Ed Wade Rumors

Odds and Ends: Wade, Crisp, Holliday

Links for Thursday... New commenters are signing up every day as MLB Trade Rumors grows. Before commenting, be sure to read our policy. If you ever see someone violating the policy just send me an email and I'll take care of it. If you receive an email from noreply@mlbrumors.com talking about some kind of newsletter, that has nothing to do with me or MLB Trade Rumors. We have a daily email of our latest posts, and that comes from dierkes@gmail.com. Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald wonders if Kerry Wood might accept an offer of arbitration from the Cubs. Hal...   Continue Reading

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Ed Wade - GM Trade History

Next up in our GM Trade History series: Ed Wade of the Astros and formerly the Phillies. You can download the spreadsheet here. All of these GM spreadsheets were compiled by MLBTR contributor Brendan Bianowicz.   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Bonds, Davis, Chulk, Ichiro

Time for some random linkage. I'll be on XM Radio today at about 5pm CST - channels 176-189 with Mike Ferrin. The Dodgers signed Jerome Williams - remember him? Viva El Birdos runs through starting pitchers who might be on the Cardinals' radar. Sam Mellinger of the KC Star takes a look at Dayton Moore's trade record. Meanwhile, Joe Posnanski explains why the Royals should sign Barry Bonds. Ken Rosenthal doesn't want to let Ed Wade off the hook in the Shawn Chacon dustup. Red Reporter thinks the Reds are winning the Edinson Volquez-Josh Hamilton swap. Rangers first base prospect...   Continue Reading

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Wade Looking To Add Pitching

MLB.com's Jim Molony tells us that Astros GM Ed Wade has been working the phones to get a feel for the "general lay of the land." After a busy offseason for Wade, most notably adding Miguel Tejada and Jose Valverde, Wade will likely be in the market for pitching upgrades. The Astros rank 21st in baseball with a team ERA of 4.50, and their rotation is a combined 20-25 with a 4.77 ERA, and a league-worst 65 home runs allowed. As Wade himself points out though, starting pitching won't be easy to come by this year. As usual, there are...   Continue Reading

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Ed Wade: Houston's New Rocket Man

"Houston, you have a problem" was probably the initial reaction anyone who follows the Phillies, or baseball for that matter, had when they heard that the Houston Astros had hired Ed Wade to be their new general manager. Wade was fired from that same post in Philadelphia two years ago after failing to compose a team to reach the playoffs - and brutally suffering for it publicly - during his eight year tenure in town (1997-2005). Even a few years out from Wade, the Phillies' last October appearance dates back to the mullets and beards of 1993. But that's another..   Continue Reading

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Ed Wade Hired As Astros GM

Jayson Stark confirms it: Ed Wade is the new Astros GM. Wade came in for his second interview today. The Phillies promoted Wade to GM in December of 1997, and fired him in October of 2005 after the team failed to reach the playoffs during that span. An attempt to compile some of Wade's bigger moves (I've yet to form an opinion on his overall performance): 12-23-97: Traded Mickey Morandini to Cubs for Doug Glanville Failed to sign J.D. Drew; drafted Pat Burrell first overall in 1998 11-19-98: Traded Ricky Bottalico and Garrett Stephenson to Cardinals for Ron Gant, Jeff..   Continue Reading

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