Tulo hurt his hand out and Jays lost the DH in a 2-2 game in the 8th

Hope they run out of bench players and pitchers

Droford you are just the worst lol

And the Orioles are back in first place.

People are calling 6'8 Logan Ondrusek from Japan Big Ondrusexy

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Well Lucroy's no-trade list consisted of: Indians, Tigers, Twins, Angels, Athletics, Padres, Mariners and Nationals.

It's such a random as fuck group that I can only assume he has his reasons for not wanting to go to any of those places. He clearly didn't want to go to Cleveland for the long-term, especially with them telling him straight up that Gomes is their catcher next year. I don't blame Lucroy.

Of course Jon Heyman just said that the Mets are totally out on Lucroy.

Fuck me with a pickaxe.

Everyone should tune in to ESPN tonight to see the Cubs reform yet another former Orioles pitcher in Brian Matusz. Good odds he throws an 81 pitch 27 k perfect game

If the Cubs win the World Series they better send Baltimore a thank you card

:D What an amazing comeback win by the Red Sox tonight. Down 0-3 with 2 outs in the 9th and scored 5 runs from back-to-back HRs.

Mariners-Os trade:
Mariners get a prospect (Ariel Miranda)
Orioles get Wade Miley.

Don't care what anyone says... AL East is awesome.

Hey matusz still sucks

Miley is signed next year for $9 mil with team option in 18 for $12 mil

Plus

Plus no one seems to think Miranda was going to anmount to anything considering he only avg 5.1 innings in AAA.

Wade Miley is the definition of replacement level.

That's still an upgrade over the backend of the rotation.

I'm still waiting for the Padres to finish wheeling and dealing. Been the most fun I've had during a deadline ever.

C'mon Yankees. 4 more hours to sell off some more bodies. Get to it.

Mets close to acquiring Jay Bruce. Makes no sense. They already have 3 corner outfielders already. And Bruce is not an upgrade over any of them. Really don't get this move.

It makes plenty of sense. Granderson has looked absolutely horrible this year. Conforto is lost at the plate and needs a long stint in Triple A. And Cespedes has been battling a quad injury for months, is playing by his own estimation at 85%, and isn't under contract next year.

I don't love Bruce as a player but he's clearly an upgrade over both Granderson and Conforto right now and at bare minimum he'll give them a controllable bat for next year if/when Ces leaves.

In a perfect world this doesn't preclude Cespedes from being re-signed long term and next year they open with Ces/Bruce/Grandy and they let Conforto play a lot of RF in AAA so they can eventually plug him in for Grandy. Then you have Ces and Conforto playing the corners for 2018 and beyond.

The Mets do have a deal for Bruce but it might fall apart because of the medicals of one of the Mets' prospects. The Reds pulled back a trade with the Jays this offseason for a similar reason.

They're also still working on Lucroy. Man if they got Lucroy AND Bruce I'd totally cum. They'll probably get neither of them though and I'll wind up checking out of 2016 baseball for good.

Cashman does it again.

Sends Beltran to the Rangers for Dillon Tate. The #4 pick in last year's draft.

Keep 'em going. Less than an hour to go.

If the Mets can't win the World Series this year I'd be fine with Texas finally getting one and Beltran getting a ring. Solidifies his HOF career. Never understood why Mets fans booed the shit out of him everytime he returned as a visiting player. He's the best CF the Mets have ever had.

Look at Cashman, being a GM.

HOT FUCKING STOVE

Marlins-Padres swapping 2 players from an earlier deal due to a recent injury with Colin Rae.

Rae goes back to the Padres and in return Marlins get prospect Luis Castillo back.

Because of this the Mets now had to trade Dilson Herrera for Bruce. AKA the second baseman they felt could become a multi-time All Star and the reason they were more than happy to let Daniel "Ted Williams" Murphy walk.

I was fine getting Bruce. Was even fine trading Dilson if it meant Lucroy. But for Bruce?? Sandy fucked up.

Rangers won the Lucroy sweepstakes.

MLBtraderumors can't keep up. Teams are really getting this done at the last minutes.

Nova's gone.

Overall value Bruce isn't much upgrade over Granderson or even conforto. And they're giving up a player they could use next year. And they still have a giant hole in center. I just don't care for the move.

Nova back on the clock, deadline approaching aaaaaaaaaaand SEE YA

What's the scuttlebutt on Scott Feldman? Good swing guy?

Niese back to the Mets

I fucking hate Jon Niese but I'd rather have him and his expiring contract than Bastardo's inflated 2017 salary. It's a crap for crap deal that makes sense for the Mets.

Jays get liriano, hopefully Russ Martin is the remedy for Lirianos problem.

Red Sox-Twins trade:
Red Sox get Fernando Abad
Twins get a prospect (Pat Light)


More bullpen help is nice but then again probably wouldn't have been needed if recent trades for pitching didn't end up being bad. Bit relieved Dombrowski didn't cave in and go after starting pitchers like Chris Sale since the White Sox were asking for too much. He hinted before the trade deadline he had around 5 offers in the talks but didn't take them due to the demands asked.

I'd figure some team would pay up and grab Chris Sale. Kenny Williams' price must have scared a lot of teams away.

Chris Archer's name was being tossed around. Would have liked the Yankees to make a play for him.

Yeup, White Sox were asking for too many prospects for a deal to get Sale. A rumored Red Sox deal would have involved them losing around 4 prospects with 3 being top tier just to get Sale.

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The Orioles traded a future Cy Young winner for him 3 years ago

Cool. Mets blow two leads and lose to the Yanks. 3rd game they've blown a late lead in the last week.

Good thing they had to trade their 2B of the future for Jay Bruce.

John Gibbons has replaced Jesse Chavez with Scott Feldman right off the bat... and by that I mean the reliever he's going to abuse and hang out to dry. He literally threw 40 pitches yesterday out of the bullpen, and Gibby trots him out there in the 15th to pitch to his old team. Would have rather had Dickey come in, in that kind of situation.

What drives me nuts is Gibbons escapes the wrath of the media. Nobody ever points the finger at him. He's a nice guy, he is a man of character... but I just don't think he's equipped to be an elite manager. He is just not a thinker.