Trades and Transactions, Rumors and Retirements

by Jesse on Dec 7, 2005 5:29 PM EST in News

Major Trades Since December 3

The Florida Marlins have traded CF Juan Pierre to the Chicago Cubs for RHP Sergio Mitre and AA pitchers Ricky Nolasco and Renyel Pinto.

The San Diego Padres have traded 3B Sean Burroughs to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for RHP Dewon Brazelton.

The Atlanta Braves have traded C Johnny Estrada to the Arizona Diamondbacks for RHP Lance Cormier and RHP Oscar Villareal.

The Boston Red Sox are rumored to be on the verge of trading C Doug Mirabelli to the San Diego Padres for 2B Mark Loretta.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded RHP Mark Redman to the Kansas City Royals for minor league pitcher Johan Blayliss and a player to be named later.

The Cincinnati Reds have traded 1B Sean Casey to the Pittsburgh Pirates for LHP Dave Williams.

The San Fransisco Giants have traded RHP LaTroy Hawkins to the Baltimore Orioles for LHP Steve Kline.

The Florida Marlins traded C Paul Lo Duca to the New York Mets for a player to be named later.

Major Free Agent Signings Since December 3

SS Rafael Furcal has signed a 3-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

RHP A.J. Burnett has signed a 5-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.

RHP Paul Byrd has signed a 2-year deal with the Cleveland Indians with an option for 2008.

RHP Tom Gordon has signed with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Retirements Since December 3

1B John Olerud has retired.

Rumors

A rumored deal between Boston, Arizona and Anaheim has fallen apart and negotiations are not expected to re-open. Players rumored to be involved were Manny Ramirez, Javier Vazquez and Troy Glaus.

A rumored deal between Boston, Tampa Bay and Atlanta has fallen apart and negotiations are not expected to re-open. Players rumored to be involved were Edgar Renteria, Julio Lugo and prospects.

The Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves may still be looking for a two-team swap including Edgar Renteria and uber-prospect 3B Andy Marte.

For all the rumors involving Rangers 2B Alfonso Soriano, none involve the Minnesota Twins.

Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets are working with Boston on a potential Manny Ramirez trade.

More updates as Day 3 of the Winter Meetings continues...

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snap judgements

My gut reactions to the moves:

Congrats to the Cubbies for making sure Pierre did not land in the Bronx. Congrats to the Marlins on the conclusion of Fire Sale #2: Vegas Edition.

Dewon Brazelton in PETCO, good move for both teams. If you play fantasy, take Brazelton with a late round pick, he will perform well in the Litter Box. Side note here, this confirms that Huff is on the block in Tampa, his stock is lower than a year ago, could our Gemini Warriors make a run for him?

Welcom back to the AL Central Mark Redman. Is this his 8th team now?

LaTroy Hawkins for Steve Kline? Wow did Balto just get taken. Steve Kline has a big contract, but he's a great lefty.

by brandonp on Dec 7, 2005 6:18 PM EST reply actions

Mazzone

Don't forget, Baltimore has Leo Mazonne now. Hawk has always had great stuff, and ever since he left the last team he was on with a really good pitching coach (Rick Anderson), he hasn't been as good. I bet he'll be just fine with Baltimore.

by ubelmann on Dec 7, 2005 7:11 PM EST up reply actions

Hawkins Usage

Dusty Baker (and then Alou) insisted on trotting out Hawkins in the 9th inning, when history has shown that he's a much better 7th & 8th inning pitcher. If Balt uses him right, he should be fine. But if they make the mistake of using him as a closer...well, at least the games will be more interesting...

by hornbakr on Dec 8, 2005 10:05 AM EST up reply actions

Ironically enough...

You make an update like this, and then, BAM!

Soriano is flipped to Washington
Overbay heads north to Toronto, missing Danny Kolb by hours
Hoffman resigns with San Diego
Wickman re-ups with Cleveland

It just keeps coming.

by CarterHayes on Dec 8, 2005 1:14 AM EST reply actions

Yeah...

It's been pretty exciting, huh?

by ubelmann on Dec 8, 2005 2:59 AM EST up reply actions

Yep

I think we're still in for an interesting evening...

by CarterHayes on Dec 8, 2005 2:39 PM EST up reply actions

Soriano deal

I find the Soriano trade humorous on a number of levels.

First off, the rumor is that the Nats plan to move Soriano to the outfield. So they traded outfielder Wilkerson, a career .817 OPS hitter, for the more expensive Soriano, a career .820 OPS hitter. Oh, and they tossed in Sledge and a PTBNL. Makes perfect sense to me.

Secondly, the Rangers had the third highest team OPS in the majors last season, but their pitching is just awful. So they flip Soriano for . . . more hitting. Brilliant!

by hornbakr on Dec 8, 2005 10:13 AM EST up reply actions

indeed

Seriously, how is this a better deal than Lohse, a middling prospect, and PTBNL???

while wilkerson is a very good player, when you are hard up for pitching... this deal just seems a waste, or a salary dump

by brandonp on Dec 8, 2005 12:52 PM EST up reply actions

Texas

I've been wondering what the philosophy is down in Arlington for quite a while now. Seems like they're a bit out to lunch.

by CarterHayes on Dec 8, 2005 2:40 PM EST up reply actions

Well...

Wilkerson is better, younger, and cheaper than Soriano. Plus, they got two other essentially no salary players.

Now the Rangers have more hitters to try to make trades with, or they just have more hitting for less money. Wouldn't you do that if you could?

The money they save in this deal could wind up helping them get pitching. Perhaps they will emerge as a darkhorse candidate for Millwood's services? Who knows. We do know that this was a great deal for them.

by ubelmann on Dec 8, 2005 8:04 PM EST up reply actions