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Anyone know the chances of us signing Goodwin? That'd be a hell of a draft.

QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 04:07 PM) So basically this trade is Hart for Grabow. Not bad for either team....not great but not bad. Don't know much about the 3rd baseman but both Gorzo and Ascanio are bums. Harrison seems to have some potential, his minor league numbers suggest he could be a Chone Figgins-esque 3b.

Pirates get Kevin Hart and Jose Ascanio. http://espn.go.com/chicago/ Ed Price tweets that 3b Josh Harrison is in the deal as well.

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=4366949

http://trades.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/07...e_sherrill.html There goes one of our targets.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 12:48 PM) The Reds suck. Why would they want Rolen? To suck less. Neither the Cards nor the Cubs are exactly great teams. I guess they figure that they can contend.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 12:40 PM) No way it is Alonso for Rolen straight up. And if so I really really really think the Sox need to consider moving Dye, Thome, and maybe even Alexei. Imagine what Konerko would bring in in that kind of market, or hell, if teams are getting this loose with prospects, offer Alexei to Boston for Lars and Bowden.

http://twitter.com/elliottbaseball/status/2934039889 "Looks like Rolen to Reds has a "good chance" of getting done"

http://soxblog.projo.com/2009/07/dodgers-now-fro.html Please shop Dye, Konerko and Alexei, Kenny. This is insane. First Alderson for Sanchez, now Yonder Alonso for Scott Rolen?!

We need a spark, now would be a great time for Ozzie to blow up. That's actually worked well the past couple years.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 06:40 PM) Screw that, make him play it out and show he can actually hit again. It's not like he was lighting it up this season prior to getting injured. If anything, this season's struggles will keep him from making a killing in arbitration. There's a good chance we can luck out and get 2008's version of Q! for cheap.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 06:11 PM) They are always playing for 3 years away. That is the problem. But now they actually have some promise with Alderson, Morton, McCutchen, Duke, Alvarez, Doumit, Milledge, etc.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 05:40 PM) No thanks. I'd rather be going for a division title than selling off our players for prospects that we don't know will pan out. The Pirates just got a stud 20 year old pitcher for an expensive free-agent-to-be in Freddy Sanchez. We could get a king's ransom if we were to shop a guy like Alexei. Imagine what Boston would offer us for him. Or hell, we could've probably snagged Alderson + more for Dye.

QUOTE (tommy @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 05:18 PM) Who would want Alexei ? Boston.

Wow. Pirates are having a great day. http://twitter.com/Dejan_Kovacevic/status/2918548271 I can't believe that the Giants would give up Alderson.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 02:33 PM) Pirates have offered Sanchez a 3 year deal to stay in Pittsburgh. If he doesn't accept, the trade to the Giants will go through. Sanchez was actually the one who proposed the deal, but the Pirates declined it.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 01:37 PM) OK. Like I said, it does make sense...change of scenary for two player still with some potential. And absolutely Pie would be an upgrade over Wise...If the Sox landed Pie, it would possibly mean Wise would be released. Pie is still quite young, but has been no better in baltimore since leaving the Flubs. Cub hype may have ruined him. I seem to remember hearing about a Fields for Pie swap right after Beckham took over, sound familiar to anyone else?

Pirates are adding a "significant amount" of money according to the guy who broke this deal. Snell was a solid pitcher a couple years back, a change of scenery and a huge ballpark may help him out.

Cedeno is the only player staying up, Clement to AAA. Goldstein & Jonathon Mayo both like the deal for Pittsburgh.

Seattle giving up some pretty nice looking arms in Lorin and Pribanic.

Mariners get Ian Snell too. Clement, Ronny Cedeno, Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin and Nathan Adcock going to Pittsburgh. http://twitter.com/Dejan_Kovacevic/status/2912445065

Pittsburgh is doing some good things, getting Charlie Morton and Jeff Clement this year is really going to help them in the future.

http://twitter.com/Dejan_Kovacevic/status/2912373875 Interesting, all this talk of the Mariners being sellers and then they go out and grab a solid SS.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 09:30 AM) Does adding Poreda to the deal make it somewhat more likely? I think the Jays would ask for Alexei, Flowers, Richard and Poreda. Probably more. They're nuts. The guy isn't moving.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 09:26 AM) Ricciardi laughs at your pitiful offer and counters with Alexei, Fields, Richard and the rest of the team for Halladay and Rios straight up Negotiations break down when KW is told that Roberto Alomar is no longer in Toronto.