The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired starting pitcher Joe Blanton from the Oakland A’s for three minor leaguers. The Phils have been trying to shore up their rotation for weeks, inquiring on CC Sabathia and AJ Burnett before landing the 5-12 starter who sports a 4.96 ERA.
For Oakland, this marks the second trade of a starter [...]

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The Cleveland Indians have dealt ace pitcher, and reigning Cy Young award winner, CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for a package of 4 prospects. The Brewers will now have one of the best 1-2 punches in the league by pairing Sabathia with ace Ben Sheets. However, the Brew Crew also gave up an impressive [...]

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The Philadelphia Phillies have signed closer Brad Lidge to a 3 year $37.5 million contract extension. Lidge, acquired last offseason from the Houston Astros would have been a free agent at the end of the year but instead will anchor the Phillies bullpen for the next few years.
Lidge has been perfect in save opportunities so [...]

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Jayson Stark’s most recent column on ESPN.com stated that the Mariners are letting it be known that Erik Bedard is available.
Now of course, this is the same Erik Bedard that cost the Mariners a package of 5 players, including Adam Jones. However, his performance this year 4-4 with a 4.14 ERA hasn’t exactly been the [...]

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The injury riddled outfield of the New York Mets received some reinforcements over the weekend when the club dealt for journeyman Trot Nixon from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nixon had been playing for Arizona’s Triple-A club but will be looking to resurrect his major league career for the Mets. The move was brought about by injuries [...]

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ESPN.com is reporting that the Florida Marlins have come to terms with shortstop Hanley Ramirez on a six year extension reportedly worth $70 million.
Ramirez who has played absolutely lights out since entering the big leagues and winning the Rookie of the Year award in 2006, would have been eligible for arbitration and would have undoubtedly [...]

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The San Diego Padres have released veteran outfielder Jim Edmonds. The 37 year old Gold-Glover was acquired in the offseason from the St. Louis Cardinals along with $2 million in exchange for third base prospect David Freese. While Edmonds’ health concerns were a well known issue, the outfielder’s lack of production seemed to surprise the [...]

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have released veteran starting pitcher Matt Morris despite owing the hurler more than $9 million. Morris, who was acquired by the Pirates last year at the trade deadline, was off to a horrible start this year going 0-4 with an ERA over 9. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he failed to [...]

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The Cincinnati Reds have fired General Manager Wayne Krivsky and replaced him with former Cardinals GM, Walt Jockety. The move apparently came as a surprise to Krivsky although he’s probably the only one. The writing was on the wall when Jockety, the former St. Louis Cardinals GM, was hired on as a special assistant in [...]

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