@Damian Rey I meant Gomez to the Angels. I read they were "in play" for him but that was before the Victorino trade.

That is the get of all gets for the Blue Jays. Alex Anthopoulos pretty much MUST deliver a World Series to Toronto within the next few years. Staked his name on it. And we all know what happens to GMs who spend a lot of money, and nothing happens.

Jose Reyes never worked out. Always injury prone. Maybe he can salvage something in Colorado.

They'd better still trade for a starter

BUT, BUT, YOU GOT JOURNEYMAN LATROY HAWKINS IN THE DEAL!

Reyes has been so friggen bad this year. I much would have rather they put Goins at short and acquire a syarter with the young arms they dealt.

Although the thought of a line up featuring Tulo, Encarnacion, Bautista, Donaldson and Martin just makes me giddy.

whoa now

let's see them make the playoffs first aight

But holy shit, Tulo. Huge trade to wake up to. That lineup is filthy.

<font color=goldenrod>As someone who has been dealing with "Tulo to the Mets" rumors for months on end...this feels sorta like a gut punch seeing as the prospects the Rockies got from the Jays sound a whole lot like the Nimmo and Montero types the Mets were reportedly willing to part with for Tulo.

But, this also goes along with what the Rockies had been saying all along. They weren't worried about moving Tulo to shed salary in the short-term. They wanted prospects AND a legitimate big league bat to replace Tulo with because they feel they can still win in the near future with Arenado, Blackmon, CarGo and the like. So while Reyes is a clear downgrade over Tulo, it's not like the Mets had a similar player to offer them. Reyes will be a washout from a salary standpoint but he does free up payroll a couple years down the line, earlier than Tulo would have.</font>

Toronto a joke. They needed a starter, not another bat.

Going to the os game tonight vs the Braves, first game this year

No lefties? KC'S pen will have their way with them.

They'll win games 7-5 rather than 5-3......in the regular season.

I'll be interested to see if this unconventional move pays off but it's been pretty well proven that winning in the playoffs is different from winning in the regular season. Going up against nothing but Frontline starters and dominant bullpen arms may mitigate alot of this offensive power in a playoff series.

<font color=goldenrod>Supposedly Tulowitzki told Rockies ownership very specifically that he did not want to go to the Mets.

Well...that's what having owners with a terrible reputation will do to you.</font>

Still plenty of time. And Reyes being dealt helps their pitching. Reyes has been AWFUL this year. I still want a starting pitcher though.

What's more impressive to me is that they were able to pull the trade off without trading Norris or Sanchez in the process

I have a feeling Norris is going to be gone.

<font color=goldenrod>Zobrist to the Royals</font>

Royals gearing up for another run to the World Series it seems.

Whoa. How do the White Sox have the same winning percentage as the Tigers? Something is wrong.

Nationals-Phillies near a deal for Jon Papelbon where the Nats would get Papelbon and in return the Phillies get a minor league pitcher. Phillies would also cover part of Papelbon's salary for the rest of this season and next season.


MLB Hall of Fame trimming the number of voters eligible by kicking out anyone who hasn't been an active writer for at least 10 years. Those who get removed can rejoin the voters list if they return to writing about the sport and meet a certain requirement.

Another condition of that trade is that Papelbon is the closer for the nationals.

Sucks for Drew Storen because he's become of the top closers in the game. Now gonna be knocked down a rung and will be the 8th inning guy.

<font color=goldenrod>Good thing Sandy got Clippard yesterday...because Jenrry Mejia just got suspended again. :|. 162 games. Not even 3 weeks after returning from his 80 game suspension.

Hope they just release him outright. If you're retarded enough to be suspended twice in one year you shouldn't play Major League Baseball.</font>

Hi Jenrry





Bye Jenrry

A lot of news in such a short amount of time.


Big news is that Mets pitcher Jenrry Mejia got slapped with a full season suspension for popping positive on a PED test. This is strike 2. DON'T JUMP, VITO! IT AIN'T WORTH IT


Papelblown gets his wish. Trade is official. Nats send Nick Pivetta over in exchange.


Angels acquire David Dejesus and David Murphy from the Rays and Indians.

<font color=goldenrod>Bautista pays tribute to former teammate Jose Reyes by blowing out his hamstring in the very first game after the trade.</font>

Hahaha I thought the tribute bit was dead serious till I got to the end. Well played.

Saw Chris Davis smash 2 hrs in the first 2 innings, was a pretty fun game

Was pissed about the Yankees game though. How the hell did the rangers give up 11 runs in 1 inning?

BLACKJACK!

But Chris Capuano didn't do any better.

Latos to Dodgers....Dodgers also get Morse from Miami

Reports say San Diego is about to do something "big"

Just speculation on my part but Castro and Soler are both out of the lineup for the Cubs today.

SPECULATION brewing that the White Sox are looking at being buyers now that they're in sniffing distance of a wildcard spot

Sure they will. This would be their MO. Take a meh team and sell out to make it a slightly better meh team with less of a future than they had previously.

I think it was just more along the lines of they might not get rid of Samardzija rather than being true buyers

That's wouldn't be the worst option since they would probably tender him a qualifying offer. Still better to trade a guy and get lottery tickets with better odds rather than a supplementary draft pick with far worse odds.

White Sox are always in a tough spot because they can't get people to the park with a good team. If they put up a white flag their attendance would be Expos level laughable.

The owner is also an old guy who probably isn't interested in going through a lengthy rebuilding process.

Their owner is notorious for skimping on draft picks and hating the idea of paying amateur talent.

As a Padres fan I'd much rather have Baez over Castro.

I would be shocked if the Cubs traded Soler. James Sheilds better be coming in return.

Or Tyson Ross

Its sort of odd that Soler is out of the lineup. He's been producing the last week. I haven't heard of an injury.

<font color=goldenrod>Tigers are out of their minds if they don't unload Price by Friday. I know they pulled out a pretty fluky win today when they seemed primed to be perfect game'd by Chris Archer, but still.

It just seems irresponsible to not move him. Their farm system is totally barren and a Price trade would go a long way to giving it a jolt. Those "untouchable" prospects teams like the Dodgers and Yankees have talked about? I guarantee one of them will cave and include a stud prospect or two if Price suddenly becomes available. And let's be real...no matter what Price says about wanting to stay in Detroit, we know he'll go to the highest bidder in the offseason. And that's probably going to be a team like the Dodgers with their unlimited money cheat code.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>I can understand why the owner would be hesitant to sell, though. He's 86 and has said repeatedly that his last goal in life is to get Detroit a title. He doesn't have a lot of time left and trading Price is basically admitting defeat.

But the rebuild was gonna need to start next year, anyway. Sucks because I actually pull for the Tigers (close family friend is a diehard, long-suffering Detroit sports fan).</font>

I'm firmly off the "Sell" bandwagon. If you think about it, the Tigers have so much money tied up in VMart, JV, and Miggy regardless of anything else, so even if they unload Price and Cespedes they aren't going to be able to truly "rebuild" for a few years anyway. Might as well keep pushing since they're already all-in anyway.

They won't get a top-tier prospect for 2 months of Price.

Yankees DFA Chris Capuano.

Here I was thinking something was in the works. Instead another minor leaguer got called up to take his spot

<font color=goldenrod>A month or so I would have agreed but some of the teams closer to playoff spots right now have some pretty glaring needs in the rotation. I could honestly see a team caving at the last minute. It's happened before with these deadline deals.

I wouldn't begrudge them if they kept Price and it came out that the offers they were getting are underwhelming. But they need to at least explore it rather than just resigning themselves as buyers no matter what.

Unless their "we're buyers" talk was simply to drive up Price's price (lol) to interested teams. Love trade deadline rumors.</font>

Mike Hessman ties the record for most HR all time in the minors with 432.

Having that record would probably make me want to kill myself

Cubs have traded Brian Schlitter to the Tigers for David Price and Cespedes

Frank is a hater. White Sox are going to pass the Twinkies up.

Hey Vito, at the top of the MLBTR page the Mets nearing a "big trade" for a "big bat". Any guesses as to who?

Oh, and the Mat Latos trade is on hold due to someone's medicals raising a red flag.

<font color=goldenrod>I'm gonna guess Jay Bruce. Mets have been scouting him heavily and reportedly offered Zack Wheeler for him last week and got turned down. Reds are said to not be looking to move Bruce, but if the Mets upped their offer they might have reconsidered.

Dunno how I'd feel about Bruce. He'd be an upgrade, certainly. But probably not worth the "OMG HUGE TRADE" hype that's been going around. Also his numbers away from Great American Ballpark are really not that good. He also hasn't played CF since 2008 so assuming he and Grandy are gonna cover the corner OF it'll spend a quick end to Michael Conforto's stint in the big leagues.</font>

Tulo goes yard in his second at bat.

Chatter going around is that it's Carlos Gomez, Vito.

<font color=goldenrod>I'd jump for joy at Gomez. He's not having anywhere near as good of a year as last year, but the dude should be motivated coming to a contender. Plus he's under contract for next year and should be motivated to cash in for the big payday in 2017.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Man...Bartolo Colon is such an easy guy to root for but he just seems done. Dude pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball last time out and his ERA over his last 7 starts is still close to 7.00

Collins probably only left him in as long as he did tonight because he was too busy checking the trade rumors in the dugout like everybody else.</font>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mets?src=hash">#Mets</a> close to acquiring THIS &quot;big bat&quot; <a href="http://t.co/rjcXAAYCrP">pic.twitter.com/rjcXAAYCrP</a></p>&mdash; Orioles Fan Problems (@OriolesFanProbz) <a href="https://twitter.com/OriolesFanProbz/status/626537517366542336">July 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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White Sox are so making the wild card this year. Team is finally playing as projected.

<font color=goldenrod>Brewers: RHP Zack Wheeler and SS Wilmer Flores
Mets get: OF Carlos Gomez

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG</font>

Mets are pushing hard for Carlos Gomez. That'd be a huge pickup for them. Juan Ligares would be going back to Milwaukee, who also want a top starter.

EDIT: too slow lol

Fucking mlbtr is having a major server issue

<font color=goldenrod>They're still reviewing medicals apparently. So Flores is still out there playing SS. Take him out NOW. Don't risky anything, Collins.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Honestly this just feels like a heist for the Mets if it's just Flores and Wheeler. Flores has been horrible on defense and his bat has been non-existent for over a month.

Wheeler won't be back until June at the earliest. I think he has the chance to develop into an incredible pitcher and I wish him the best, but the Mets have an embarrassment of pitching riches right now. And let's be real...no team in baseball could afford to keep Harvey, deGrom, Thor, Matz, AND Wheeler once they all hit their arbitration years. They needed to move someone. Plus they evidently kept Michael Fulmer who might be their next big arm on the horizon.

And they somehow kept Lagares too, evidently. They may as well just give him Tommy John Surgery. He no longer has a starting spot and it's clear his elbow has been bothering him all year.</font>

Gomez hasn't exactly been lighting it up and he's a shit magnet

<font color=goldenrod>Gomez has also been playing for a team whose season was basically over by mid-April.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Feel like the trade might help reinvigorate him. And even if he struggles a bit, he's a Boras guy going into a contract year next season. He'll be fired up.</font>

Chris Rose on IT said Puig should get traded to Baltimore

Can't see it happening.

I'd rather they try for Cespedes

Anyone interested in some <s>really shitty</s> slightly used pitchers from the Red Sox?

No need to worry about arm fatigue with most of them since they barely pitch that many innings per game. Might even be able to convince the Sox to add in a box of Fenway franks with every deal as a sweetener.

<font color=goldenrod>Flores about to get an AB in a blowout game after supposedly being traded. Please please please don't get hit.</font>

Terry Collins is a horrible manager

Why is Collins running him out there while he's in tears. Isn't there another SS that Flores splits the position with??

Terry Collins might be the worst m manager in baseball.

<font color=goldenrod>@Ken_Rosenthal: Asked official involved with Gomez trade why Flores is still in game. Reply: “No deal is done. The entire world has jumped the gun.”

fuck my life</font>

Was the crowd chanting his name or something? Why would he cry? Really funny to keep him in the game though when everyone knows he will be gone after.

<font color=goldenrod>Ruben Tejada is the main guy at SS...in fact he's started at SS practically every day for the last month.

I know he needs a day off...but jesus. Could they not have let him play a couple of innings?</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Wilmer's one of those Latin players who signed really young. He's been with the Mets organization since he was 16, and now 8 years later and after being hyped as one of their top young hitters he's being traded for the first time. I can understand being emotional.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>And now Hamels is going to the Rangers.

HOT FUCKING TRADE DEADLINE STOVE</font>

I wonder if Philly got Profar or Gallo or both.

<font color=goldenrod>lol no Met had hit 3 homers in a home game until Kirk Nieuwenhuis did it 2 and a half weeks ago.

17 nights later, and now Duda has done it...all solo shots in a 7-3 blowout loss.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>If Wheeler's medicals are holding this thing up, there's every chance that it isn't even completed before tomorrow's 12 PM game finishes.

Poor Wilmer may need to sit in the dugout all game just like Latos and Morse with Miami tonight.</font>

Apparently Gallo or Profar are not a part of the Hamels deal.

mmmmmnope. They'll be done by the end of August. They're 6.5 games behind the Astros and only 5.5 ahead of the Red Sox. That's where they are AFTER a six game winning streak. They still need to leapfrog 5 other teams, dude.

Kenny will do what he's good at. He'll make a trade for some crappy old guy with a name (Jr Grif, Youk, Brett Myers, Carl Everett, an Alomar brother) and you guys will get a half chub over it.

<font color=goldenrod>Collins was absolutely fucking FUMING in the postgame. Says nobody at any point called him about any agreed upon trade, hence why he kept Flores in the whole time. Flores himself had no idea why he got a standing O in the 7th and found out about the trade from a fan in the crowd.

There's always been a huge disconnect between Collins and the front office and stuff like this proves it. While I'm often not a fan of Terry's managerial decisions, you can tell he cares about his players. He is so pissed off that he had to put Flores through that.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>And the trade is now off.

I quit.</font>

Trying to figure out why the Rangers would trade for him, makes no sense.

Lol

He has 3 years on his deal and the Rangers will be good next year.

No one puts Wilmer in a corner!

<font color=goldenrod>All evidence pointed to the trade being 100% agreed upon from a player standpoint. Only holdup was Wheeler's medicals. He just had TJS in March so I presumed the Brewers wanted to see how he was doing in his recovery.

So yeah. Now we know Wheeler is basically untradeable because he clearly isn't far along in recovery yet. Flores' confidence is probably shot beyond repair. And teams now have an idea of what it will take to land Gomez. The Mets should have the talent to get something done...but it won't be someone as good as Gomez.

I don't even think I care anymore. What an absolute gut punch.</font>

The Os are only 1 game out of the wild card

Apparently Rangers were not the top choice for the Phillies in the Hammels deal since they liked the Astros offer more but Cole Hammels killed it with his no trade clause.

<font color=goldenrod>Alderson is the one that nixed the trade. Over concerns of Gomez' hip.

What an absolute fucking joke.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Sorry I'm going off in this thread but this is by far the biggest slap in the face the Mets have ever given to their fans. Gomez has been fucking fine and would have single-handedly transformed a lineup that badly needed a big time hitter. And they were going to get him for a shortstop playing terribly (and who had his confidence systematically killed as a result of this leak) and a pitcher who won't be back until June next year.

If they don't get a big bat by 4 PM on Friday I am finished watching Mets baseball this year. At a certain point the front office needs to stop being a bunch of fucking pussies.</font>

I'm sorry Vito. You need a hug you handsome man?

Mor like gun shy. Wheeler isn't as good as any of the current young studs they're currently using. And yes, Flores, a below average bat who doesn't rate well defensively is certainly expendable. I don't get it. Gomez may have been arguably the best player they could've acquired for such little talent in exchange.

<font color=goldenrod>It's fucking gutless. That trade was an absolute heist. Gomez has missed all of one game since June 23. Even if something did happen with his hip, he's only signed through 2016. He wouldn't break the bank and fuck them over for years and years if he had gotten hurt like Tulo would have. What Gomez could have potentially provided far exceeds what anyone else in the current Mets lineup is capable of.

And I like Wheeler a lot...but jesus christ. If there was ever a great time to cash in on him, it's now. They still would have had Harvey, deGrom, Thor, Matz, Niese, Fulmer, Montero, Verrett, Ynoa, and the rest. They have SO much pitching. And given how salaries have been increasing there's not a chance in hell they'll be able to keep all of the established guys in that group once they all reach arbitration.

Unless Gomez had an inoperable tumor on the base of his spine, this was a fucking horrible decision that sends the completely wrong message to the entire fanbase.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>And to top all that off, I bet Gomez goes to the Cards or something now and tears shit up. Because why not?</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Hopefully all of the people reading my rants in the tri-state area did so in Mike Francesa's voice.</font>

I don't know anything about the prospects coming here for Hamels, but I can dig getting Matt Harrison.

And JAKE DIEKMAN WAS TRADED. FUCK YES. GOOD RIDDANCE, YOU BUM!

Great. Yanks are in Texas for 1 more game. What are the chances Hamels gets the start?

Checked my phone this morning and heard the Gomez trade got eighty-sixed. Tough break for Vito and the Mets. But here's hoping they grab someone else.

MEANWHILE.


The Mat Latos trade finally got done. Somehow the Braves got in the mix and this became a 3-team deal.

Dodgers get: Mat Latos, Mike Morse, Jose Peraza, Alex Wood, Jim Johnson, and Luis Avilan.

Braves get: Hector Olivera, Paco Rodriguez, and Zachary Bird

Marlins get: Kevin Guzman, Jeff Brigham, and Victor Araujo.

They need to get past the Twinkies, Os, and Blue Jays. None of those teams are excellent. The White Sox were suppose to be contenders for a reason.

But you seem to be one of those disillusioned Chicago people that is a Sox/Cub fan and hates the other team for no reason. You do notice that Cubs are 2.5 back from the second wildcard spot right? How many games are the Sox down by? 2.5.

I would also rather be in a race for a spot against a bunch of mediocre teams than the Giants (And Mets).

<font color=goldenrod>Remember the episode of The League where Ruxin's hot wife promises him special sex only to find porn on his computer and then tell him "no special sex. not now. not ever."

That was basically me last night.

"I feel like I have 10 pounds of pudding inside of me"</font> :(