2012 Catch-All Trade Deadline Thread

[BornToRun]

Bailey/Sweeney/Lillibridge/Stewart/Melancon say hi.

 

Oh yeah Breslow really addresses the issue with this team. Because a f***ing lefty bullpen arm is what was wrong.

 

He's a solid lefty arm who's under control for next year and he let's us move morales into the rotation.

 

Also.

 

Youks had to go. Just had to go. We're lucky we got anything for him. Also, the guy we flipped Brent for has some solid numbers iirc.

 

Bailey/Sweeney, doesn't look great now but we have to see what we get from bailey before making a final judgement

 

Melancon hasn't worked out but it's not like we gave up a ton for him. Weiland is mediocre and lowrie is made of glass.

[Binder Clip]

Where's Lavarnway going to play?

[jung]

Apparently the Rangers nixed on Beckett really early on. I had a suspicion that it was not a jockeying for position kind of thing but that Ryan really did not want to bring Beckett in there.

[SemperFi Sox]

He's a solid lefty arm who's under control for next year and he let's us move morales into the rotation.

 

Also.

 

Youks had to go. Just had to go. We're lucky we got anything for him. Also, the guy we flipped Brent for has some solid numbers iirc.

 

Bailey/Sweeney, doesn't look great now but we have to see what we get from bailey before making a final judgement

 

Melancon hasn't worked out but it's not like we gave up a ton for him. Weiland is mediocre and lowrie is made of glass.

 

Oh so trading for crap isn't a negative if you give up crap. Cherington did nothing this offseason to fix the problems with this team.

[SoxSport]

If you haven't figured out that it's a bridge year yet you're going to be disappointed.

 

Yeah... the Tobin bridge.

[jung]

Well the Sox got out their dreg-o-matic again. Leave it to them to whip up a spiffy smoothie when the need is more for some solid meat and potatoes. They certainly did nothing relative to the issues they have. Really was to be expected though so I am just spitting bile for the heck of it.

[Binder Clip]

Rangers were probably worried Beckett would be a bad influence on Ron Washington.

[BornToRun]

Oh so trading for crap isn't a negative if you give up crap. Cherington did nothing this offseason to fix the problems with this team.

 

He got us a closer for someone who was at the time expendable. No one could've predicted Reddick's power surge and bailey's thumb issue. Jury is still out.

 

The Houston deal didn't turn out great for us but it isn't like Houston fleeced BC

 

Ben brought in shoppach and Ross who've been great and he did shed scutaro's salary. He also brought in Padilla along with Breslow just today.

 

There wasn't a big move for Ben to make. Okay? It's that simple.

 

What the f*** do you want from him?

[a700hitter]

If all he does is swap out Breslow for Albers, he essentially has done nothing to reinforce the team down the stretch. That's it, pure and simple. It's no different than the off season. Nothing. People want to get excited about a move so they are happy with any s***. We are so starved for any action. They didn't need Breslow to put Morales in the rotation. They already have Miller as a lefty in the pen.

 

If this is all they were going to do, they should have been sellers.

[Binder Clip]

I was thinking this year was more like the Beringian bridge.

[a700hitter]

 

What the f*** do you want from him?

Yet plenty of teams made plenty of big moves, but no one was taking Cherries calls I guess.

[Binder Clip]

People are going to be unhappy because our team is bad. But we'd be much worse off long-term if we gave up anything decent to "reinforce" a .500 team.

[Binder Clip]

Correction, plenty of contending teams made big moves.

[BornToRun]

If all he does is swap out Breslow for Albers, he essentially has done nothing to reinforce the team down the stretch. That's it, pure and simple. It's no different than the off season. Nothing. People want to get excited about a move so they are happy with any s***. We are so starved for any action. They didn't need Breslow to put Morales in the rotation. They already have Miller as a lefty in the pen.

 

If this is all they were going to do, they should have been sellers.

 

We wanted two lefties in the pen. We made due with morales until we swapped s*** for a solid reliever who could slot into morales role while Franklin goes into the rotation.

 

There wasn't a huge move to be made. There just wasn't. This deal makes us better without losing anything valuable.

[Binder Clip]

I'm still curious why we're calling up Lavarnway if we didn't trade one of our catchers. I have a feeling there are more moves to come, but they will be minor.

[BornToRun]

I'm still curious why we're calling up Lavarnway if we didn't trade one of our catchers. I have a feeling there are more moves to come' date=' but they will be minor.[/quote']

 

Calling up lavs would certainly mean that one of shop or salty got dealt. I'm sure we'll hear something soon.

[SoxSport]

The Breslow deal was all about moving Morales to the starting rotation. Too bad they didn't think of that last Friday. Ben is very slow for an Amherst grad.

[Binder Clip]

Doesn't sound like the Yankees did much of anything either which is strange considering they're actually a contending team.

[Bellhorn04]

Calling up lavs would certainly mean that one of shop or salty got dealt. I'm sure we'll hear something soon.

 

It could just be a standby thing in case one of them gets dealt.

[SoxSport]

I'm still curious why we're calling up Lavarnway if we didn't trade one of our catchers. I have a feeling there are more moves to come' date=' but they will be minor.[/quote']

 

Lars Anderson just got moved to Cleveland for a minor league pitcher.

 

Not the deal I wanted to hear. They haven't found a way to unload Shoppy or Salty.

[Binder Clip]

I expect Cherington to make a statement in the next 15 minutes stating that there are no new moves to report.

[jung]

So I am wondering if we think we are SURE that one of the catchers has been moved....cause I have a bad feeling on that one.

[SoxSport]

Doesn't sound like the Yankees did much of anything either which is strange considering they're actually a contending team.

 

They got Megehee from the Pirates for Qualls. Funny how the Red Sea always parts for them when they need a player. Though they thought they had Dempster and didn't get him.

[SoxSport]

Olney is retweeting stuff from Yankee fans. That's why he can't be trusted. He and Heyman.

[Binder Clip]

McGehee for Qualls? Good to know we're not the only ones who trade garbage for garbage.

[lesterkett]

http://tribetalk365.blogspot.com/2012/05/steven-wright-knuckler-not-comedian.html

[lesterkett]

we got our next tim wakefield

[SoxSport]

They got RHP Steven Wright for Anderson. AA Akron knuckleballer with 2.70 ERA, 9-6 record.

 

Not bad, though Lars had a hell of a spring training this year, and could bust out like Reddick.

[Binder Clip]

A 1.45 ERA in AA in his second year as a pitcher isn't bad.

[BornToRun]

They got RHP Steven Wright for Anderson. AAA Columbus knuckleballer with 2.70 ERA, 9-6 record.

 

Not bad, though Lars had a hell of a spring training this year, and could bust out like Reddick.

 

Perhaps but Lars had no place here.

 

If this kid can develop his knuckleball ball. We could have a solid back end guy to eat innings or a long man out of the bullpen.