Bigbie Traded to Red Sox

[yankeessuck013]

http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/projo_20050730_30trade.2277485a.html

 

Red Sox dealing for outfield help

 

In a three-way deal, the Orioles send Larry Bigbie to Colorado. The Rockies are to send him to Boston for Adam Stern and Kelly Shoppach.

 

01:00 AM EDT on Saturday, July 30, 2005

 

BY SEAN McADAM

Journal Sports Writer

 

BOSTON -- Short of outfield help in the wake of Trot Nixon's injury earlier in the week, the Red Sox were close to completing a three-way deal last night with the Colorado Rockies and the Baltimore Orioles that would land them left-handed-hitting outfielder Larry Bigbie from the Orioles.

 

The Orioles last night sent Bigbie to Colorado in exchange for Eric Byrnes -- obtained only weeks ago from Oakland. The Rockies were then poised to flip Bigbie to the Red Sox for Pawtucket catcher Kelly Shoppach and Rule V outfield pick Adam Stern.

 

Bigbie, presumably, will platoon in right with Gabe Kapler -- due to come off the disabled list today and be activated by the Sox -- until Nixon returns.

 

Nixon suffered a pulled left oblique muscle Tuesday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The outfielder has said he expects to miss "two to three weeks," though the recovery time for such injuries is often longer. The Sox are prepared to be without Nixon for as long as six weeks, meaning he wouldn't return to the lineup until September.

 

Bigbie, 27, was hitting .249 with five homers and 21 RBI in 66 games for the Orioles before last night. He's considered a good outfielder who can play either left or right, and his arm strength is said to be slightly above average.

 

His best season came a year ago when he hit .280 with 15 homers and 68 RBI in 139 games.

 

With a modest salary -- $380,000 -- he becomes an inexpensive solution to the Red Sox' temporary outfield shortage. As recently as a week ago, Bigbie was to be part of a multi-player deal for Florida Marlins starting pitcher A.J. Burnett. But the deal fell apart at the 11th hour and has yet to be resurrected.

 

Shoppach, now in his second full season with the PawSox, was one of the Red Sox' more expendable prospects after the Sox re-signed free agent Jason Varitek to a four-year, $40-million contract last winter. Varitek's backup, Doug Mirabelli, is also signed through the end of 2006, blocking Shoppach's path to the big leagues.

 

Stern was taken in the Rule V draft last December from the Atlanta Braves organization. He suffered a broken thumb in spring training, then went down with a hamstring pull while on a rehab assignment in Pawtucket.

 

He made his major-league debut shortly before the All-Star break and has been used mostly as a late-inning defensive replacement and pinch-runner.

 

The Rockies will have to keep Stern on the 25-man roster for the entire season. Should they want to send him back to Triple A, they would first have to have him clear waivers, then offer him back to the Braves.

 

I don't know if I like this deal, the trading of shoppach really kills any talk for wagner. Could this be a precursor for a deal for Manny? I hope not

[mosox]

I think the Phillies took Wagner off the table. I thought Shoppach was in the Manny deal. I think this may kill the Manny trade.

[yankeessuck013]

I would have rather gotten byrnes, but whatever.

[mosox]

I agree on Byrnes. Maybe Theo plans to turn Bigbie around in another deal.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/projo_20050730_30trade.2277485a.html

 

 

 

I don't know if I like this deal, the trading of shoppach really kills any talk for wagner. Could this be a precursor for a deal for Manny? I hope not

I can't seem to confirm this from other sources ( Bostin Globe, ESPN, etc ). They all mention only the trade between the O's and Rockies, no mention of Red Sox at all.

[soxie thefangirl]

Um this hasn't actually happened. It's still speculation. You should make that clear in your post.

[riverside sluggers]

that be an upset for me, cuz i really got to liking Stern as a player for the Red Sox, besides the speed he has, does have the capabilities to be a great player

[DrewDaGreat]

This would be another AWFUL trade. Bigbie sucks. Don't do this.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

Maybe this thread should be renamed to Bigbie traded to the Rockies, since this is what happened.

[DrewDaGreat]

Maybe this thread should be renamed to Bigbie traded to the Rockies, since this is what happened.

 

The deal would be with the Rockies for these 2.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

The deal would be with the Rockies for these 2.

What would be Bigbie was traded to the Rockies that is what happened.

[Sox fan in Tex]

If this is not yet official, this thread should have been put in a rumor mill or ATLEAST mentioned that this is not official now.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

Trade was made, it just doen't include the Sox ( at least not yet ). Which was my point. The rest, I agree belongs in Trade Rumors Thread.

Sorce : Boston Globe. com http://www.boston.com/sports/news/

[DrewDaGreat]

We know Bigbie is going to Colorado. The trade would be with us and Colorado for Bigbie.

[yankeessuck013]

yeah sorry about that guys, guess the trade isnt gonna happen since we traded for cruz

[yankeessuck013]

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/07/30/bigbie_to_boston_appears_to_be_off/

[yankeessuck013]

So Theo breeched on a deal that completely screwed the Rockies. Thats awesome. You wanna know why, because that will effect this team in doing any kind of three way trades in the future. Now that Theo is known as a "breecher" it will be tremendously hard for us to get a deal for manny. He's defenitely staying.

 

The Rockies are angry because now they're stuck with Larry Bigbie?

 

What? Is it going to hurt their play-off chances or something?

 

Apparently, he's not all that thrilled with them either. Lee Mazzilli said Bigbie cried when he found out the Os were trading him

[riverside sluggers]

what major leaguer wouldnt, having to go to one of the worst teams overall

[yankeessuck013]

Wow! I guess the rockies were really pissed

 

"I am very, very disappointed in how the Red Sox handled the situation," Monfort said Sunday. "I will talk with the commissioner, believe me. World Champions? If that's what it takes to be a World Champion, then people are right, we may never be one, because we don't operate and treat other organizations like that."

 

http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_2904310

[CrespoBlows]

Kelly Shoppach would instantly be their starting catcher, and in Coors Field? He'd hit 35+ HR's a year there.

[MC Hammer]

I don't care what you agree to, or what papers you sign. Until the deal is finalized either team can back out. If The Rockies wanted to make sure that they wouldn't get boned they should have made it a 3 team trade.

 

Too bad ... so sad.

[YankeeDoodle]

Heh, I'm kinda late to this, but I've heard that this isn't the first time the Red Sox have done this, as in backing out of a deal, last-minute to really tick off a team. It's the Rockies, but nonetheless, in the future lack of trade etiquette could come back and bite.

[riverside sluggers]

heye dude cmon you know the rockies, where they are in present and the future in standings, it will die down and a deal down the road will be made between these two teams