Sox reportedly land Victor Martinez

[Looch Ness Monster]

We could still trade for Halladay...those are the biggest going I've heard.

[Dipre]

SI says Tazawa and Masterson are possibilities.

 

Don't they dare!!!!!

[a700hitter]

So who is our long reliever? Smoltz? Hunter Jones?

 

Does anyone believe that LaRoche may be moved?

I am convinced that another deal is coming. There's no room for Youkilis, Lowell, Ortiz, VMart, and LaRoche, even if VMart catches half the games.

[Dojji]

I wonder if we could dump Lowell on a would-be contender.

 

Wouldn't mind a Lowell for Young swap, and in theory it saves Texas money they badly need right now. (and yes, I know, we'd be sending additional prospects to Texas)

[Dipre]

I wonder if we could dump Lowell on a would-be contender.

 

Wouldn't mind a Lowell for Young swap, and in theory it saves Texas money they badly need right now. (and yes, I know, we'd be sending additional prospects to Texas)

 

Not.A.Chance.

[Dojji]

No, probably not. you're right.

[Dipre]

No' date=' probably not. you're right.[/quote']

 

Young's having the season of his career with a .900+ OPS.

 

But i feel you, getting him doesn't look so bad right now.

[Looch Ness Monster]

With Martinez I have one question..why do we have to "see if it's okay" with some of the players like Varitek and Ortiz that have sucked balls? We should be applying pressure on them and forcing them to perform.

[Dojji]

What a pity Adrian Beltre went down. He would have been just about the ultimate deadline acquisition IMHO.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

First baseman Adam LaRoche becomes expendable for Boston if they complete the Victor Martinez trade; Jon Heyman of SI tells us via Twitter that the Braves are interested. LaRoche came up with the Braves; they traded him to Pittsburgh for Mike Gonzalez in '07.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/07/braves-interested-in-adam-laroche.html

[a700hitter]

T minus 55

[Dipre]

T minus 55

 

f***.

 

Get something else done Theo!

[Dojji]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/07/braves-interested-in-adam-laroche.html

 

last minute package for Yunel Escobar perhaps? wouldn't that be fun!!

[TheKilo]

If it's Masterson and Hagadone, the deal is OK. If Buchholz is involved, awful.

[Dipre]

last minute package for Yunel Escobar perhaps? wouldn't that be fun!!

 

That makes sense.

[Looch Ness Monster]

Got this from a poster on Soxprospects

 

    By Day/Month 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	BB 	HBP 	SO 	SB 	CS 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS
   Last 7 Days 	20 	1 	4 	0 	0 	1 	5 	3 	1 	3 	0 	0 	.200 	.333 	.350 	.683
   April 	88 	15 	34 	5 	1 	5 	11 	11 	0 	8 	0 	0 	.386 	.446 	.636 	1.082
   May 	109 	18 	35 	10 	0 	2 	25 	17 	0 	13 	0 	0 	.321 	.413 	.468 	.881
   June 	100 	19 	24 	3 	0 	7 	21 	13 	0 	20 	0 	0 	.240 	.322 	.480 	.802
   July 	80 	4 	14 	3 	0 	1 	10 	10 	2 	10 	0 	0 	.175 	.280 	.250 	.530
   All-Star 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.000 	1.000 	.000 	1.000
   Pre All-Star 	330 	54 	97 	19 	1 	14 	59 	45 	0 	43 	0 	0 	.294 	.374 	.485 	.859
   Post All-Star 	47 	2 	10 	2 	0 	1 	8 	6 	2 	8 	0 	0 	.213 	.327 	.319 	.646

 

EDIT: For April-July just move every stat over 1 category, it didn't paste properly.

[Dojji]

I'd cheerfully pack Lowrie's bags and throw in Delcarmen or Bowden to get Yunel Escobar here. Lowrie, delcarmen/Bowden and LaRoche is a package the Braves can sell to their people.

[schillingouttheks]

I'd cheerfully pack Lowrie's bags and throw in Delcarmen or Bowden to get Yunel Escobar here. Lowrie' date=' delcarmen/Bowden and LaRoche is a package the Braves can sell to their people.[/quote']

 

I agree. I LOVE Yunel Escobar.

[Gom]

The deal is Hagadone, Masterson, and Pryce for V-Mart. Nice haul for the Guardians.

[Dipre]

2:03pm: Done deal, says Nightengale via Twitter.

[suns]

Who's price?

 

(I don't follow minor league baseball.)

[a700hitter]

I'd cheerfully pack Lowrie's bags and throw in Delcarmen or Bowden to get Yunel Escobar here. Lowrie' date=' delcarmen/Bowden and LaRoche is a package the Braves can sell to their people.[/quote']If MDC goes today, the Pen will be down two guys and the pen is going to get plenty of work. Who would step into those spots?

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Bryan Price is the third guy headed to Cleveland.

[Dojji]

My first hunch is Tazawa and Jones, but Iunno, as long as we've still got Paps, Bard, Oki and RR i think we have the pen to get the job done.

[suns]

I'm not sure what to think about this trade.

[Dojji]

Bryan Price is the third guy headed to Cleveland.

 

A ball arm with some upside. standard third-player fare.

[schillingouttheks]

I'm not sure what to think about this trade.

 

Maybe you will when 4pm passes.

[Dojji]

If what you have is a veteran bat and what you want to trade is young arms, this is a pretty boilerplate kind of trade to make.

[redsox33]

So what's the Laroche trade lookin like?

[Dojji]

if the Braves come knocking, try to get Yunel. that's as far as we've gotten.