MLB 2014 Continued

[the tourist]

Ah, the trade deadline tomorrow. Always makes my birthday (today) so rumortastic!

 

[PhilsFan]

Happy birthday, my gift is Marlon Byrd if you have some spare quality prospects lying around.

 

[bono_212]

Oh wow, we actually got something for Darwin Barney after all. I'll take a decent pitching prospect.

EDIT: And we're about to get Felix Doubront from the Red Sox, apparently.

EDIT to the EDIT:

Jesse Rogers And Bonifacio deal getting close. Not sure where yet RT @JimBowdenESPNxm: Felix Duobront traded to Cubs for PTBNL #confirmed

I love today, it moves so fast.

 

[Hewson]

EDIT: And we're about to get Felix Doubront from the Red Sox, apparently.

Good luck with him.

 

[bono_212]

Good luck with him.

And you enjoy my man PTBNL...the Lance's Mom of Baseball.

 

[PhilsFan]

#MysteryTeam Alert for Lester talks.

#HugWatch

#HOTFUCKINGSTOVE

 

[bono_212]

Supposedly it's going to be the Orioles, but there are other people saying it WON'T Be the Orioles, so who knows.

EDIT: Let me correct that second bit. Ken Rosenthal only said it's not as close as people are suggesting: "Hearing from multiple sources that Lester to #Orioles is not close. Doesn’t mean it won’t happen. But not happening yet."

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Go White Sox.

 

[trojanchick99]

The Dodgers optioned Darwin Barney to AAA. I hope they pointed and laughed at Uggla and the Giants when they did that.

 

[Phantom Dreamer]

We're zeroing in on the longest Cubs game of all time.


EDIT: Record Achieved.

Nearly 6 1/2 hours to play "just" 16 innings? You would think with the amount of time the game took, they would have played at least 22-23 innings.

 

[the tourist]

Happy birthday, my gift is Marlon Byrd if you have some spare quality prospects lying around.

I'd gladly make a deal with Philadelphia.

 

[bono_212]

The Dodgers optioned Darwin Barney to AAA. I hope they pointed and laughed at Uggla and the Giants when they did that.

They're calling it the "Barney Block" over on the Cubs' site . That was totally to stop the Giants from getting him.

I'm not in the same rush to see Friday's game, now, though. I'll content myself with Wada on Saturday.

 

[bono_212]

The Orioles did have discussions earlier on Lester, but talks have fizzled and there no longer appears to be a match, reports Andy Martino of the New York Daily News

So there's that.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I hope we trade everyone not named Sale, Abreu, Garcia, Quintana, Rodon, Hawkins, or Johnson.

 

[BoMac]

Lester and Gomes to Oakland for Cespedes.

 

[PhilsFan]

Oakland going all in for this World Series.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Bold trade for both the A's and BoSox. BoSox are reloading for next year. Poor Cespedes went from 1st place to last place.

 

[phanan]

For a pitcher who was looking more and more likely not to re-sign, getting Cespedes ain't too bad.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Plus, Lester can go back to Boston next year if they sign him as a free agent.

 

[Hewson]

Plus, Lester can go back to Boston next year if they sign him as a free agent.

That isn't happening. Once the Yanks and/or Dodgers float 180 mil under his nose he'll forget the words "hometown" and "discount" are in the English language.

 

[BoMac]

https://twitter.com/TomCaron/status/494864019128590336

 

[PhilsFan]

Cespedes was going to opt-out after 2015, so this really isn't a huge blow to Oakland assuming they don't re-sign Lester after the season. I'm usually not a fan of all-in trades for teams that are already making the playoffs, but this at least isn't costing them all that much.

 

[Hewson]

https://twitter.com/TomCaron/status/494864019128590336

There'd been a lot of talk here (prior to the actual trade) that it was going to be Oakland or Pittsburgh specifically for that reason, and they were unlikley to deal with St Louis or the Dodgers for fear they would just go ahead and extend Lester.

I still find it hard to believe he re-signs with Boston this winter, cause if they couldn't agree on dollars when there was no other competition, I doubt the Sox up their offer anywhere near what the matket will bear.
I'd be pleased to be wrong about that, but my gut (and we all know from 2 Fridays ago how valuable gut feelings are) says he takes a huge deal elsewhere (and unfortunately I bet its the Bronx).

 

[LuckyNumber7]

That isn't happening. Once the Yanks and/or Dodgers float 180 mil under his nose he'll forget the words "hometown" and "discount" are in the English language.

I will laugh so hard if he gets even half of that.

 

[phanan]

He's not coming back. The Sox just aren't going to pay him what he'll get on the open market.

Although I think he ends up in LA.

 

[bono_212]

Everyone's favorite pitcher may be a Cardinal soon.


EDIT: You read that right: @pgammo is reporting Allen Craig and Joe Kelly to the #RedSox for Lackey.

 

[bono_212]

Oh my God, it happened again:

https://twitter.com/phillkeiper/status/494849439530754048/photo/1

Marlon Byrd Bobble-Head Day was still probably worse, though.

 

[Hewson]

I will laugh so hard if he gets even half of that.

You don't think he can get 90 Mil?
Are you serious?

The "hometown discount" numbers being bandied about the past few weeks were 5 yrs $125 Mil, and that wasn't a good enough deal, the years was the sticking point, he's looking to get (and surely will) 6 yrs, a team may even go 7. He's probably going to get 6 or 7 years and the total dollars will end up between 150 Mil and 180 Mil somewhere.

90 mil? What is this 1998?

 

[PhilsFan]

It's not like Lester is getting BABIP luck or anything this year. He's just better. More strikeouts, less walks: a formula for success. Obviously you're going to be paying beyond his prime but the free agent market is so thin these days that you have to overpay to get him, even if you think he's a number two starter.

 

[bono_212]

Boston doesn't seem to think they need any pitchers the rest of the season. Andrew Miller to Detroit, it seems.