Julio Lugo To The Braves
Today the Tampa Tribune’s Scott Carter again brought up the idea of the Rays trading Julio Lugo. This time, he named names: "While it remains too early to determine whether any of those players will...
View ArticleBraves Deal Estrada For Cormier And Villarreal
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports continues to scoop the vast majority of trades going on at the Winter Meetings. This time, he's telling us that the Braves sent Johnny Estrada to the Diamondbacks for Lance...
View ArticleBrewers finally making some noise
Doug Davis was known to be on the trading block…Johnny Estrada was known to be on the trading block…but I don’t think anybody expected the two of them to switch places. The Brewers traded Davis, lefty...
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Odds and Ends: Hot Stove Hysteria
Anyone else ready for the Winter Meetings? It’s going to be a crazy four days. I’ll be blogging all of it nonstop. Here are some links to consider in the meantime. Play MLBTR’s Hot Stove Hysteria...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: Kendall, Matsui, Fukumori
Here are some non A-Rod/Lowell rumors from today… MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy says the Brewers are interested in Jason Kendall. Kendall is somehow seeking a two-year deal. The Rockies are in on him as...
View ArticleMets Acquire Estrada For Mota
UPDATE: Non-tendering Estrada is still an option for the Mets, but they’ve unloaded Mota’s contract. The Mets may shop around for better options, knowing they have an adequate fallback. According to...
View ArticleHeyman’s Latest: Santana, Haren, Estrada
Jon Heyman checks in with a couple of notable points. Heyman sets odds for Johan Santana, going with the Yankees and then Red Sox. I’ll let you click through for the rest. While we’d recently heard...
View ArticleMets Rumors: Kuroda, Livan, Estrada, Colon
UPDATE, 12-4-07 at 5:49pm: Jayson Stark says the Mets haven’t talked to the the A’s or Orioles at all in Nashville, meaning no talks for Haren or Bedard as of yet. FROM 12-4-07 at 8:05am: What’s...
View ArticleNationals Rumors: Colon, Fukumori
MLB.com’s Bill Ladson has a handful of Nationals rumors tonight. As you know, Damian Miller, Johnny Estrada, and Miguel Montero have been targeted at the catcher position. The Nats want to sign Bartolo...
View ArticleToday’s Non-tenders: Towers, Prior, Everett, Durbin
Tim’s out for the night, so we’ve got a fresh post started for the non-tenders. MLB.com has a running list as well. These guys are the officials as of now: As expected, the Marlins non-tendered...
View ArticlePirates Looking For Catching Help
Ronny Paulino. The Pirates’ backstop turns 27 in April and sports a career OPS of .730 (NL average for the position in ’07 was .712). Paulino nailed 26.7% of baserunners in ’07 and 36.2% in ’06. For...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: Estrada, Payton, Kielty
Random rumors from the day… The Bucs are set with their starting five, unless they can trade Matt Morris. Dejan Kovacevic adds that the Pirates and Johnny Estrada have mutual interest but haven’t...
View ArticlePirates Rumors: Snell, Estrada, Villone
John Perrotto had some new Pirates’ rumblings in yesterday morning’s column. Don’t be so quick to dismiss the Ian Snell to Seattle rumor. Perrotto acknowledges it, noting that the Mariners would offer...
View ArticleJohnny Estrada Signs With Nationals
According to MLB.com’s Bill Ladson, the Nationals signed catcher Johnny Estrada to a one-year, $1.25MM deal. Estrada had been close to a deal with the Pirates. Ladson’s source says the signing is not...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: Helms, Bako, Crisp
I am going to toss today’s non-Santana odds and ends into this post. Paul Hagen runs through some possibilities for the likely-to-be-traded Wes Helms: Marlins, Rays, Twins, Giants, and A’s. Any teams...
View ArticleEstrada Designated For Assignment
To make room for Lastings Milledge, the Nationals designated catcher Johnny Estrada for assignment yesterday. Estrada, 32, signed a one-year $1.25MM deal with the Nats in January. He hit...
View ArticleWeek In Review: 7/20 – 7/26
This one will be a bit lengthy, which can be expected as the deadline approaches. Here’s a review of some of the major moves and rumors of the last week: The Yankees acquired Xavier Nady and Damaso...
View ArticleDiscussion: The Yankees’ Catcher
3:11pm: It's official now; as MLB.com's B.J. Rains reports, Molina's headed to the DL. 11:27am: When the Yankees lost Jorge Posada to the DL for two to three weeks, Jose Molina became their starter....
View ArticleGM Initiation: Josh Byrnes
We're kicking off a new series here at MLBTR called GM Initiation. Each post in the series will look at a general manager's first trade. Josh Byrnes was hired as Diamondbacks GM on October 28th, 2005....
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