Bargains unlikely at trade deadline : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain News

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Purple Row: Front Page Posts found this 7/25/2008 on www.rockymountainnews.com [flag]
The baseball trade scene has taken a turn that has caught contenders off-guard. It will be interesting to see whether the teams in need, such as the Mets, Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies, or the teams with available talent, such as the Rockies and Pirates, blink before the Thursday deadline for trading players without having to put them through waivers. In the past couple of years, teams have ... [link]

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Friday Morning Rockpile:
Published 7/25/2008 by Rox Girl at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... Tracy Ringolsby breaks down where each team is at in the trade deadline dance, and he brings up a good point that a lot of the apparent surprise by the rich contending teams about the small market clubs asking for too much boils down to the fact that they are shocked that there's actually some fiscal  forethought by clubs now. We have less than a week now to see if the Rockies actually make a move, but it's clear that there's no panic to just deal for the sake of unloading Fuentes' contract. ...

RockPile Files: Latest Trade Talk, Thoughts and Things
Published 7/25/2008 by Mark Townsend at Bugs & Cranks
The Rockies are reportedly are holding up the reliever trade market with their demands for Brian Fuentes [CBSSportsline] Good for them. Just because the clowns in Washington gave away Jon Rauch for nothing (can’t Senate veto crap like that?) doesn’t mean Colorado should lower their price. Tracy Ringolsby said it best this morning. In the past couple of years, teams have done a solid job of getting their payrolls in order. As a result, there are no salary dumps of premium players on deck this July. That has led to ...

Marlins Trade Rumors - Tuesday
Published 7/29/2008 by JD at SporTech Matter
... Tracy Ringolsby @ Rocky Mountain News: A power bat and late-inning reliever are vital, but Marlins refuse to trade away any player with a future, which leaves them dangling the likes of 1B ...

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