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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 5:51:45 AM

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Lots of news

After months of rumors, Phillies ace Cole Hamels has reportedly been traded to the Rangers in an eight-player deal. The Rangers acquired Hamels, reliever Jake Diekman, and $9.5MM in cash for veteran lefty Matt Harrison, pitching prospects Jake Thompson, Alec Asher, and Jerad Eickhoff, catching prospect Jorge Alfaro, and outfield prospect Nick Williams.

TX knows the wild card is w/in reach; the Twins? The GM has no idea how to "win now", just "hopes" it all works out.

11:45pm: Agent Scott Boras adamantly denied that anything is wrong with Gomez from a health standpoint. Via Rosenthal (Twitter links): “Carlos Gomez has never seen a hip doctor and has never had a hip issue in his playing career. Anyone who suggests that is inaccurate and baldly misrepresenting the truth of the player’s condition.”

11:17pm: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that it was actually the Mets who backed out of the deal due to concerns over Gomez’s hip. Andy Martino of the New York Daily News also hears that Wheeler’s elbow was not the issue (Twitter links).

The Dodgers, Marlins and Braves have reportedly swung what appears to be one of the most complex three-team trades in recent history, though nothing will become official tonight. The “basic” structure of the deal (though there’s nothing basic about this move) is as follows: the Dodgers will receive right-hander Mat Latos and first baseman Michael Morse from the Marlins. They’ll also add top prospect Jose Peraza and pitchers Alex Wood, Jim Johnson and Luis Avilan from the Braves. Atlanta, in turn, will receive Cuban infielder Hector Olivera, lefty Paco Rodriguez and minor leaguer Zachary Bird from the Dodgers. The Braves are also picking up Miami’s Competitive Balance Round A pick in next year’s draft (No. 35 overall). The Marlins will come out of this deal with three minor league pitchers — Kevin Guzman, Jeff Brigham and Victor Araujo — plus the financial relief of shedding the remaining $14.3MM that is owed to Latos and Morse.

A nice job of flipping guys in the Jim Johnson part; KC also charmed, flips Joe Blanton

The Pirates announced that they’ve acquired right-hander Joe Blanton from the Royals in exchange for cash considerations. Blanton had been designated for assignment by the Royals earlier this week despite generally solid numbers, and he’ll join the Pirates’ roster tomorrow.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 6:08:07 AM

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Royals GM Dayton Moore isn’t messing around, folks. In for a penny, in for the whole damn treasury.

When I wrote up all the reasons it was a good idea for Kansas City to trade for Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto — was that just 48 hours ago? — I left out one caveat: As much as Cueto fits the team’s needs, he wasn’t the player I thought should be the Royals’ no. 1 priority on the trade market. That player was Ben Zobrist, whom Moore acquired from the A’s on Tuesday afternoon for pitching prospects Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea.

Now, in isolation, Cueto is more valuable than Zobrist. If you were building a team from scratch with a design on winning short playoff series, you’d definitely pick Cueto, a no. 1 starter who can pitch an outsize number of innings in October, potentially starting two of the five division series games if necessary, over Zobrist, a versatile and extremely underrated position player, but not a superstar.

Only, Moore isn’t operating in isolation. Because make no mistake: Like Cueto, Zobrist wasn’t acquired to help the Royals reach the postseason — something that, and please don’t burn me at the stake for saying this, is approaching a foregone conclusion. He was acquired to help them win in the postseason. Most playoff-bound teams covet nothing more than an ace on the mound for Game 1, but the Royals weren’t content stopping there.
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 6:08:36 AM

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TORONTO -- Troy Tulowitzki turned in a Toronto debut to remember.

He homered and had three hits in his first game with the Blue Jays as Toronto trounced the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Wednesday night.

"It couldn't have gone any better, really," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

Tulowitzki, a five-time All-Star who was acquired Tuesday in a trade with the Colorado Rockies, went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI. He scored three times

The grand Jays experiment. Attempting to thump them the rest of the way out. Should be interesting.

I commend them for trying.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 8:20:49 AM

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TORONTO -- Troy Tulowitzki turned in a Toronto debut to remember.

He homered and had three hits in his first game with the Blue Jays as Toronto trounced the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Wednesday night.

"It couldn't have gone any better, really," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

Tulowitzki, a five-time All-Star who was acquired Tuesday in a trade with the Colorado Rockies, went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI. He scored three times

Hmmm. Good for him. I saw his first AB and it was a pretty ugly K. Nice to see he turned it around.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 9:14:47 AM

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So the Mets continue their search for a bat that would save their terrible offense, and the Brewers continue to seek the trades that would bring the young arms so vital to their recovery, and Flores will compose himself.

In a heartbreaking scene at Citi Field on Wednesday night, shortly after the news of the agreement between the Mets and Brewers had gone public, Flores stood at shortstop with eyes red and runny. Signed by the Mets when he was 16, Flores said he learned he was traded during the game.

"I was sad," he said. "Being a Met forever, all my teammates here. That's why I got emotional."

After he'd served a few innings at shortstop and received a standing ovation in the seventh inning, during what appeared to be his final at-bat as a Met, Flores was removed from the game by manager Terry Collins.

"Everybody in the ballpark thinks he's traded but him," Collins said afterward. "You guys think these guys are stone-cold robots, they're not. They're human beings who have emotions."

Trade negotiations are fragile beasts, and reports were careful to note this one was contingent on the health of the players involved. By late Wednesday night, it appeared, the trade had been fouled.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 10:46:01 AM

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The Cardinals have announced the acquisition of first baseman/outfielder Brandon Moss from the Indians in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Rob Kaminsky.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 10:46:45 AM

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The FSN deal is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo weak

The Cardinals have agreed to a new, 15-year contract that will continue to give FOX Sports Midwest exclusive rights to broadcast their games, reports Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The rights alone will guarantee the Cardinals more than $1 billion, according to Goold, who adds that the Cardinals will also receive a minority stake in the network that will add further revenue on top of that sum.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 11:31:17 AM

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Bob Nightengale ✔@BNightengale
MLB executives are absolutely convinced #Tigers David Price will wind up with the #Dodgers, who likely will have to part with Urias.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 11:33:37 AM

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Bob Nightengale ✔@BNightengale
MLB executives are absolutely convinced #Tigers David Price will wind up with the #Dodgers, who likely will have to part with Urias.

MLB trade rumors says a deal for Price is close with the Blue Jays.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 11:34:09 AM

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The Cardinals have announced the acquisition of first baseman/outfielder Brandon Moss from the Indians in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Rob Kaminsky.

Despite Holliday's injury, ESPN's Keith Law questions the Brandon Moss trade: "I can't get over the Cards giving up [Rob] Kaminsky, a former first-round pick who has performed very well throughout his pro career." 'Utterly baffling'

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 11:34:38 AM

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Bob Nightengale ✔@BNightengale
MLB executives are absolutely convinced #Tigers David Price will wind up with the #Dodgers, who likely will have to part with Urias.

MLB trade rumors says a deal for Price is close with the Blue Jays.

That is not an authoritative source.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 11:36:15 AM

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Bob Nightengale ✔@BNightengale
MLB executives are absolutely convinced #Tigers David Price will wind up with the #Dodgers, who likely will have to part with Urias.

MLB trade rumors says a deal for Price is close with the Blue Jays.

They are trading their best pitching prospect away. How many starts will they get out of Price? Good trade for the Tigers.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 11:37:17 AM

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Bob Nightengale ✔@BNightengale
MLB executives are absolutely convinced #Tigers David Price will wind up with the #Dodgers, who likely will have to part with Urias.

MLB trade rumors says a deal for Price is close with the Blue Jays.

That is not an authoritative source.

They don't have their own sources. They just re-post stuff.

The Blue Jays have agreed to acquire star lefty David Price from the Tigers, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports on Twitter. It’s the second time in two years that Price has featured as a marquee summer trade chip. This time, of course, he’s a pure rental with one function: driving his new team to and through the post-season this year.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 12:01:02 PM

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11:35am: The Blue Jays have agreed to acquire star lefty David Price from the Tigers, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports on Twitter. The marquee piece coming in return is top Blue Jays prospect Daniel Norris, Heyman adds. As always, the deal is pending medicals.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 12:02:22 PM

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@MikeBerardino is it legal in baseball to trade unproven minor leaguers for big league players? #mntwins #cubs

No kidding. Nice Job Ryan. Not even building or trying to fix weaknesses.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 12:14:08 PM

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@MikeBerardino is it legal in baseball to trade unproven minor leaguers for big league players? #mntwins #cubs

No kidding. Nice Job Ryan. Not even building or trying to fix weaknesses.

The more things change... I believe the year the Twins made that great trade (

) for Rick Reed they were the only contending club to trade someone off of their 25 man roster.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 12:37:43 PM

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The 10 best position player surplus values so far this season:

1. Bryce Harper, Nationals
WAR: 6
Surplus Value: $39.5 million

He's the projected MVP in more ways than one. Not only is Harper giving the Nats a league-best 1.130 OPS, he's doing so at the bargain-bin salary of $2.5 million. Next year, that salary will double, and then he'll have two more arbitration years before free agency.

2. Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs
WAR: 5.2
SV: $33.3 million

We'll let you know when the five-year, $32.05 million deal he signed in 2013 -- and pays him just $3.1 million this season -- stops looking like the best bargain in the game.

3. Jason Kipnis, Indians
WAR: 5.1
SV: $31.5 million

The first year of the six-year, $52.5 million extension he signed before '14 was a disaster. The second has been a steal of a deal.

4. Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays
WAR: 5.1
SV: $31.4 million

Surplus value was the guiding principle behind the A's moving Donaldson this winter, given his rising arbitration costs (he makes $4.5 million this year and is sure to at least double that in '16). For now, though, the Blue Jays have zero complaints about the return on their investment.

5. Manny Machado, Orioles
WAR: 4.5
SV: $31.0 million

Machado will be eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter. His spike in power will equate to a dramatic spike in salary, and the O's have likely missed their best opportunity to sign him to a team-friendly extension.

6. Lorenzo Cain, Royals
WAR: 4.5
SV: $28.8 million

As a first-time arb-eligible player, Cain received a $2.73 million salary for this season, and he's put up near-MVP-caliber numbers for the Royals.

7. Mike Trout, Angels
WAR: 6.3
SV: $28.0 million

Behold, the only MVP list in the world in which Mike Trout ranks seventh. That's a product of his extension calling for a 508 percent raise (from $1 million to $6.08 million) in 2015. Next year, Trout's price tag deservedly shoots up to $16.08 million, and that will still rate as a bargain.

8. A.J. Pollock, D-backs
WAR: 3.9
SV: $26.8 million

One of the game's more underrated players, and he reaches arbitration for the first time this winter.

9. Joe Panik, Giants
WAR: 3.7
SV: $25.4 million

Unless they explore an extension with him (and they just might this winter), the Giants can pay their All-Star second baseman somewhere around the minimum for two more seasons after this one.

10. J.D. Martinez, Tigers
WAR: 3.8
SV: $23.6 million

His first round of arbitration earned him a $3 million salary. Now in his second season of elite output, he's about to get a lot more expensive for Detroit in his next two arbitration rounds. Not that anybody's expecting them to take advantage of it, but Martinez has the most trade value of any Tiger as this club begins a retooling process.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 1:53:53 PM

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The Blue Jays have officially agreed to acquire star lefty David Price from the Tigers, as Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reported. Medicals have been reviewed and will pose no issues, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com tweets. No money is changing hands in the deal, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports on Twitter, as Toronto will be responsible for the rest of Price’s $19.75MM annual tab.

The marquee piece coming in return is top Blue Jays prospect Daniel Norris, Heyman adds. The full haul also includes two other lefties, Jairo Labourt, and Matt Boyd, as Gideon Turk of BlueJaysPlus was first to note on Twitter.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 2:14:26 PM

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Dodgers get Latos, Alex Wood, Peraza, and Morse for the Cuban kid (signed to big contract) and a couple other prospects? Nice!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 2:15:47 PM

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Twins shouldn't make a big deal right now...BUT this offseason they better do something. No catcher or SS...excess corner infielders. The great Terry Ryan will be sweating all winter trying to cobble something together.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 2:24:00 PM

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Twins shouldn't make a big deal right now...BUT this offseason they better do something. No catcher or SS...excess corner infielders. The great Terry Ryan will be sweating all winter trying to cobble something together.

Who will be the next Tim Stauffer in MN??

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 2:28:43 PM

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Twins will make a trade in Early August, Waivers don't mean shit anymore.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 2:31:20 PM

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VANIMAL DFA'd by PITT

BRing back the VANIMAL

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 4:25:57 PM

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#Marlins' Pres. of Baseball Ops Mike Hill: “I would hope our fans are educated enough to see what we’re doing here.”

someone said back:

They are...Marlins traded away draft pick to save ownership money.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 7/30/2015 4:51:09 PM

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The Yankees are set to acquire outfielder Dustin Ackley from the Mariners, reports the YES Network’s Jack Curry (All Twitter links). Outfield prospect Ramon Flores is headed to Seattle, as will right-hander Jose Ramirez, according to Curry. Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News had previously connected the Yankees to Ackley.

Ackley, now 27 years old, came to the Mariners with a great deal of fanfare after being selected with the second overall pick in the 2009 draft. Selected one spot after Stephen Strasburg, Ackley was hailed as the best college bat in the draft on the strength of his play at UNC. Baseball America rated him as the No. 11 prospect prior to the 2010 season and No. 12 prior to the 2011 season, but Ackley’s excellent minor league play — .303/.401/.472 in 143 Triple-A games — never carried over to the Majors with any sort of consistency.

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