Mother fuck is Stroman ever sick. If the Jays actually show patience and not deall the farm, their rotation is going to be sick.
,
Stroman
Sanchez
Norris
Hoffman
Castro/Nolin/Foley

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unless it isn't. I'm not sure if I want Lester for a 2 month rental..hmph

Lester traded to Oakland for..

Cespedes?!?

lol

what

<font color=goldenrod>A's get: Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes
Red Sox get: Yoenis Cespedes

WOW. Gonna be funny when Lester signs back with Boston in the off-season.</font>

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA?

Well, Cespedes got 1 more year before he hits free agency. However, since Boston probably won't be doing any big money contracts for a while, I'll assume he walk. I'll laugh if Beane somehow retains Lester. Oakland got a quality pitching staff going right now.

There was no way Oakland was going to keep Cespedes either when he becomes a FA.

That being said, pitching wasn't exactly holding them back. Wild trade.

Great trade for Red Sox. No way Lester stays in OAK. This allows Boston to resign Lester in the offseason.

A's acquire Sam Fuld from the Twins for Tommy Milone.

Beane ain't playing around today.

Boston shipping out Lackey to the Cardinals for Allen Craig and Joe Kelly

<font color=goldenrod>Sounds like the Mets are going to be sitting on their hands at the deadline. Again.

Yeah they're 4 games under .500 but they're still in striking distance with the Wild Card and even the division. They're 15-10 through July with amazing pitching and a lineup playing far better than it was in April and May.

Just annoying. I don't expect a superstar or anything but a guy like Alex Rios, Asdrubal Cabrera, or Josh Willingham can at least give them a little something extra without costing the Mets a major prospect. I think it ultimately comes down to the owners being broke even though they don't want to admit it publicly.</font>

Sounds like Rios may go to the Giants

<font color=goldenrod>An insider on MLB Network just guaranteed that Price is traded by 4 PM. Mariners or Pirates.

If they can get a haul then I guess it's worth it, still kinda shocking to see them give up on the season while they've been red hot.</font>

I'm kind of annoyed the o's are the only team in first place that hasn't made a move yet, but they're also in the division with two of the big teams essentially throwing in the towel for this season. plus the blue jays haven't made a big move and the Yankees big moves so far are negligible anyway..

Good bye Geraldo Parra :-(

Asdrubal Cabrera to the Nats

Andrew Miller to the Orioles

Tigers get Price!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<font color=goldenrod>Whoa</font>

Yankees gets Stephen Drew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait.....what?

The Rays didn't nearly get what I thought they would for Price. Nick Franklin, Drew Smyly and an 18 year old SS prospect..

Not sure how I feel about the Lester trade. Not confident the Red Sox will get him back in the offseason but the trade does help their hitting woes.

Shame Lackey got traded since I liked how much he improved the past two seasons. At times this season, he was better than Lester.


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What did the Ms get from the Price trade since they sent someone to the Rays to help the Tigers?

he's playing 2b cause they got rid of Brian Roberts

Austin Jackson for Nick Franklin

Ms got Austin Jackson. Rays got Nick Franklin, Drew Smyly and the Tigers 30th best prospect apparently. Pretty weak trade for the Rays. Seemed like they could have gotten a ton more.

Tigers rotation is absurd -

Scherzer-Price-Sanchez-Verlander-Porcello

Yankees also traded for Martin Prado.

The Rays made one of the worst trades in the history of baseball. Jesus. They'd have gotten more just letting Price walk and getting the draft compensation.

lol..the Yankees owed Brian Roberts a $250k bonus if he got 350 plate appearances. they pulled him early a couple games ago and sat him out the last 2 leaving him at 348 plate appearances before they dfa'ed him.

lol Booker t threw put the Astros first pitch yesterday and their mascot did a spinaroonie

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Hate baseball

gonna jump on dat Tigers bandwagon

Stephen Drew?

Is he supposed to be Derek Jeter Jr. or something? Oh, wait. He's playing 2B.

Ichiro is on his way out with Prado in the mix now.

Prado is under team control until 2016. I'm cool with this. It ain't a rental.

They also gave up next to nothing to get him after reports stated the DBacks weren't looking to move him.

The Rays got fucking hosed. Good christ. For all the good they did in raping the Royals for Myers, they did the exact opposite in dealing Price. Smyly is solid, and Franklin might be a decent starter, but you just gave away a top 10 starter in baseball and you didn't get back not one potential stud. Sheesh.

Ya giving up Smyly and Ajax for Price, I'll take that trade 100 times out of 100.

Oh yeah, forgot about Jackson going to the M's. Good pickup for them. Better than what they have. They also took Denorfia from the Padres. When going well, Deno is killer agains lefties.

Haha this is awesome. Right after the Tigers made the Price trade, Dave Dombrowski (Tigers GM) texted BIlly Beane (A's GM), "You have one minute to acquire Chris Sale"

Love reading stuff like that

something to be said about a 0-0 game in the 12th..ugh

Lol Nolan Reimold with two jacks. Jays keep winning with surprise performances.

So glad they kept Sanchez and Stroman. If you haven't seen 5"8 Marcus Stroman pitch, you're in for a treat. He's been unhittable.

I was in Houston earlier this week and had the chance to catch an Astros game. Had tickets right on 1B line, 3 rows up. Seeing Altuve in person was hilarious. He's so tiny.