And These are the Things I Don't Understand:
Soriano: How was he not dealt? He was better than Carlos Lee and Abreu and Carlos Lee brought back Francisco Cordero who will close for the Brewers and Mench a solid outfielder. Soriano could have brought more than that, now they are only going to get a Sandwich draft pick. No Sense.
Craig Wilson: The Yankees just dealt for Craig Wilson, he's got some pop but what is the point? What are they going to do with Craig Wilson? Who gets cut now, Bubba or Guiel or both do to this and the Abreu deal. The Yanks should have kept the bench gloves like Philips and Bubba instead of a bench bat like Craig Wilson. Chacon has been a bum this season so no big loss there. They better not demote Andy Philips, that would make no sense, he's a superb fielding first baseman. Basically an unnecessary trade after the Abreu deal yesterday. I don't understand why people are high on him, maybe his flowing golden locks.
Greg Maddux: What do you expect to get from Greg Maddux? The Dodgers gave up really nothing to get him, but still does this really improve your team much. Maddux hasn't pitched well since April.
Red Sox: After the Yankees made a solid move to improve their two weakest positions, I'm shocked I have heard nothing from the Red Sox camps thus far. If they had given up Hanson, Crisp and Lester for Andruw Jones that would have been moronic. It's one thing to give up top flight prospect talent, it's another to give up top flight prospect talent that are currently important contributors to their team. The Red Sox coul not afford to lose both Lester in the rotation and Hanson in the pen, I don't even think it would have benefitted the Sox for this year nevermind the future. But still, the Red Sox were involved in 800 trade rumors involving half their roster, and I've heard nothing. I think the Yanks have positioned themselves to jump ahead of the Red Sox for the divsion.
White Sox: Why did they make no move? I do not understand the logic in keeping McCarthy stuck in the bowels of middle relief. The kid has great stuff is their best pitching prospect and Kenny WIlliams refused to trade him for Soriano and others. Yet it appears as if he did not trade Vazquez or Freddy Garcia to open up the 5 spot in the rotation for him. This is just plane stupidity, if they had gotten anything for Vazquez or Garcia it would have been addition by subtraction. Even if they had traded Buehrle for Crisp and another prospect that would have been an acceptable deal. Why didn't they try to counter with Buehrle a prospect for Crisp and Hanson.
Julio Lugo: I don't understand how the Dodgers were willing to give up more for Lugo than the Blue Jays. The Dodgers, granted have an injury issue with both Kent and Nomar currently, but the Blue Jays haven't had a single good player at 2B or SS the whole season. In fact it appears as if the Blue Jays made no moves, pretty much admitting AL East defeat. I think Lugo can be a good player for the Dodgers I just can't believe that any other team with more gaping holes didn't jump out to get him.
Sucks for the Mets
The Mets traded for Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez for Nady. I like this trade for the Mets, I'm not a big fan of Nady, they can now bring Milledge up for the remainder of the season give him some more at bats and see if he can develop by the playoffs, if not they might be able to get a Shawn Green through a waiver wire deal or just play Endy Chavez. They were pressed into making a deal due to Duaner Sanchez injuring himself in a car crash and is out for the season, that pretty much was a killer. But this was a good move given those circumstances.
Soriano: How was he not dealt? He was better than Carlos Lee and Abreu and Carlos Lee brought back Francisco Cordero who will close for the Brewers and Mench a solid outfielder. Soriano could have brought more than that, now they are only going to get a Sandwich draft pick. No Sense.
Craig Wilson: The Yankees just dealt for Craig Wilson, he's got some pop but what is the point? What are they going to do with Craig Wilson? Who gets cut now, Bubba or Guiel or both do to this and the Abreu deal. The Yanks should have kept the bench gloves like Philips and Bubba instead of a bench bat like Craig Wilson. Chacon has been a bum this season so no big loss there. They better not demote Andy Philips, that would make no sense, he's a superb fielding first baseman. Basically an unnecessary trade after the Abreu deal yesterday. I don't understand why people are high on him, maybe his flowing golden locks.Greg Maddux: What do you expect to get from Greg Maddux? The Dodgers gave up really nothing to get him, but still does this really improve your team much. Maddux hasn't pitched well since April.
Red Sox: After the Yankees made a solid move to improve their two weakest positions, I'm shocked I have heard nothing from the Red Sox camps thus far. If they had given up Hanson, Crisp and Lester for Andruw Jones that would have been moronic. It's one thing to give up top flight prospect talent, it's another to give up top flight prospect talent that are currently important contributors to their team. The Red Sox coul not afford to lose both Lester in the rotation and Hanson in the pen, I don't even think it would have benefitted the Sox for this year nevermind the future. But still, the Red Sox were involved in 800 trade rumors involving half their roster, and I've heard nothing. I think the Yanks have positioned themselves to jump ahead of the Red Sox for the divsion.
White Sox: Why did they make no move? I do not understand the logic in keeping McCarthy stuck in the bowels of middle relief. The kid has great stuff is their best pitching prospect and Kenny WIlliams refused to trade him for Soriano and others. Yet it appears as if he did not trade Vazquez or Freddy Garcia to open up the 5 spot in the rotation for him. This is just plane stupidity, if they had gotten anything for Vazquez or Garcia it would have been addition by subtraction. Even if they had traded Buehrle for Crisp and another prospect that would have been an acceptable deal. Why didn't they try to counter with Buehrle a prospect for Crisp and Hanson.
Julio Lugo: I don't understand how the Dodgers were willing to give up more for Lugo than the Blue Jays. The Dodgers, granted have an injury issue with both Kent and Nomar currently, but the Blue Jays haven't had a single good player at 2B or SS the whole season. In fact it appears as if the Blue Jays made no moves, pretty much admitting AL East defeat. I think Lugo can be a good player for the Dodgers I just can't believe that any other team with more gaping holes didn't jump out to get him.
Sucks for the Mets
The Mets traded for Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez for Nady. I like this trade for the Mets, I'm not a big fan of Nady, they can now bring Milledge up for the remainder of the season give him some more at bats and see if he can develop by the playoffs, if not they might be able to get a Shawn Green through a waiver wire deal or just play Endy Chavez. They were pressed into making a deal due to Duaner Sanchez injuring himself in a car crash and is out for the season, that pretty much was a killer. But this was a good move given those circumstances.
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