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NL East Daily Recap from 6-30-09
NL East Chatter — ... had two hits in four at bats with a run scored and four more RBI to get the Marlins to their second straight win and eighth straight against the Nationals, 7-5.   This was only a seven inning rain shortened game, but The Marlins took the lead in the sixth and added to their lead in the seventh off Joe Beimel(0-4) and four more Nationals errors.  ...

Capitol Crisis?
Baseball Analysts — ... in personnel changes - some of the players contributing to their awful numbers are no longer in the mix - and maybe you can even push 65 wins. The biggest threat to the 2009 Nationals is what happens at the trade deadline. Just about any deal that retrieves young, cheap talent would be defensible so I am not saying that they should avoid making deals in order to avoid infamy. But this team as currently constituted is bad, just not historically so. Swap out Johnson or Guzman or Joe Beimel for some Minor Leaguers and then sure, things will look different. ...

Whose Deadline Is It?
Nats Triple Play — ... L.A. Joe is a lefty reliever on a cheap one-year deal. He is archtypical deadline trade bait, and the third left-hander in a bad team's bullpen. Come October 5, 2009 he's gone one way or another. Joe Beimel is a less accomplished Mike Stanton, who became Shairon Martis in July 2006. The odds of turning a lefty reliever into a young starter aren't good, but it's a gamble you take every time. ...

MLB Trade Flurry At The Wire
Around the Horn Baseball — We've followed some of the bigger trades here on the site today. As near as we can figure out, as of 4pm est. MLB trades that were reported today were the following: -Marlins Acquire Nick Johnson -Reds Acquire Scott Rolen for Edwin Encarnacion -Rockies Acquire Joe Beimel -Yankees Acquire Jerry Hairston Jr. -Braves Acquire Adam LaRoche (I bet his kids have no idea who he plays for anymore) For Casey Kotchman -Red Sox Acquire Victor Martinez -Twins Acquire ...

Cubs clinchers: 2003
waxpaperbeercup — ... P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J Beimel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 ...

knoxfire30’s 2010 White Sox offseason plan
Sox Machine — ... : Solid player, again not an ideal leadoff man but great glove, switch hits and should be available. 3 years 18 mil range. Backup Catcher: FIND SOMEONE Bullpen arms: Joe Beimel : Solid lefty who made a name for himself by not allowing a homer in 2008 something that should play well at the cell. While he had a little less luck this year he was still a quality reliever. 2 years 6 mil. TRADES 7) Name three (or more) realistic trades that could improve the Sox team. 7. TRADES!!! These are always the most fun. Idea 1: ...

Viciedo injured, and one more plan
Sox Machine — ... else on this team. It would be nice to have at the spot filled by an athletic player not named Scott Podsednik . I simply don’t think he’ll be cheap enough to make sense nor do I think he can duplicate his career year in 2009. 6) Name three (or more) free agents you’d consider, at a price. Sign Bobby Abreu to a 2 year $20 million dollar contract. (I don’t expect the Angels to be able to sign him along with Chone Figgins and John Lackey ) Sign Joe Beimel or Will Ohman for a 1 year deal around $2.5 million Sign J.J. Putz to an ...

Back to the drawing board
Sox Machine — ... Thome : 1 yr/$6M. Still good after all these years, just not as much as he used to be. His limited (read: none) fielding and ineptness at hitting LHP makes him less desirable if he’s not hitting 40hr. #2 – Corner Outfielder: Endy Chavez : 2 years/$5M. Totally anemic bat made up for by some incredible fielding, and at a solid discount. Bobby Abreu : 1 year/$6M. This is a pipe dream, and will never happen. #3 – Possible Relievers: Joaquin Benoit : 1 years/$2.5M Joe Beimel : 1 year/$2M LaTroy Hawkins : 1 year/$3.5M Bob Howry: 1 year/$2M #4 – Backup ...