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Odds And Ends: Wagner, Red Sox, Scherzer

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | August 7, 2009 at 9:48am CDT

An assortment of links to get the day started…

Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News hears that one AL contender has at least some interest in adding Billy Wagner for the stretch run. The lefty makes $10.5MM this year and has a $1MM buyout for 2010, so Wagner seems likely to clear waivers.
Rubin says the Mets won't likely offer Wagner or Carlos Delgado arbitration after the season.
As Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports, Max Scherzer uses some pretty advanced stats to judge his performances.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post hears that the Yanks and Padres almost completed the Chad Gaudin trade before the deadline. When Kenny Williams called about the Jake Peavy deal, Towers had to ignore Cashman, but the teams struck a deal in the end.
Danny Knobler of CBS Sports says one look at John Smoltz's face suggests he may be done.
Yahoo's Gordon Edes says Smoltz looked like a "pitcher turned pinata" last night.
Sam Donnellon of the Philadelphia Inquirer says Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. looks pretty smart right now.

Yanks Acquire Chad Gaudin

By Brian Shephard | August 6, 2009 at 11:27pm CDT

11:27pm: Peter Abraham of the LoHud Journal reminds us that the Cubs released Gaudin in April, so they're on the hook for all but the pro-rated league minimum. Surely the Cubs wish they'd non-tendered Gaudin, but perhaps they needed the spring to decide. – Tim Dierkes

9:31: Kepner tweets that the "plan is for Gaudin to start off in the bullpen."

9:17: Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets that the Yankees "owe roughly $650K to Gaudin the rest of the year."

9:07: Tyler Kepner of the New York Times is reporting on Twitter that the Yankees have acquired RHP Chad Gaudin from the Padres for a player to be named later.

Gaudin signed a minor league deal with the Padres in April. He is 4-10 this year with a 5.13 ERA, but he is averaging a strikeout per inning and his FIP is at 3.68.

Odds & Ends: Sandberg, Indians, Red Sox, Yankees, McCoy

By Brian Shephard | August 6, 2009 at 6:25pm CDT

A few links for Thursday evening.

Ryne Sandberg, the only Hall of Famer currently managing in the minors, wants to make it back to The Show, according to the Associated Press.
Chris Shelton cleared waivers and reported to AAA Tacoma Rainiers, according to Larry LaRue of the Tacoma News Tribune. The first baseman was designated for assignment by the Mariners to make room for pitcher Luke French.
Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that the Indians have used 28 different pitchers this year, the most of any team in the majors.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets that the Red Sox have a thin lead over the Yankees in July trades in the AL from 2000 to 2009. The score stands at 26 to 25.
And on a sad note, Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy announced today that he will retire from the Dayton Daily News, which has decided to stop covering the Reds.

Odds And Ends: Yanks, Red Sox, Indians, Peavy

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | August 6, 2009 at 11:54am CDT

More links to look through as we ready ourselves for four days of Yankees vs. Red Sox…

ESPN.com's Buster Olney presents nine reasons the upcoming Boston-New York series matters. To an extent, both teams have their psyches on the line this weekend.
Indians ownership says the team will likely lose about $16MM this year, according to the Associated Press (via ESPN). The Indians trimmed about $8.1MM in payroll leading up to the deadline.
So how do teams like the Indians compete with big spenders like the Yankees and Red Sox? Joe Posnanski of SI.com says small market teams may have to beat richer ones by taking advantage of the 'win now' mentality in large markets.
Jake Peavy is set to pitch in three minor league games before joining the White Sox, according to Bruce Levine of ESPN.com. He's still expected to make his AL debut in late August or early September.

Yankees Sign Russ Ortiz

By Eddie Schmid | August 5, 2009 at 5:51pm CDT

According to Tyler Kepner at the New York Times, the Yankees have signed RHP Russ Ortiz to provide minor-league depth at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ortiz was released by the Astros in July after putting up a 5.57 ERA and 65/48 K/BB ratio in 85.2 innings as a starter.

Yankees DFA Cody Ransom

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | August 5, 2009 at 3:18pm CDT

The Yankees designated Cody Ransom for assignment to make room for Anthony Claggett, according to Tyler Kepner of the New York Times. Ransom, 33, hit .190/.256/.329 in 31 games for the Yankees, mostly as a third baseman.

Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Deadline Deals

By Cork Gaines | August 4, 2009 at 12:22pm CDT

On this date nine years ago the Rangers traded Dave Martinez to the Blue Jays. It was the third time Martinez had been traded since the beginning of the season. That night, Martinez would tie a big league record by playing for his fourth franchise in one season. He also appeared with the Devil Rays and the Cubs. Martinez' current club, the Rays, did not make any trade deadline deals, but plenty of other teams did. Let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere…

MLB Notebook hosted a round-table discussing the trade deadline winners and losers.
Sully Baseball says declaring winners and losers this soon is meaningless.
Zells Pinstripe Blog says the trade deadline was not as bad for the Yankees as many think.
Rays Revolutionary explains why it was not important for the Rays to make any deadline deals.
UmpBump wonders how Adam LaRoche makes the Braves better in 2010, as some have suggested.
Capitol Avenue Club explains the reasoning behind the Adam LaRoche deal for the Braves.
Talking Chop looks at what the Adam LaRoche trade means for Chipper Jones' future in Atlanta.
Dodgers Rumors looks at some August waiver-wire trade targets for the Dodgers.
MLB Insights makes a case that J.P. Ricciardi's tenure has been a successful one.

Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and followed on Twitter here.

Odds & Ends: Yankees, Pirates, Rays

By Eddie Schmid | August 3, 2009 at 8:19pm CDT

Some links on this not-necessarily-manic Monday:

Jen Langosch at MLB.com has a nice scorecard put together of the Pirates' recent acquisitions and how they've performed so far, as well as a rundown of the players they were dealt for.
Fred Mitchell at the Chicago Tribune has an amusing piece about the lengths what MLB general managers go to keep their stress levels low this time of year.
MLB.com beat reporter Lyle Spencer answers fan questions, including why they let Roy Halladay get away.
Jim Callis at Baseball America re-ranks the Pirates' and Indians' systems after their major prospect acquisitions.
Brian Hoch at MLB.com answers Yankees fans' questions, specifically about the trade deadline and why the team was mostly inactive.
R.J. Anderson at Fangraphs re-visits the circumstances that led to the Rays obtaining Wade Townsend, who was released today.

Odds And Ends: Pirates, Bard, Padres, Rolen

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | August 3, 2009 at 3:03pm CDT

Which Teams Took On Salary At The Deadline?

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | August 3, 2009 at 12:41pm CDT

As the trade deadline approached, we heard many writers and executives suggest teams would be unable to add payroll this year. Here's a breakdown of the teams that added at least $1MM in salary to their 2009 payrolls this summer. All totals are approximate:

The Cardinals added $2.9MM to the team's payroll when they traded for Mark DeRosa and $3.7MM when they added Matt Holliday for a total of $6.6MM.
The Red Sox added $4.5MM between the Victor Martinez and Adam LaRoche deals.
Acquiring Jarrod Washburn added about $3.6MM to the Tigers' payroll.
The White Sox added $2.8MM in salary when they made the Jake Peavy deal.
The Giants added $2.1MM in the Freddy Sanchez trade.
The Phillies added $2MM in the Cliff Lee deal.
The Rockies added $1.9MM in the Rafael Betancourt and Joe Beimel deals.
The Brewers took on $1.4MM by dealing for Felipe Lopez.
The Braves took on $1.3MM to add Nate McLouth.
The Twins added $1.25MM in salary by trading for Orlando Cabrera.
They didn't take on much salary, but between the Eric Hinske deal and the Jerry Hairston Jr. acquisition, the Yanks added $1.1MM.
The Dodgers added about $1MM when they dealt for George Sherrill.

In total, 12 teams added payroll, but only one took on more than $5MM. The prognosticators were right about one thing: teams didn't take on much payroll. However, few predicted 12 teams would take on salary at the deadline. Looks like many teams set economic concerns aside when presented with the chance to win.

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