With three days to go before the trade deadline, here's the latest from the baseball blogosphere…
- Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness says the Dodgers absolutely had to make the Hanley Ramirez trade.
- Chad Moriyama calls the trade a gamble the Dodgers had to take.
- Cole on L.A. calls the Hanley trade a great one for the Dodgers.
- Fish Stripes isn't sure the Marlins are really conducting a fire sale.
- Eye on the Tigers thinks the Tigers overpaid to acquire Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante.
- Know Hitter likes Sanchez and Infante for the Tigers but not at that price.
- Crashburn Alley says the Cole Hamels extension may be GM Ruben Amaro Jr.'s best move.
- NASORB doesn't expect Ichiro Suzuki to be much better with the Yankees.
- Yanks Go Yard analyzed the Ichiro trade.
- Baseball Time In Arlington wrote about the Rangers and Josh Johnson.
- MLB Reports says the Rangers should sacrifice some prospects to try to win now.
- Dodgers Nation explains why Matt Garza is the best starter on the market.
- Rays Colored Glasses wonders if the Rays would consider trading Evan Longoria.
- Gaslamp Ball likes the Carlos Quentin extension for more than one reason.
- Phillies Nation says the Phillies should trade Hunter Pence.
- Wahoo's on First explains why the Indians should trade Shin-Soo Choo.
- Bay City Ball ran down some trade deadline scenarios for the Giants.
- Full Spectrum Baseball wrote about the Cardinals and bolstering their bullpen.
- Royals Review tries to figure out what the Royals should do at the deadline.
- Warehouse Worthy suggests a trade for the Orioles and Giants.
- Burning Down the Yard wonders if the Orioles and Nationals could matchup for a trade.
- Swingin' A's listed some past Athletics trades that didn't come to be.
- MLB Prospect Watch wrote about the prospect return of two-month rentals.
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@ Rays Colored Glasses. No, just no.
Hmmm…where to start.
a) Did the Tigers overpay for Sanchez and Infante? I think so. Turner was their best pitching prospect and with a bloated payroll it would’ve been good to have a cost controlled #2 or #3 type.
b) Rays trading Longoria? Ummmm…..sure….yeah. But of course I say that as a Yankee fan. As just a guy with a brain? Heck no. The Ray’s biggest issue is offense and when healthy, Longoria is one of the best offensive 3b in the game. The fact that he’s signed for just 4/$36 mil there’s no reason to trade him. Even if they were concerned with budget he doesn’t begin to make over $10 mil until 2015 sooo….no.
c) Are the Marlins conducting a fire sale? Maybe not quite yet. Annibal Sanchez was an outgoing soon to be free agent that they may not have been able to resign and Infante was a glorified utility guy. Getting back an mlb ready SP is a smart move. The HanRam deal…….I think it was a bad move and they sold low on a hometown favorite. But he makes a lot of money and he was underachieving. I think it was bad timing. Now..if they trade Johnson, Buerhle, Reyes or Stanton then call it what it is.
d) No way should the Indians consider trading Choo, especially not before this winter. He’s their most solid middle of the order bat, he’s inexpensive and they have some good pieces to work around. I’d rather see them trade Santana before they trade Choo.
e) Not sure if Hamels can be considered Amaro’s best move. He wrote a check and handed out a very large contract. Let’s see how it plays out. We all thought that the Lee contracts was a great move too and here we are 1 1/2 years into the deal and where not sure if it will back fire or not.
Andrew Miller was the Tiger’s top pitching prospect at one point too. Top pitching prospect for the Tigers means nothing. They are notoriously bad at drafting and developing pitching prospects. Can you think of any Tiger’s pitching prospect that ended up being a top of the rotation guy besides Verlander?? Personally I think Smyly has a lot more potential then Turner.
So true, Their was no room for Turner with this rotation at this time since Smyly has shown he has more talent then Turner!