The Trade Deadline Thread

[Chrispy]

Hearing Astros close to trading Wandy Rodriguez to Cleveland for 2 minor leaguers.

WTH are the Indians doing

[Mogriffjr]

nice trade for Padres...Erlin has a sick K/BB ratio and is doing well in AA i believe...

[Guest]

Hearing Astros close to trading Wandy Rodriguez to Cleveland for 2 minor leaguers.

WTH are the Indians doing

Those are actually smart decisions. Sure they are sending away prospects, but thats exactly what they are- prospects. In return, they get two pitchers who have already proven themselves- one right hander and one left hander- and both immediately go to the top of the rotation.

On top of that, Cleveland has both of them through the end of the 2014 season.

[Chrispy]

Deal not happening

[EmpireWF]

BJays still in on Wandy.

[Chrispy]

Ken Rosenthal
Wandy staying . . . for now. #Astros #tradedeadline #MLB

Jon Heyman
#astros need to get to $60M. they can try to move wandy later.

[Mogriffjr]

I'd laugh if Heath Bell jinxed himself last night, basically saying on twitter he was going to be on a contender...Bell needs to shut his trap sometimes...

[EmpireWF]

I'd laugh if Heath Bell jinxed himself last night, basically saying on twitter he was going to be on a contender...Bell needs to shut his trap sometimes...

Everyone figured it was 100% he would be moved.

[Sharkweather]

In Bell trade talks, Padres wanted two top prospects--Wieland/Erlin-- for Bell. Rangers asked then for P with higher value, Adams

Guess Adams has more value because of his contract.

Also..

Have to believe there's a strong chance Heath Bell will sign an extension with the Padres soon. He wants to stay, badly.

[NAHSTE]

[Chrispy]

Joel Sherman
This is the 1st time since 1999 #Yankees did not make a July trade. They will hope for repeat: They won it all that yr

[Sharkweather]

Joel Sherman
This is the 1st time since 1999 #Yankees did not make a July trade. They will hope for repeat: They won it all that yr

Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
NYY comfortable with deals not made, because prices were too high and they wanted to keep Montero,Romine,Betances,Banuelos and Nova. #trades

[Chrispy]

Plus there wasn't really anybody we really needed, Ubaldo maybe but their asking price was way to high.

[Rudi]

I have no problems with the Reds staying quiet. Although I was hoping for a trade a week or so ago, we got swept by New York and are 6.5 back. Team has a young core, will be contending for years. No reason to overpay for borderline star players. Now lets call Mesoraco up and see what he's all about!

[Warner2BruceTD]

I have no problems with the Reds staying quiet. Although I was hoping for a trade a week or so ago, we got swept by New York and are 6.5 back. Team has a young core, will be contending for years. No reason to overpay for borderline star players. Now lets call Mesoraco up and see what he's all about!

Yeah. I would have liked to have seen something done, but at least there was no panic moves. This team was built from within and kept all of the A prospects.

Like i've been saying, they have 30 days to get within 3. This team as constructed is good enough to win if they are 3 out Sept.1, but if not, chalk it up as a down year and move on. It's a real good core, they'll be back.