Possible Pennant Swinger
Trade: Saltalamacchia and Prospect for Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay
This was obviously the biggest trade of the deadline. Teixeira has shown in years past that he can be among the best 1B in all of baseball. And while he hasn't done so yet this season he could easily turn on the jets. The Braves now have a lineup that will run Renteria, Jones, Jones, Teixeira, Francoer, McCann. That's a scary scary lineup in the NL and quite possibly the best.
The Rangers desperately wanted to purge Teixeira off the books which was evident by how hard they were shopping him around. Picking up Saltalamacchia not only gives your seamstress a workout but gives the Rangers a bona fide major league ready prospect right now. Good deal by both sides.
Trade: Kyle Davies for Octavio Dotel
This is another good move for the Braves in the hunt to overtake the Mets. They needed bullpen help and at one point in time Dotel was the best set up man in the business and really Kyle Davies isn't much of a pitcher. For the Royals, I guess they got a starter for a pitcher that was gonna walk anyway.
Trade: Gagne to Red Sox
These 3 for 1 deals can never be judged immediately. Who knows what Engel Beltre and David Murphy will ever become. And Kason Gabbard has shown some flashes this season which even include a shutout but should anyone in Boston be that disappointed that he's gone, my thoughts would be no.
Picking up Gagne could do one of two things this season. He could get injured and miss significant amounts of time. Or he could come in and solidify the backend of the Red Sox bullpen and give them a dominant right handed setup man to go with Okajima from the left side and Papelbon in the 9th. Personally I think this was well worth the risk.
Deals of Little Impact
Trade: Betemit for Proctor
I don't see where this deal does anything to help out the 2007 version of the Yanks. I've seen a few Yankee fans justify that they needed a better bench bat and that they have the arms which can replace Proctor in the bullpen but I just don't get it. Betemit isn't going to get consistent at bats. He really isn't much of an upgrade over Cairo or Shelly Duncan or Andy Philips. And at 25 he's not exactly a young prospect. As for losing Proctor, sadly he was one of the more reliable bullpen arms they had, sure he wasn't really that good. I wonder if the Boss said ship him out after the burning the uni stuff.
The Dodgers really didn't need Betemit. He had fallen out of favor at 3B, they are playing Nomar there every day now and they have Andy Laroche heating up in AAA. They get an arm to put in the mid innings and there he will be asked to pitch the 6th or 7th with Brockton anchoring the 8th. Move makes sense for them.
Deals of No Consequence this Season
Trade: Wigginton for Wheeler
This deal came out of nowhere last week and it didn't quite make sense at the time from a Houston end. However, its apparent that Houston was just done with Morgan Ensberg and Dan Wheeler's attitude. On the Devil Rays side as long as they keep Wheeler next season and in the future it makes a lot of sense. Their bullpen is the worst in the majors, no question and they have to many young position players on that team, they needed to trade a bat for pitching.
Trade: Ensberg for Prospects
Talk about a fall from grace. In 2005 he hit 36 homers. Now two years later the Astros were so down on the 31 year old they designated him for assignment. Here's the ESPN line "The Houston Astros sent Ensberg and cash considerations to the Padres for a player to be named or cash." So he could have been sent with cash for cash. Nice.
Trade: Rob Mackowiak for Prospects
These two deals do pretty much nothing for the Padres terrible offense. They made 4 trades picked up 3 minor leaguers for Linebrink and picked up bench players Hairston, Mackowiak and Ensberg. Whoopdie do.
Trade: Saltalamacchia and Prospect for Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay
This was obviously the biggest trade of the deadline. Teixeira has shown in years past that he can be among the best 1B in all of baseball. And while he hasn't done so yet this season he could easily turn on the jets. The Braves now have a lineup that will run Renteria, Jones, Jones, Teixeira, Francoer, McCann. That's a scary scary lineup in the NL and quite possibly the best.The Rangers desperately wanted to purge Teixeira off the books which was evident by how hard they were shopping him around. Picking up Saltalamacchia not only gives your seamstress a workout but gives the Rangers a bona fide major league ready prospect right now. Good deal by both sides.
Trade: Kyle Davies for Octavio Dotel
This is another good move for the Braves in the hunt to overtake the Mets. They needed bullpen help and at one point in time Dotel was the best set up man in the business and really Kyle Davies isn't much of a pitcher. For the Royals, I guess they got a starter for a pitcher that was gonna walk anyway.
Trade: Gagne to Red Sox
These 3 for 1 deals can never be judged immediately. Who knows what Engel Beltre and David Murphy will ever become. And Kason Gabbard has shown some flashes this season which even include a shutout but should anyone in Boston be that disappointed that he's gone, my thoughts would be no.
Picking up Gagne could do one of two things this season. He could get injured and miss significant amounts of time. Or he could come in and solidify the backend of the Red Sox bullpen and give them a dominant right handed setup man to go with Okajima from the left side and Papelbon in the 9th. Personally I think this was well worth the risk.
Deals of Little Impact
Trade: Betemit for Proctor
I don't see where this deal does anything to help out the 2007 version of the Yanks. I've seen a few Yankee fans justify that they needed a better bench bat and that they have the arms which can replace Proctor in the bullpen but I just don't get it. Betemit isn't going to get consistent at bats. He really isn't much of an upgrade over Cairo or Shelly Duncan or Andy Philips. And at 25 he's not exactly a young prospect. As for losing Proctor, sadly he was one of the more reliable bullpen arms they had, sure he wasn't really that good. I wonder if the Boss said ship him out after the burning the uni stuff.The Dodgers really didn't need Betemit. He had fallen out of favor at 3B, they are playing Nomar there every day now and they have Andy Laroche heating up in AAA. They get an arm to put in the mid innings and there he will be asked to pitch the 6th or 7th with Brockton anchoring the 8th. Move makes sense for them.
Deals of No Consequence this Season
Trade: Wigginton for Wheeler
This deal came out of nowhere last week and it didn't quite make sense at the time from a Houston end. However, its apparent that Houston was just done with Morgan Ensberg and Dan Wheeler's attitude. On the Devil Rays side as long as they keep Wheeler next season and in the future it makes a lot of sense. Their bullpen is the worst in the majors, no question and they have to many young position players on that team, they needed to trade a bat for pitching. Trade: Ensberg for Prospects
Talk about a fall from grace. In 2005 he hit 36 homers. Now two years later the Astros were so down on the 31 year old they designated him for assignment. Here's the ESPN line "The Houston Astros sent Ensberg and cash considerations to the Padres for a player to be named or cash." So he could have been sent with cash for cash. Nice.
Trade: Rob Mackowiak for Prospects
These two deals do pretty much nothing for the Padres terrible offense. They made 4 trades picked up 3 minor leaguers for Linebrink and picked up bench players Hairston, Mackowiak and Ensberg. Whoopdie do.
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