Yeah, being the grammar nazi I am, it also irks me when names aren't capialized, a comma is used instead of a semicolon, etc, etc.
Posted by: venn177 | June 01, 2009 at 09:17 PM
Wait, it's a direct quote, and the original message was in all lower-case, so I see no problem here.
I'm an idiot, ignore me for now.
Posted by: venn177 | June 01, 2009 at 09:19 PM
Yeah I see that, my bad.
Posted by: Spieg7 | June 01, 2009 at 09:28 PM
Yep, thanks for keeping an eye on me. As a grammar snob myself, I would do the same. But I'm not changing a letter of a Heyman tweet.
Posted by: Brian Shephard | June 01, 2009 at 09:37 PM
"but sabathia told me no way tribe trades v-mart."
Didn't know CC was part of the Indians' front office.
Posted by: icedrake523 | June 01, 2009 at 10:10 PM
short of giving up buccholz+bowden and some lower prospects i dont see the redsox pryinbg v-mart from the tribe
Posted by: bosox21 | June 02, 2009 at 01:39 AM
("but sabathia told me no way tribe trades v-mart."
Didn't know CC was part of the Indians' front office.)
i had the same thought... why is this even worth printing?
Posted by: EWS1532 | June 02, 2009 at 06:18 AM
I'd have to think a package starting with Buchholz would interest the Indians, no matter what CC thinks. It's nice to hear his comments but they have to be taken at face value.
Posted by: pageian | June 02, 2009 at 06:31 AM
Well Victor Martinez is signed for the next 2 seasons at a very club friendly contract so the offer would have to be something in the Blow Me Away category.
Example
Buchholz / Bowden / Bard and maybe even someone like a Casey Kelly in the deal also to get a deal done.
Posted by: baseballnuts | June 02, 2009 at 08:36 AM
There's no way I give up three plus arms for Martinez. The Pirates will possibly have a surplus of catchers when Doumit comes back, with Jaramillo and Diaz both doing well. I doubt they'd cost Buchholz/Bowden and the like.
Posted by: indybucfan | June 02, 2009 at 08:55 AM
"Didn't know CC was part of the Indians' front office."
You don't think that maybe, just maybe, after spending so many years with the team, he realizes who's the 'core' of the team and who isn't?
What do you think it'd take to pry Pedroia or Youkilis or Lester from the Red Sox? A HELL OF A LOT, because they're the CORE of the team.
Try Buchholz+Bowden+Bard+Masterson+Anderson - that'd probably pry him away. And it'd be way too much to pay.
There ARE 'untouchable' players out there, who can be had, but at a price that's too high to make it worthwile. Lincecum, Billingsley, Pujols, Wieters, Joba, Lester, Cano, Pedroia, Longoria, Braun, etc., etc., etc.
Posted by: V | June 02, 2009 at 09:11 AM
Let me translate Heyman's quote for you: red sox need a catcher and look how cool I am--Sabathia and me are tight enough to gossip about all sorts of things.
Posted by: chiefcake | June 02, 2009 at 09:30 AM
The Red Sox don't need a catcher or first baseman, right now they need a DH. If they are going to get Victor Martinez, they are going to DFA Ortiz. They will have a couple 1Bs on the bench, with Bailey and Kotsay, and two catchers
I see the Red Sox look for a catcher after 2010, when they probably offer Mauer one of the biggest MLB contracts ever.
Posted by: okojo | June 02, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Yet another story by "experts" trying to gin up a story of a Cleveland team getting rid of it's best player to a big market team. Surprise, surprise! Cleveland will trade Martinez when cows fly!
In regards to CC's comments, you don't have to be in this organization to know you don't trade the heart and soul of it and CC knows first hand that Victor is the real heart and soul of this team. It wasn't him, it's not Grady, nor anyone else.
Posted by: czechy1000 | June 02, 2009 at 12:07 PM
The red sox dont need either one of those guys . Yeah Victor is like one of the best hitters in the league but Jason Varitek has hit like 10 home runs thats alot for him
Posted by: frank bob | June 02, 2009 at 04:05 PM
Cano and Joba are untouchable? Why?
Posted by: RED SOX DYNASTY! | June 03, 2009 at 06:41 AM