Even though the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, there will still be plenty of wheeling and dealing prior to the August 31st waiver deadline. The deals that take place from here until the end of the month will be more difficult to get done for some teams because the player placed [...]
Post archive for ‘AL Central’
Phillies Land a Lee
The Cleveland Indians have traded their Cy Young pitcher from the previous year for the second year in a row. The Indians traded left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco to the Philadelphia Phillies for four minor league prospects. Those prospects are right-handed pitchers Jason Knapp and Carlos Carrasco, shortstop Jason Donald and catcher [...]
Giants Acquire Garko
The Cleveland Indians have made their second trade within the past two weeks as they have sent first baseman Ryan Garko to the San Francisco Giants for a minor league player. The Giants sent Single-A left handed pitcher Scott Barnes to the Indians to complete the trade. The Giants needed a bat to jump start [...]
Where Will the Jay Land?
Trade rumors have been swirling for a couple of weeks now about American League All-Star Roy Halladay and where he will wind up once the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline comes and goes at 4pm Friday. In some of the most recent reports the Blue Jays claim that Halladay will likely still be with the [...]
Corpas Needs Surgery; Betancourt to Rockies
Colorado Rockies reliever Manny Corpas needs surgery on his throwing elbow to have bone chips removed. With the Rockies knowing this they picked up a reliever from the Cleveland Indians, Rafael Betancourt, for minor league pitcher Connor Graham. Betancourt is 1-2 with a 3.52 ERA in 29 games this season. Corpas could return in September [...]
Mark Buehrle Throws a Perfect Game
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Mark Buehrle has thrown a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Chicago. The White Sox were 5-0 winners on Thursday afternoon. Jim Thome, a teammate of Buehrle’s, has now been a part of a no-hitter (Kevin Millwood in 2003 with the Phillies) and now a perfect game with [...]
Redbirds Acquire DeRosa
The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired utility infielder Mark DeRosa from the Cleveland Indians for reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named later. DeRosa was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Tribe during the offseason and the team never hit its stride. The Indians decided to move DeRosa now to obtain as [...]
Baseball Blowups
Baseball has been America’s past-time for quite some time now and it has provided fans all over the country with exciting moments from no-hitters to perfect games, from walk-off homeruns to record breaking homeruns, from underdog stories to surprising stories and many other exciting moments throughout the illustrious history of the sport. But, with every [...]
