Category Archives: Trades

Trade Analysis: Jon Rauch

Diamondbacks get: Jon Rauch Nationals get: Emilio Bonifacio This one flew under the radar, and I’m still trying to figure out how Arizona was able to pluck Rauch from the Nats for so little in a market that had relievers … Continue reading

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Trade Analysis: Randy Wolf

Astros get: Randy Wolf Padres get: Chad Reineke A head-scratcher if there ever was one. With the Astros 14 games out of first place and fighting both the Pirates and the Reds to stay out of the cellar, it’s curious … Continue reading

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Trade Analysis: Ray Durham

Brewers get: Ray Durham Giants get: Darren Ford and Steve Hammond This deal happened more than a week ago, so you can argue that it’s not a “deadline deal”. We’ll give it a quick overview anyway. A nice deal for … Continue reading

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Deadline Insanity

The Manny sweepstakes was crazy enough. Every ten minutes a deal was on, off, dead, on again, expanded, reduced, on, off, etc. In the end, the Dodgers gave up next to nothing, the Red Sox added two Major Leaguers to … Continue reading

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Paging Omar Minaya

Mr. Minaya, Mr. Minaya … Paging Mr. Minaya … Mr. Minaya, please pick up a house phone … Mr. Minaya, Mr. Minaya … Oh crap … it appears that Omar slept through the snooze alarm. Or maybe his cell phone … Continue reading

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Trades Analysis

We will be going over every “deadline” deal eventually — most likely tomorrow, once the smoke clears. In the meantime, you can listen to me speak about the deadline on Gotham Nation by clicking on the widget to the right, … Continue reading

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No Deal for the Mets

There is one hour left before the trading deadline, but my very reliable sources tell me that there will be no deal made by the Mets today. So there you have it.

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Hear My Take on the Deadline

Today Mark Healey and I are doing a special radio show to go over the madness of the trade deadline. Listen to us between 2pm and 3pm here: Gotham Sports Radio You can also call in with your questions and … Continue reading

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