It's 10:11 p.m., and Timmy P has not made a move (UPDATE: But he's trying...)
Less than 15 hours until the waivers-free trade deadline, and the Astros' roster remains unchanged. For the sake of the Astros' championship aspirations, I sure hope that the team's recent hot streak has not convinced the front office that no moves are required. Mark my words: if the Astros' don't add a significant bat, they will not win a postseason series.
It seems to me that usually the teams most "rumored" to make a big deal do nothing on Deadline Day, so here's guessing that Manny Ramirez stays in Boston. I think that Alfonso Soriano will be the biggest name traded, and I am figuring he'll end up in New York with the Mets.
UPDATE: Jose de Jesus Ortiz reports that Seattle octogenarian Jaime Moyer has vetoed a trade to the Astros. Moyer, sporting a 4.33 ERA at spacious SafeCo Field, would have been an interesting match for MMP and the Crawford Boxes, with his left-handed delivery and his 75 mph fastball. Unless the Astros were getting Moyer for Duckworth, I'm very relieved that this deal was nixed. I really do not see Moyer as "the piece" for which the Astros are looking. Now if they could have gotten Moyer and flipped him to the Yankees for a bat...(hat tip: Baseball Primer)
It seems to me that usually the teams most "rumored" to make a big deal do nothing on Deadline Day, so here's guessing that Manny Ramirez stays in Boston. I think that Alfonso Soriano will be the biggest name traded, and I am figuring he'll end up in New York with the Mets.
UPDATE: Jose de Jesus Ortiz reports that Seattle octogenarian Jaime Moyer has vetoed a trade to the Astros. Moyer, sporting a 4.33 ERA at spacious SafeCo Field, would have been an interesting match for MMP and the Crawford Boxes, with his left-handed delivery and his 75 mph fastball. Unless the Astros were getting Moyer for Duckworth, I'm very relieved that this deal was nixed. I really do not see Moyer as "the piece" for which the Astros are looking. Now if they could have gotten Moyer and flipped him to the Yankees for a bat...(hat tip: Baseball Primer)
posted by Scott | 10:10 PM
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I'm curious who was going to Seattle in the Moyer deal. The Chronicle was strangely quiet about the specifics of the proposed transaction...
Me too. I read on another site (lacking any substantiation) that the deal was Fernando Nieve "and a prospect". Call me picky, but Nieve qualifies as a prospect, and a pretty good one. If that was the deal, thank heavens that Jamie Moyer's too big of a sissy to leave town. Apparently he also nixed a deal to Atlanta (per Baseball Tonight).
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