Trades that have been done, will be done, should be done, won't be done but would make sense will be the focus of today's blog post since the MLB trade deadline is only 4 days away.
Today's big news was revolving around the Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals who pulled off the first "blockbuster trade" of the deadline deals with two separate but connected deals. The White Sox traded SP Edwin Jackson, and Utility player Mark Teahan to the Blue Jays for P Jason Frasor, and Minor League P Zach Stewart. The Blue Jays then traded Jackson to the Cardinals with OF Corey Patterson, P Octavio Dotel, P Marc Rzepczynski as well as 3 players to be named later or cash considerations for CF Colby Rasmus, P P.J. Walters, P Trever Miller and P Brian Tallet. What this trade means: St. Louis once again traded an OF for a power arm (last year Ludwick for Westbrook) and have yet another good OF to replace the traded Rasmus with John Jay. White Sox throwing in the towel a bit but did get a good prospect in Stewart for not a whole lot. Blue Jays get a lot of pieces but also a very good young OF Rasmus.
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| Colby Rasmus now a Blue Jay (stlcardinals.scout.com) |
Seems the Mets and Giants have come to an agreement so it is only a matter of time for it to be finalized. The deal would involved Carlos Beltran being dealt to the Giants for Minor League SP Zach Wheeler. The Mets would also pay somewhere around $4 million of the $6.5 million left owed to Beltran. Carlos was withheld from the starting lineup in Cincinnati tonight, which could mean the deal is all but filed.
Heath Bell seems about to be a Texas Ranger. The Rangers were not willing to part with a top tier prospect but seems they may have budged a bit. Will Bell be the closer and replace Neftali Feliz or will he be a set-up man in Arlington?
Trades that should be done-
I think Hunter Pence will in fact be traded from Houston. Where he will end up seems to be still a question mark. Many sources say the Phillies and Braves are at the forefront of discussions but it sounds like the Astros want a lot in return for their best player and the Phillies seem unlikely to trade Dominic Brown for anyone.
More relief pitchers will be on the move, who most people don't know although many teams already out of the race could sell high and reap the benefits for the future. Buyers are the Rangers, Angels, Yankees, Reds, and the Cardinals (made a small move with Dotel and Rzepczynski today but still are buyers).
BJ Upton's days in Tampa are numbered... all they need to do is find a willing trade partner for him with Jennings being finally ready for the OF. Players that should be traded but probably won't-
Ubaldo Jimenez should be traded but the Rockies asking price is WAY too high. They want 2 already majors ready pitchers and a few minor leaguers as well. Yankees have the talent but don't really want to sell the farm for Jimenez... King Felix maybe but not Ubaldo.
James Shields has been great this season and Tampa is virtually out of it in the AL East but Big Game James is a fan favorite and Tampa isn't ready to jump ship yet.
Carlos Quentin has been successful on a very unsuccessful White Sox team... imagine him in RF for the Phillies? Yikes.
Andre Ethier being dangled? Dodgers have money issues as everyone knows and he is a hot commodity. Wouldn't be surprised if the asking price is higher than the Padres price for Adrian Gonzalez last year.
Wandy Rodriguez, the only other good player with Pence on the Astros should be traded but probably won't since the asking price will be high once again.
*Please keep trade rumor updates coming on twitter and the blog! @RamPower2010*Shout-out to Ervin Santana for throwing a no-hitter this afternoon to get his first career victory against the Indians. Sure he gave up an unearned run but hey that's not his fault, he only issued 1 walk and struck out 10 in the 3-1 win in Cleveland.
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| Ervin Santana Dealing (profantasybaseball.com) |
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