Trade Deadline rumors, musings, and such

[Guest]

Interesting the Cardinals are doubling down with pitching, rather than acquiring some power in the OF. Holliday is struggling with power, Craig is really struggling, Jay is a punch and judy hitter and Oscar Tavares hasn't figured it out yet. They really miss Beltran.

Beltran is hitting .236 .292 .428 .719

 

They don't miss him.

 

They miss 2013 Beltran

 

 

They miss the BABIP gods even more

[Sammys Boombox]

Interesting the Cardinals are doubling down with pitching, rather than acquiring some power in the OF. Holliday is struggling with power, Craig is really struggling, Jay is a punch and judy hitter and Oscar Tavares hasn't figured it out yet. They really miss Beltran.

Beltran is hitting .236 .292 .428 .719

 

They don't miss him.

 

They miss 2013 Beltran

 

 

They miss the BABIP gods even more

 

They'd probably like some of that BARISP as well.

[Guest]

Interesting the Cardinals are doubling down with pitching, rather than acquiring some power in the OF. Holliday is struggling with power, Craig is really struggling, Jay is a punch and judy hitter and Oscar Tavares hasn't figured it out yet. They really miss Beltran.

Beltran is hitting .236 .292 .428 .719

 

They don't miss him.

 

They miss 2013 Beltran

 

 

They miss the BABIP gods even more

 

They'd probably like some of that BARISP as well.

 

that's the babip i was referring to, which was .377 last year

[NonProfitCow]

Mainly missing Allen Craig, who's completely forgotten how to hit a baseball. Going from .306 .358 .492 .850 over 1420 career PA to .238 .292 .347 .639 at age 29 is unreal.

[Little Slide Rooter]

How great would it be off all MLB teams plotted to break out in a televised flurry of dugout hugs and handshakes at approximately 8PM tonight, just to watch the blogosphere implode?

[Guest]

@JeffPassan: Source: Jon Lester has been traded.

[Guest]

For Starlin Castro?

[Guest]

@jeffPassan Lester going to a team on the West Coast.

 

Jon Heyman ‏ @jonHeymanCBS 38s

lester appears to be headed west. looks like a's may be the team.

[Guest]

For Starlin Castro?

 

nah just some bat first high A fat guy with no position and not that much actual bat

[benzona]

Heyman tweeted it's to the As

[Guest]

Well he's in Boston, he very well can't be headed east.

[Guest]

For Starlin Castro?

 

nah just some bat first high A fat guy with no position and not that much actual bat

More bat than your precious disappointment.

[CubInOK]

For Starlin Castro?

 

nah just some bat first high A fat guy with no position and not that much actual bat

So Vogelbach.

Edited July 31, 2014 by CubInOK

[Guest]

For Starlin Castro?

 

nah just some bat first high A fat guy with no position and not that much actual bat

More bat than your precious disappointment.

 

ok i don't even know who you're talking about at this point

[benzona]

Good move. He could replace Hammel and shore up their rotation.

[Guest]

Lester and Gomes for Cespedes, that's awesome

[Guest]

Lester and Gomes for Cespedes, that's awesome

 

ha wow

[UMFan83]

Lester and Gomes for Cespedes, that's awesome

 

thats nuts...cespedes isn't that great though and makes 10.5m a year

[Banedon]

Lester and Gomes for Cespedes, that's awesome

 

Wow.

[Guest]

For Starlin Castro?

 

nah just some bat first high A fat guy with no position and not that much actual bat

More bat than your precious disappointment.

 

ok i don't even know who you're talking about at this point

calm down homie

[Guest]

Cespedes loses his precious west coast.

[Sammys Boombox]

Wow. 60% of their rotation was acquired this month.

[TheDude]

With Lester no longer costing a draft pick as a FA does he now become FA target #1 for the Cubs in November?

[benzona]

A's also send Boston competitive balance draft pick, as per Jeff Passan. Cash back to A's.

[Guest]

With Lester no longer costing a draft pick as a FA does he now become FA target #1 for the Cubs in November?

 

I doubt the Cubs are going to play in the Scherzer/Lester pool of FA, but if they did it would be for Lester, even moreso now.