Waiver Trade Candidates

August 6, 2009
Arizona Diamondbacks Trade Rumors

As you know, July 31st is known as the trade deadline. But in fact, teams can still acquire players after that, however the players involved in a trade must first pass through waivers.
When players are placed on waivers, any of the 29 other teams can claim him which usually results in the player’s current team [...]

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Mets Get Hernandez Back from Nats

August 6, 2009
New York Mets Trade Rumors

The injury plagued New York Mets have reacquired infielder Anderson Hernandez from the Washington Nationals.

The Mets traded Hernandez to the Nationals last year to complete a deal for Luis Ayala but today sent minor league infielder Greg Veloz to Washington to get Hernandez back.

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This Date in Baseball History: August 5

August 5, 2009
This Date in Baseball History

Albert Pujols becomes the first player to connect for 30 home runs in each of his first five big league seasons. The Cardinals first baseman has hit 190 homers during this five-year span from the start of career in 2001, equaling Eddie Mathews’ total (1952-56) and with 25 fewer than Ralph Kiner (1946-1950).

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This Date in Baseball History: August 4

August 4, 2009
This Date in Baseball History

Those of you who have been reading this blog for quite a while may remember the This Date in Baseball History series we used to do. Well, we’re happy to announce that we’re bringing it back from the dead. As the title suggests, everyday we will post something remarkable that has happened on this date in baseball’s long and storied history.

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Unsigned 1st Round Draft Picks

August 4, 2009

We’re now just two weeks away from the deadline for teams to sign their draftpicks and most teams still have a lot of work to do.

In case you’re not familiar with the draft rules, any player that remains unsigned after the deadline won’t be allowed to play this year, and will have re-enter the draft next year. Teams that don’t ink their draft picks receive a corresponding pick in next year’s draft to compensate for what by that time will have become a lost or wasted pick.

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Welcome A New Rumormonger

August 4, 2009
MLB Rumor Blog News

MLB Rumor Blog is proud to introduce our newest rumormonger, Scott Wallace!
Scott is a long time baseball fan & a die hard Mets fan but please, don’t hold that against him. As long as he keeps wrangling the rumors like this, I won’t keep slipping references to the 2006 NCLS into my correspondence with him.
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Mariners Rejected Blockbuster Three-Way Trade

August 3, 2009
Seattle Mariners Trade Rumors

According to Jeff Baker of the Seattle Times. The Red Sox, Mariners, and Padres were discussing a 3 way trade that would send Felix Hernandez to Boston and Adrian Gonzalez to Seattle. But the Mariners reportedly rejected this deal as well. My question to you is, would you have done the deal if you were the GM of the Mariners?

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July Trade Recap

August 3, 2009
MLB Trade Rumors

The trade deadline has come and gone and left a TON of trades in it’s wake. We’ve compiled a list of all the trades that occurred during the entire month of July in one giant trade recap. One interesting note, unless I’ve missed something, 27 of the 30 teams completed at least one trade last month. The Astros, Angels, and Rangers were the thre teams to stand pat in July.

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Jake Peavy Traded to White Sox

July 31, 2009
Chicago White Sox Trade Rumors

Update 3:40 CST:

The White Sox have confirmed the trade for Jake Peavy. The Sox are sending Clayton Richard and minor league pitchers Poreda, Russell and Dexter Carter to the Padres for the injured ace.

Jon Heyman, who scooped the story, is also reporting that Peavy has approved the trade this time so the deal is official.

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Roy Halladay Staying Put

July 31, 2009
Toronto Blue Jays Trade Rumors

Update 7-31 3:30 CST:

It looks like Halladay is indeed staying put. While the Angels were making a late push, nothing got done before the deadline passed.

Update 7-31-09:

While there has been no news on a Roy Halladay trade 15 minutes after the official deadline, there are still rumblings that we may still hear about a deal similar to the Manny Ramirez trade last season that wasn’t announced until after the deadline had passed.

Joel Sherman points out that the Jays had said Scott Rolen wouldn’t be traded unless Halladay was and Rolen was traded to the Reds. So, there may be a deal we’ve not heard about.

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