by evan brunell | Jul 31, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Erik Bedard, Game Threads, Josh Beckett
JULY 29th, 2007 GAME THREAD Erik Bedard, LHP (10-4, 3.05) @ Josh Beckett, RHP (13-4, 3.27) Baltimore Orioles (49-55) @ Boston Red Sox (64-41) 7:05 PM EDT at Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN | RADIO: WRKO 680, WROL (Sp.) AL EAST GAMES: CWS @ NYY | TOR @ TB PRIOR GAME...
by evan brunell | Jul 31, 2007 | Chicago Cubs, David Murphy, Eric Gagne, Kason Gabbard, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Trades
5:16 PM A potential roster crunch was just solved … unfortunately. Brendan Donnelly is undergoing Tommy John surgery and will be out for the year. He did quite well for the BoSox and will be missed. However, it does ease the crunch on the bullpen. The bullpen...
by evan brunell | Jul 31, 2007 | Joel Pineiro, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Scott Proctor, St. Louis Cardinals, Trades, Wilson Betemit
Joel Pineiro, who may have become the closer (although that wouldn’t have lasted very long) had Jonathan Papelbon elected to remain in the starting rotation, has been traded along with cash considerations for a player to be named later. Pineiro, who ends his...
by evan brunell | Jul 31, 2007 | Chicago White Sox, J.D. Drew, Jermaine Dye, Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Trades, Wily Mo Pena
Note: I’ll be obsessively tracking the the moves by Theo made (if any) today throughout the day. As soon as I can get any shred of information that a deal is done, you can find that information right here at Fire Brand. Looking forward to a monumental day...
by zach hayes | Jul 30, 2007 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Eric Gagne, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Mark Teixeira, Morgan Ensberg, New York Yankees, Octavio Dotel, Texas Rangers, Theo Epstein
Other than Opening Day, unquestionably my favorite day of the regular season occurs on the last day of July. The trading deadline brings rumors to fruition, anticipation and anxiety to new levels and the constant refreshing of sites like MLB Trade Rumors and Rotoworld...