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HUGE TRADE OMGZORZ!!!

Jul 22, 2009 12:41

So, apparently...

The Sox just acquired Adam Laroche from the Pirates.

The rumored haul is single A pitcher Yeiper Castillo and a PTBNL. Sounds like a textbook salary dump. I'm not in love with it and expect Laroche to have a short life here, but hey, if we're not giving up anything of value I guess it's worth a shot?

ETA: Castillo was apparently not ( Read more... )

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ashonaut July 22 2009, 16:49:55 UTC

This seems remarkably random..

mattsetsfire July 22 2009, 17:22:38 UTC

another ex-pirate

twoseamfastball July 22 2009, 17:42:10 UTC

Aw, this makes me sad. Just 'cause I liked the idea of the LaRoches playing together.

hallwayjulie July 22 2009, 17:50:52 UTC

I know! I feel like they can't be split up now for some reason.

twoseamfastball July 22 2009, 19:49:21 UTC

I present to you the LaRoche brothers, riding a Bactrian camel.

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hallwayjulie July 23 2009, 01:30:09 UTC

I....oh my God, this is fantastic.

sinsterminister July 22 2009, 18:15:20 UTC

This trade doesn't make a ton of sense, unless they're really counting on LaRoche having a great 2nd half and Lowell to get hurt again - then again, they may not be done dealing.

In another note - if the Orioles play half as shitty as they're playing against the Yankees this week, a 3-game series against them will be just what the doctor ordered.

durandal_1707 July 22 2009, 20:29:24 UTC

I like Mike Lowell a lot for what he's done (WSMVP '07, etc.), but this year he's been terrible in the field (-8.2 UZR, 3rd to last in all of baseball) and getting worse with the bat - he's at 101 OPS+ right now but I don't see that improving in the second half with the re-aggravated hip injury.

shady_lamarr July 22 2009, 20:27:30 UTC

And it continues to be just a great few days for Pittsburgh sports fans. The Pirates can't even afford to pay their MEDIOCRE players, let alone great ones...

That's okay. We clearly have no needs for a excellent defensive shortstop.

But, yeah, Diaz was hitting .250 in the minors with no home runs, so his bat will probably never strong enough to be a major league starter. I don't even think I've HEARD of this Strickland guide, not even a blurb in "Boston Baseball."

Bill Simmons once wrote that one of the reasons he liked fantasy sports were the random trades done for the heck of it, how he wanted Theo Epstein announcing a trade and then ending it with "I have absolutely no idea why we just did this."

If there ever was a time to break that out...

saverlak July 22 2009, 23:25:21 UTC

Um, he's better than Kotsay and can platoon with Lowell? Seems reason enough to me.

I like this Dugout. hallwayjulie July 23 2009, 01:32:53 UTC

The Most Even Trade Ever.

Re: I like this Dugout. shady_lamarr July 23 2009, 02:33:06 UTC

Man, remember those Francour to the Red Sox rumors? Man was that a frightening idea... I was so glad when they eventually swapped him with the Mets for Ryan Church, I've never been so relieved at a Nationa League only trade in all of my life

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