Trades, Trades, Trades, and more Trades

After the TRADE THAT WASN'T, the Brewers moved OF Carlos Gomez and RHP Mike Fiers to Houston for prospects, OF Brett Phillips, OF Domingo Santana, LHP Josh Hader, and RHP Adrian Houser...

The Brewers have also moved OF Gerardo Parra to  Baltimore for RHP Zach Davies...

The Reds sent pitcher Mike Leake to the Giants for RHP Keury Mella, and IF Adam Duvall...Which may have been a big price for the often injured Leake...

The Pirates strengthened their bullpen, adding reliever Joakim Soria from Detroit, for IF JaCoby Jones...The  Pirates also added RHP Joe Blanton, sending Cash to the Royals...

The Indians moved a couple minor pieces, sending 1B/OF Brandon Moss to the Cardinals for LHP Rob Kaminsky...They also shipped OF David Murphy to the Angels for Eric Stamets...The Angels also added OF David DeJesus from Tampa Bay for Eduar Lopes...

Washington added closer Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies, for RHP Nick Pivetta...

The Royals added super Utility guy, Ben Zobrist, sending LHP Sean Manaea and RHP Aaron Brooks back to Oakland...

In the biggest (volume-wise) trade...The Dodgers, Braves, and Marlins worked out a 3-team-13-player deal...

The Dodgers got: RHP Mat Latos, LHP Alex Wood, OF/1B Michael Morse, RHP Bronson Arroyo, LHP Luis Avilan, RHP Jim Johnson, UT Jose Peraza...

The Braves got: IF Hector Olivera, LHP Paco Rodriguez, RHP Zack Bird and the Marlins' 2016 competitive-balance draft pick, likely in the 20s...

The Marlins got : Jeff Brigham, Victor Araujo, Kevin Guzman and the salary relief from dealing Latos and Morse

The dodgers got a couple pieces they wanted, and had to eat bad contracts to do it...

If you missed earlier posts, I have the Tulowitzki deal HERE...

The Hamels deal HERE...

The Price deal HERE...

The Deadline is just a few hours away and there are reports of more moves happening...So expect an edit to this post...


Edit:  4:05 PM...The Deadline has past...More Trades...

Marlins Trade RHP Dan Haren to the Cubs for SS Elliot Soto and RHP Ivan Pineyro...

The Cubs also added RHP Tommy Hunter, sending OF Junior Lake to the Orioles...

Seattle Trade right-handed reliever Mark Lowe to the Blue Jays for LHP Nick Wells, LHP Jake Brentz, and LHP Rob Rasmussen...

The Blue Jays being very busy this week, also add OF Ben Revere from the Phillies, for RHP Jimmy Cordero and RHP Alberto Tirado...

Then the Jays sent LHP Felix Doubront to Oakland for cash...


Tampa Bay trades right-handed reliever Kevin Jepsen to the Twins for RHP Chih-Wei Hu, and RHP Alexis Tapia...


And the Mets, after that whole Carlos Gomez mess, finally added a bat to their lineup...landing the OF who seems to get moved every year, Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers, for RHP Michael Fulmer, and RHP Luis Cessa...

Cole Hamels Traded to the Rangers

One of the biggest names that everyone has been waiting to get traded was Phillies lefty, Cole Hamels (31)...And by doing so, the move would be an "all in" sign of the Phillies doing a total rebuild...And with what the Texas Ranger sent back to Philly in this deal, along with some of the young talent the Phillies have...This rebuild could be moving at a faster pace then some expected...

Triple-A pitchers Jerad Eickhoff (25) and Alec Asher (23)...Double-A pitcher Jake Thompson (21)...Double-A outfielder Nick Williams (21) and..Double-A catcher Jorge Alfardo (22)...The Phillies will also be getting often injured, left handed pitcher, Matt Harrison (29)...

Going along with Hamels to Texas will be  reliever Jake Diekman (28)....

Rangers fans have to be happy with this sign that they are going for it...And honestly, you never know how prospects are going to pan out...But for a rebuilding club, 5 prospects is a decent haul...


What will be the next move? 

Where is Price going?

The Trade that Wasn't

The famous line is, "There's no crying in baseball!"

I guess Wilmer Flores didn't get that memo...Wednesday night, word broke out through social media that Flores and injured pitcher Zach Wheeler were being traded to the Brewers for OF Carlos Gomez...There was even a picture posted on Instagram of Gomez celebrating the trade and saying goodbye with Brewers teammates...

Word had reached the crowd at Citi Field as they rose to their feet and cheered Flores for what was expected to be his last at-bat in a Mets uniform...Flores has been with the Mets since they signed him at 16 years old...He went to leave the game, and was sent back out to the field...He proceeded to fight back tears throughout the rest of the game...Social media was going insane bashing the Mets for leaving him in the game...

Eventually his manager Terry Collins informed him, there was no trade...And in his post game press conference, Collins was heated discussing the situation...Stating that "Well until some one tells me he's been traded, he's gotta hit!"

Then Mets GM Sandy Alderson said there is no trade...And tried to act like there never was a trade, but there was clearly a trade in the works...Many have started speculating that it's based off of medical information about Wheeler, who had Tommy John Surgery in March...But I think it has something to do with Gomez...

MLB.com Mets beat writer, Anthony DiComo tweeted this out just a few minute ago...

"I want to be perfectly clear because I've herad this from all angles now; the trade was DONE, pending medicals, And now it's not happening. Not happening tonight, not happening tomorrow, not happening Friday. Carlos Gomez will not be a Met.

Like I said a couple nights ago when Tulowitzki was traded...this is going to be  a crazy trade deadline week!

Monday Moaning

It's Monday and the NHL Trade Deadline is fast approaching...and while some teams made minor moves last week, like the CRIPPLE_FOR_A_CRIPPLING_CONTRACT_TRADE,  but I expect some big activity Monday...Although my New York Rangers got started Sunday...Trading defenseman John Moore, very elite prospect, Anthony Duclair and a 1st and 2nd round draft picks to the Coyotes for the defenseman most teams would like to add, Keith Yandle, and defenseman Chris Summers, along with a 4th round draft pick...The Coyotes are also retaining 50% of Yandle's contract which has one more year left on it...

The Rangers then moved Lee Stempniak to Winnipeg for Carl Klingberg...As well as acquiring James Sheppard from San Jose for a 4th round pick...I expect to see San Jose dump a couple more players as it seems they are throwing in the towel on their playoff hopes...Unlike the Rangers who are all in, Cup or Bust...

Other trades that have taken place so far...

Washington added some more grit mixed with skill acquiring Curtis Glencross from Calgary for a 2nd and a 3rd'er...

Chicago landed another very talked about Coyote, Antoine Vermette for defenseman Klas Dahlbeck and a 1st round pick...The Blackhawks also landed Kimmo Timonen from Philly for and 2nd and 4th...

Florida overpaid New Jersey with a 2nd and 3rd for old man Jaromir Jagr...

Pittsburgh added some bulk with Daniel Winnik for a prospect a 2nd and a 4th...

-In other Hockey related news...Many Americans fell in love with watching T.J. Oshie in the Olympics...He plays the game well in all aspects...And he does some other cool stuff...Just watch!





We don't get to see enough of these stories in the sports world...We get far too many stories of domestic abuse, drug use, DUI's, assault, and other idiot shit....Hell, I've heard more about a tape that may exist involving Dez Bryant, in the last week, then I have about athletes doing good deeds in the last 6 months...So is the problem the athletes? the Media? Or our voyeuristic need to catch people doing bad shit?  Probably a combination of them all...

I know in my posts I hit on the negative more then the positive...So I'm going to start looking and searching some of these positive stories...

But that's after I do my Beatles Research...I saw this Sunday night after getting home from work...




I always blew off all the Beatles "Hidden Messages" stuff, but now I figure I'll be up until 3:00 AM digging into all of it...

That's it for now...

Have a week...

The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

That's another week down, and another week closer to St. Patrick's day...Some of you may not care about that...Piss off! I'm partying...And most of you non-Irish knuckle heads that dump on it, are the first to call off of work and get you Irish on for a day...So GO SCREW!!!
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Moving on to sports...My weekend started with a fun little family outing Friday night to the Lake Erie Monsters hockey game...(dollar dog night)...They are the minor league affiliate for the Colorado Avalanche...They beat the Rochester Americans 4-3 in a good physical game...Monsters goalie Jason Bacashua is without a doubt the star of the team...

Another big hit was the mascot...Now The team nickname is the Monsters...So why the f*ck is there a big eagle walking around as the mascot...He was taunted all night by my kids who kept calling him..."Chicken" The dummy responded to...My son said "hey chicken!" and he came over and gave both my monsters five...Dolt!

Now there are two topics in sports I hate...There's more, but two in particular...T.O. and A-Rod...Two first class douches...But I'm gonna give them a minute of my time this week....First T. douche O. I can't believe the Buffalo Bills signed this guy...I hope they apologized in advance to Trent Edwards...Poor bastard is in for a rough year!-

Next...A-Douche...I really hope he recovers from that bad case of whatever the hell that cum dumpster Madonna gave him...I want to see him back on the field getting booed, and shitting the bed in key situations...

Lets talk some NHL...This past we we had the BIG trade deadline...Who were winners...
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The Bruins adding Mark Recchi...He'll be a nice fit on either of the top two lines...Hell he's the winner...He went from a shit team to the Bruins...

I hate to say this...But the Penguins did well...Adding Bill Guerin fills a hole that has been there since they lost Ryan Malone...But even better was trading Ryan Whitney, and getting Chris Kunitz...Kunitz has had an immediate impact...

The Maple Leafs are trying to do their best at rebuilding...F*ck Burke!

The Columbus Blue Jackets finally weren't a seller....They Traded former #1 goalie Pascal LeClaire to Ottawa for forward Antoine Vermette...Vermette could possibly be that center that Rick Nash has been missing...The trade also showed the teams confidence in rookie goalie Steve Mason, who has been amazing this season....

Calgary made a big splash getting center Olli Jokinen, and defenseman Jordan Leopold....Jokinen, who it seems some team always wants to get rid of him will center the top line...Every year there is talk of this guy moving and helping a team win...Every year it doesn't workout...We shall see...

Jokinen who had been with the Coyotes, wasn't the only salary that was dumped in Phoenix...They also traded defenseman Derek Morris to the Rangers...For Petr Pruca, Nigel Dawes, and Dmitri Kalinin...Kalinin was another pussy Rangers defensemen...Morris is a little better...Hopefully he has more balls than Wade Redden, who the Blueshirts couldn't have traded for a bag of pucks...The Rangers also added Nik Antropov from Toronto...Great another underachiever...

(Morris and Antropov)

The Coyotes come out a winner in my book....Dumping loads of salary and picking up plenty of young talent and draft picks...

Just a couple loser...The Panthers will regret not trading Jay Bouwmeester...They aren't gonna do anything if they make the playoffs, and he'll be gone after the season...Minnesota should have moved Marian Gaborik...He's an amazing player...When his weak ass isn't hurt...They should have gotten something for him...Anything...(just my big mouth opinion here)

Back to the Rangers...Sean Avery is back with the Rangers, and I'm happy about it...The guy is an asshole, but....He's got great speed, good skills, and he pisses people off...Not on my team: He's a douche, and I hate him...On my team: He's a douche, and I love him...

The World Baseball Classic has started...I couldn't care less...I think this thing is stupid...It's the wrong time of the year to do it, and if the genius that I am was a manager...(wait for laughs)...I wouldn't let my players participate in it...

The Notre Dame Hockey news will be brief this week...The CCHA playoffs started this weekend...The Irish had a first round bye....Next weekend The Irish will take on the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks in a best of three series in South Bend...

So far The Notre Dame Baseball team is 5-4 in the early season tournaments...

That's it for now...Have a great week...

Later, The Beeze.