Mariners Trading for Cubs’ Bradley

December 18, 2009
Seattle Mariners Trade Rumors

The Seattle Times’ Larry Stone is reporting that the Mariners will trade Carlos Silva to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Milton Bradley.

The Cubs have been unhappy with Bradley’s performance after giving him a 3 year, $30 million deal last off-season. However, the enigmatic outfielder could provide the Mariner offense with solid production from the left-field or DH positions.

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Adrian Gonzalez Headed to Red Sox?

December 16, 2009
Boston Red Sox Trade Rumors

Adrian Gonzalez believes he will be traded to the Boston Red Sox in the next 10 days according to ESPN’s Jorge Arangure.

Arangure states, “Source close to A Gonzalez believes he’ll be traded to Red Sox within next 10 days.” He’s quick to add however, “Does this mean deal will happen?No. But momentum is there.”

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Halladay, Lee Blockbuster Done

December 15, 2009
Philadelphia Phillies Rumors

Update: Ken Rosenthall is reporting that Philadelphia will receive Roy Halladay & $6m from the Blue Jays, Phillipe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, and a 3rd player from the Mariners in exchange for sending Cliff Lee to Seattle. The Blue Jays will receive elite pitching prospect Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, and Travis D’Arnaud from Philadelphia.

The extension being talked about for Halladay to waive his no trade clause is a 3 year deal worth $60 million which would be a great deal for the Phillies and well below what Halladay’s free agent value would be.

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Red Sox in Talks with Cameron

December 15, 2009
Boston Red Sox Trade Rumors

The Boston Red Sox are having a busy week! Shortly after securing a deal for John Lackey, the Sox are reportedly close to inking outfielder Mike Cameron to a two year deal worth $15.5 million. The Sox are in need of an outfielder after abandoning their quest to resign outfielder Jason Bay. It’s unknown, however, [...]

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“Positive Movement” in Holliday Talks

December 15, 2009
St. Louis Cardinals Trade Rumors

Update: The St. Louis Cardinals have reportedly made Matt Holliday their biggest contract offer in team history, an 8 year deal with an average annual value “around $16 million.” That’s still well short of the $180 million Boras was seeking, but it sounds like the Cardinals could be close to re-signing their free agent slugger.

Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post Dispatch is reporting “movement” that “most would [classify as] positive” by the St. Louis Cardinals in their negotiations with free agent outfielder Matt Holliday.

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Red Sox Ink Lackey for 5 Years

December 14, 2009
Boston Red Sox Trade Rumors

The Boston Red Sox and free agent pitcher John Lackey have reportedly agreed to a 5 year deal worth $82.5 million. Lackey was considered by many to be the top starting pitcher on the free agent market this year. Ken Rosenthall says the Red Sox will also attempt to extend Josh Beckett (likely to a [...]

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GM Meetings

November 9, 2009
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Baseball’s general managers are meeting this week in Chicago and are likely to spawn a few trades and more rumors.

Unfortunately, I’m heading to Las Vegas for a conference of my own. As you can imagine, updates will be sparse. If major news breaks, I’ll be sure to get it posted but other than that, I’m going to be a bit behind on the news this week.

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Angels Close in on Kazmir Trade

August 28, 2009
Los Angeles Angels Trade Rumors

The Los Angeles Angels are “close” to acquiring left handed starter, Scott Kazmir from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for two prospects, reportedly pitcher Alexander Torres and third baseman Matthew Sweeney, according to MLB.com’s Lyle Spencer. The Angels have been looking for help in their rotation and the 25 year old southpaw should fit [...]

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Red Sox Trade for Wagner

August 25, 2009
Boston Red Sox Trade Rumors

After a LOT of back and forth, the Boston Red Sox have acquired former closer Billy Wagner from the New York Mets.

The Red Sox claimed Wagner off waivers and a brief soap opera ensued about whether or not Wagner would accept a trade to Boston.

With the deadline for a deal closing in, Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated is reporting that the deal is done.

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Alex Rios Claimed on Waivers

August 8, 2009
Toronto Blue Jays Trade Rumors

Buster Olney of ESPN.com reports that Blue Jays RF Alex Rios has been claimed on waivers by a unknown team The Blue Jays now have 3 things they could do: They can give the claiming team Rios and is humongous contract. They could work out a trade with the claiming team. They could also just [...]

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