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Wexler’s Ledger: Toronto Chooses Violence
The Chicago Cubs trade P Scott Garrelts, OF Dan Pasqua, 3B Scott Brosius, and CF Cecil Espy to the Toronto Blue Jays for INF George Arias, OF Roberto Kelly, OF Pat Watkins, and OF Lance Johnson. Finally. After weeks of middle infielders changing teams like spare batteries and the Seattle Pilots auctioning off their entire franchise one Craigslist post at a time, we get an honest-to-goodness deadline baseball trade. Contender buys...
Wexler’s Ledger: A Tradition Unlike Any Other
The Arizona Diamondbacks trade OF Chad Curtis to the Florida Marlins for 2B Kevin Jordan. It wouldn’t truly be trade deadline season without Arizona and Florida making at least one deal with each other, and thankfully the baseball gods have once again delivered. This one won’t lead SportsCenter, but it does contain that rarest of things in deadline deals: actual common sense. Let’s start in...
Wexler’s Ledger: Dance of the Infielders
The St. Louis Cardinals trade a 1997 4th-round pick (via Toronto) and INF Orlando Miller to the Arizona Diamondbacks for INF Jose Vizcaino. Welcome to that wonderful part of the calendar where teams suddenly realize they need one more middle infielder, and trades start happening that feel less like roster moves and more like administrative paperwork. This one fits the mold perfectly. St. Louis: Defense First,...
Wexler’s Ledger: Trading Spare Pieces
The San Diego Padres trade INF Craig Grebeck to the Florida Marlins for INF Mickey Morandini. A swap of veteran infielders currently worth a combined 0.2 WAR this season. If you’re looking for fireworks, you’ve come to the wrong place. If you’re looking for two teams lightly rearranging the bottom of their benches, welcome. Let’s dive in. San Diego: A Slightly Different Flavor of Mediocre At first glance, the fit in San Diego is a...
Wexler’s Ledger: Seattle Finally Finds Someone to Take Chris Haney
The Seattle Pilots trade SP Chris Haney to the Milwaukee Creams for SP Amaury Telemaco. At long last, the Chris Haney saga is over. After what felt like six straight months of Seattle posting “Chris Haney available” every other day, someone finally blinked. Congratulations to Milwaukee for ending the longest-running classified ad in DBL history. To be clear, Haney isn’t bad. In fact, he’s been one...
Boston Red Sox Announce Strategic Trade Deadline Sell-Off Despite Unreasonable Levels of Winning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON, MA — In a bold demonstration of organizational consistency, the Boston Red Sox today announced that the club will fully embrace its role as trade deadline sellers, despite an inconveniently red-hot July that has briefly propelled the team into the general vicinity of playoff contention. “Look, we appreciate the enthusiasm,” said Red Sox leadership in a statement released moments after the team’s ninth win...
I leave for the day and come back to this?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
The Sound of Silence at the Trade Deadline
As we approach the trade deadline at the end of this week, the league waits with bated breath to see what deals will be made. Or perhaps the better question right now is: will any deals of consequence be made at all? So far, the marketplace has largely been filled with the same message repeated over and over again — teams looking to move players in exchange for draft picks. There is nothing wrong with that approach, of course. Sellers exist...
Should Boston buy at the deadline?
Why not? Not like anyone else will this week.