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Nice execution.

 

Umm, i'd like Bradley myself. He'd be the perfect fit.

 

And LaTroy Hawkins had a good year the year he "imploded" with the Cubs. He won't be closing in Shea, so he should be fine.

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I wouldn't have a problem with the Dodgers trading Milton to the Yanks, but what could they give? We don't need Cano or Wang. We need a 3B until 1 of our prospects is ready to take that position.

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We've got LaRoche, but I don't know how far away he is from being a major league player.

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Latroy's flight to Shea apparently has a detour:

 

http://sportsline.com/mlb/story/9080714

 

Latroy in Camden Yards? Good luck

 

Well, it's for Steve Kline so it's a great deal for Baltimore. It'll be hard to be worse than Kline and Hawkins was actually extremely good in the AL. Maybe he's just an American League pitcher.

It's easy to be worse than Kline. Kline had a 4.28 ERA, and it was the first time he didn't beat the league average in ERA since his rookie season.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=2250316

 

I'm somewhat upset by this, since Olerud was my favorite ballplayer for quite a few years while he was active. He had a fine career, though, and now seems like an appropriate enough time to hang 'em up.

301 career win shares, quite a respectable number. 2,239 career hits, 255 home runs, 500 doubles, 1,275 walks, .398 On Base Percentage. 129 career OPS+. .278/.364/.435 in 65 postseason games. Three gold gloves. I'm not going to tout Olerud for the Hall, but he has a damned impressive resume.

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ESPN reports the Reds have traded Sean Casey to the Pirates for Dave Williams. I know the Reds are desperate for pitching, but is this really the best they can get for Casey? Williams gave up a lot of home runs in a park where it's difficult for right handed batters to hit home runs. Now he's moving to home run heaven. BAD trade for the Reds.

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Oh my God. The Pirates must be pinching themselves. That's an amazing trade for them. Not that it's a big deal, but I wonder what they'll do with Eldred.

 

By the same token, I can't imagine a single Reds fan who'll be happy with this deal.

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Oh my God. The Pirates must be pinching themselves. That's an amazing trade for them. Not that it's a big deal, but I wonder what they'll do with Eldred.

 

By the same token, I can't imagine a single Reds fan who'll be happy with this deal.

Bench bat. Eldred has serious, serious power. The problem is, he struck out 159 times in 469 at bats last season, and hit .221 when he was in the majors. He may not be good enough to play regularly.

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Benson heading to K.C.

Dec 6 - The Mets are about to trade right-handed starter Kris Benson to the Royals for left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and right-hander Mike MacDougal, reports ESPN's Peter Gammons, who says the deal could get done Tuesday night.

Earlier, the Newark Star-Ledger reported that Mets GM Omar Minaya had spoken with several teams about Benson -- including Baltimore, San Francisco and Kansas City.

 

The Mets like Benson but would move him in order to clear his salary ($15.5M over two years) so they could make a deal for a high-priced starter such as Arizona's Javier Vazquez or Oakland's Barry Zito.

 

New York almost dealt Benson to Baltimore last week for Jorge Julio. But the Mets went back to the Orioles demanding a high-level prospect in addition to Julio, and the O's balked.

 

 

ESPN Insider

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Yeesh. I guess Minaya really wanted to bolster the bullpen. MacDougal's pretty good and Affeldt's not that bad, so at the very least it ranks higher than most other deals executed by the Mets thus far.

 

Barring any other changes, I guess next year's rotation is Martinez/Glavine/Trachsel/Seo/Heilman.

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Benson heading to K.C.

Dec 6 - The Mets are about to trade right-handed starter Kris Benson to the Royals for left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and right-hander Mike MacDougal, reports ESPN's Peter Gammons, who says the deal could get done Tuesday night.

Earlier, the Newark Star-Ledger reported that Mets GM Omar Minaya had spoken with several teams about Benson -- including Baltimore, San Francisco and Kansas City.

 

The Mets like Benson but would move him in order to clear his salary ($15.5M over two years) so they could make a deal for a high-priced starter such as Arizona's Javier Vazquez or Oakland's Barry Zito.

 

New York almost dealt Benson to Baltimore last week for Jorge Julio. But the Mets went back to the Orioles demanding a high-level prospect in addition to Julio, and the O's balked.

 

 

ESPN Insider

 

Oh Anna Benson is going to be pissed about this...

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The Os are supposedly going after Todd Jones to be their closer, which would be another loss for the Marlins, however I dont see them being so upset about losing a 38 year old closer who had one decent year as a closer in Florida, but will probably be a terrible option as a closer in Baltimore..

 

Yeah.

 

Id rather have Julio as the closer again.

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You are aware that Todd Jones was un-friggin-believable last year?

Like I edited in my last post:

 

- Hes 38..the Orioles need someone to build around, not a stop gap solution.

- He'll be pitching in Camden Yards, not Pro Player Stadium

- His best year prior was with Detroit in 2000

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