So why did this Trade deadline produce....

Riverdawg · 07-31-2006, 04:18 PM

a lot of hot air and not a lot of activity?

I know its 15 minutes past the deadline, but it appears to me that this year's Trade deadline was a lot of smoke by the GM's with buffoons like Jayson Stark falling for it and making it sound like its really going to happen. Pretty disappointed in this year's trade activity....

crackpott · 07-31-2006, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverdawg

a lot of hot air and not a lot of activity?

I know its 15 minutes past the deadline, but it appears to me that this year's Trade deadline was a lot of smoke by the GM's with buffoons like Jayson Stark falling for it and making it sound like its really going to happen. Pretty disappointed in this year's trade activity....

There was nothing out there to be traded for. Everyone wanted pitching and all the pitchers available suck.

abailey3313 · 07-31-2006, 04:20 PM

The Rangers acquired Matt Stairs though!

abailey3313 · 07-31-2006, 04:21 PM

Per CBS Sportsline:

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The biggest prize of the trade deadline, Alfonso Soriano, will remain a member of the Nationals.

Erik W. · 07-31-2006, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by abailey3313

Per CBS Sportsline:

Apparently because The Worst Gm In Baseball History was making outrageous demands for him.

Riverdawg · 07-31-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Azamien

Apparently because The Worst Gm In Baseball History was making outrageous demands for him.

Do you blame him after what the Reds gave up for those 2 Relief pitchers?

molarmite · 07-31-2006, 04:42 PM

We need Peter Gammons back!

molarmite · 07-31-2006, 04:47 PM

Asked if he was ever close to a deal, Washington GM Jim Bowden said no.

"At the end of the day, it was a very simple decision keeping Alfonso Soriano," Bowden said.

APujols5 · 07-31-2006, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

Asked if he was ever close to a deal, Washington GM Jim Bowden said no.

"At the end of the day, it was a very simple decision keeping Alfonso Soriano," Bowden said.

I blame Cincy for the lack of big deals... That horrible BS trade with the Nats screwed things up beyond belief. All of a sudden MRs became super valuable

Skipaway · 07-31-2006, 04:55 PM

I think it's already a lot of deals considering the players available.

HoustonGM · 07-31-2006, 04:55 PM

Mets got Linebrink for Oliver Perez and Heath bell.

EDIT: Apparantly, its not true.

Skipaway · 07-31-2006, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by APujols5

I blame Cincy for the lack of big deals... That horrible BS trade with the Nats screwed things up beyond belief. All of a sudden MRs became super valuable

Not really. Still lots of relievers traded, and none as unbalanced as that trade.

andymac · 07-31-2006, 05:05 PM

I'm not sure what you were expecting. This year seemed pretty normal as far as activity/major trades right at the trade deadline.

BlackHatCowboy · 07-31-2006, 05:06 PM

Considering what Bowden was being offered, I'm laughing hysterically at the moron.

Jonzard · 07-31-2006, 05:08 PM

Subtracting Kyle Lohse from the Twins was the biggest deadline addition ever!

molarmite · 07-31-2006, 05:13 PM

But we still have to pay some of his contract.

Jonzard · 07-31-2006, 05:14 PM

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But we still have to pay some of his contract.

I'd gladly pay him to not pitch for us again.

magnet · 07-31-2006, 05:34 PM

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I'd gladly pay him to not pitch for us again.

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andymac · 07-31-2006, 05:41 PM

I don't really understand the hating on Lohse. He has been a pretty decent back of the rotation guy for 3 or 4 years and while the results havn't been good this season, his periphials actually aren't that bad. Some of his problems this year seem to be simply bad luck. I would bet he rebounds and becomes a productive middle-to-back of the rotation guy again pretty quickly.

magnet · 07-31-2006, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by andymac

I don't really understand the hating on Lohse. He has been a pretty decent back of the rotation guy for 3 or 4 years and while the results havn't been good this season, his periphials actually aren't that bad. Some of his problems this year seem to be simply bad luck. I would bet he rebounds and becomes a productive middle-to-back of the rotation guy again pretty quickly.

I guess you don't watch many Twins games then.

07-31-2006, 04:18 PM	#1
Riverdawg Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Woodstock...not NY Posts: 198	So why did this Trade deadline produce.... a lot of hot air and not a lot of activity? I know its 15 minutes past the deadline, but it appears to me that this year's Trade deadline was a lot of smoke by the GM's with buffoons like Jayson Stark falling for it and making it sound like its really going to happen. Pretty disappointed in this year's trade activity.... __________________ "The ball didn't do its job. I did my job. The ball didn't do its job," - Coca Crisp comments after he dropped a routine fly ball during a home opener for the Cleveland Indians on April 12, 2004. Last edited by Riverdawg; 07-31-2006 at 09:18 PM.

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abailey3313 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,718	The Rangers acquired Matt Stairs though! __________________

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molarmite Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,927	Asked if he was ever close to a deal, Washington GM Jim Bowden said no. "At the end of the day, it was a very simple decision keeping Alfonso Soriano," Bowden said. __________________ From the wise mind of Davey Eckstein "Now all you need is a signature. A quote or initial, perhaps." [

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Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	I think it's already a lot of deals considering the players available. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

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HoustonGM Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 448	Mets got Linebrink for Oliver Perez and Heath bell. EDIT: Apparantly, its not true. Last edited by HoustonGM; 07-31-2006 at 05:10 PM.

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andymac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Effingham, IL Posts: 5,725	I'm not sure what you were expecting. This year seemed pretty normal as far as activity/major trades right at the trade deadline. __________________ June Madness: Links FTB: andymac

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BlackHatCowboy Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wichita Posts: 94	Considering what Bowden was being offered, I'm laughing hysterically at the moron.

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Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Subtracting Kyle Lohse from the Twins was the biggest deadline addition ever! __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

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molarmite Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,927	But we still have to pay some of his contract. __________________ From the wise mind of Davey Eckstein "Now all you need is a signature. A quote or initial, perhaps." [

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andymac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Effingham, IL Posts: 5,725	I don't really understand the hating on Lohse. He has been a pretty decent back of the rotation guy for 3 or 4 years and while the results havn't been good this season, his periphials actually aren't that bad. Some of his problems this year seem to be simply bad luck. I would bet he rebounds and becomes a productive middle-to-back of the rotation guy again pretty quickly. __________________ June Madness: Links FTB: andymac