The St. Louis Cardinals have reportedly traded outfielder Brian Barton to the Atlanta Braves for right handed reliever Blaine Boyer.
Barton was fairly productive last year for the Cardinals playing largely in a utility role in the outfield. Batting .268 last year and providing speed off the bench, Barton will likely prove useful for the Braves [...]

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The Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners swapped a couple of recently acquired players.

The Cubs have sent Ronny Cedeno and former Oriole pitcher Garrett Olson to the Mariners for former Met pitcher, Aaron Heilman.

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The Chicago Cubs have reportedly traded once highly heralded outfielder Felix Pie to the Baltimore Orioles for southpaw Garrett Olson and right handed minor leaguer Henry Williamson.

The 24 year old Pie hit just .223 in 130 games in the big leagues and became expendable when the Cubs signed Milton Bradley.

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The Chicago Cubs finished out 2008 by trading super-sub Mark DeRosa to the Cleveland Indians for three minor league pitchers and signed former St. Louis Cardinal, Aaron Miles, to replace him. Miles’ deal is a 2 year agreement reportedly worth $4.9 million. Along with the three young hurlers, right-handed closer Jeff Stevens, right-hander Chris Archer and south-paw John Gaub, the Cubs gained more payroll flexibility for next year with DeRosa due $5.5 million next year.

That payroll, along with the savings from trading starting pitcher Jason Marquis, was used, as expected to ink the switch-hitting outfielder, Milton Bradley to a 3 year deal worth $30 million.

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The Chicago Cubs have reportedly traded starting pitcher Jason Marquis to the Colorado Rockies for reliever Luis Vizcaino.

The move is largely a salary dump for the Cubs who will rid themselves of about $5 million of Marquis’ $9.5 million salary. The Rockies acquire an enigmatic starter who should eat some innings at the back of their rotation, and dump a reliever who had a 5.43 ERA and a DUI arrest in October.

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The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to trade Ryan Freel and two prospects to the Baltimore Orioles for catcher Ramon Hernandez and cash. The O’s are expected to be paying a significant portion of the backstop’s $8 million salary and the deal is awaiting approval from the commissioner’s office since more than $1 million is changing hands.

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The Detroit Tigers can check “catcher” off their offseason shopping list after they, according to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthall, acquired Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers in exchange for right handed pitching prospect Guillermo Moscoso as well as a 17 year old pitching prospect.

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Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthall is reporting that the Atlanta Braves have traded for starting pitcher Javier Vazquez, and possibly reliever Boone Logan from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for infielder Brent Lillibridge, catching prospect Tyler Flowers, and a pitching prospect that has not yet been named.

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The Boston Red Sox have traded the best name in baseball (Coco Crisp) to the Kansas City Royals for flame throwing reliever Ramon Ramirez.

Ramirez has a blazing fastball and will likely become the setup man for All-Star Red Sox closer Jonathan Pablebon. Ramirez pitched 71 2/3rds innings last year and compiled an ERA of 2.64 along with 70 Ks.

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Update 2: Ken Rosenthall has said this one is dead barring a miracle. So that’s the end of that right? Bay is staying a Pirate right? Maybe not. I’ll have a post up shortly.

Update: MLB.com is NOW reporting that the deal isn’t finalized just yet. I realize all the MLB reporters want to be the [...]

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