lonestarball.com - 12/5/2008
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T.R. Sullivan says that the Rangers may be close to making a move with Gerald Laird...
The Cincinnati Reds and the Detroit Tigers appear to have shown the most interest in Rangers catcher Gerald Laird, according to Major League sources.
General manager Jon Daniels said Thursday he is ...
Tigers Interested In Laird
mlbtraderumors.com 12/4/2008 — According to Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press , the Tigers continue to have interest in Rangers catcher Gerald Laird . Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News says the Tigers "seem to have the most ardent interest" in Laird, ...
Tigers, Rangers close on Laird?
lonestarball.com 12/7/2008 — The Detroit Free Press has an item up suggesting that Gerald Laird could be moved before the winter meetings start on Monday:
The Tigers have become "more aggressive" this week in trade talks concerning Texas catcher Gerald Laird, one industry ...
Rangers, Tigers Make Progress On Laird Trade
mlbtraderumors.com 12/8/2008 — According to Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press , "The Tigers and Texas Rangers have made significant progress toward a trade that would send catcher Gerald Laird to Detroit and pitching prospect Guillermo Moscoso to the ...
Gerald Laird to the Tigers
hardballtimes.com 12/8/2008 — Everyone has been talking about getting one of the Rangers' surplus catchers, but only the Tigers have gone out and done something about it . Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today !
News: Rangers trade Laird to Tigers
metsblog.com 12/8/2008 — The Tigers have acquired C Gerald Laird from the Rangers for Double-A pitching prospect Guillermo Moscoso, reports Ken Rosenthal at FoxSports.com .
Gerald Laird is Coming to Detroit
blessyouboys.com 12/8/2008 — While you were sleeping (or while I was, anyway), the Detroit Tigers put a big checkmark on their offseason shopping list and finalized a trade with the Texas Rangers for catcher Gerald Laird . Going to the Rangers in exchange are pitching ...
Winter Meetings Coverage: Gerald Laird trade
fangraphs.com 12/8/2008 — Today, MLB’s winter meetings kick off in Las Vegas, and with that, the off-season kicks into high gear. We’ll see a bunch of trades, some free agent signings, and a lot of rumors floating around in the next few days. Here at FanGraphs, ...
Monday a.m. things
lonestarball.com 12/8/2008 — Ah, finally some news...even if it is news that makes me a little sad...
Gerald Laird has been traded to the Tigers. Not unexpected, but still...
He'll go there and take over as the everyday catcher.
The return for the Rangers is, I ...
Ken Rosenthal: Source: Tigers acquire catcher Laird from Rangers
baseballthinkfactory.org 12/8/2008 — The Detroit Tigers have filled one of their prime offseason needs, acquiring catcher Gerald Laird from the Rangers for Double-A right-hander Guillermo Moscoso and a second prospect, according to a major-league source.
The deal, to be announced ...
Detroit Hooks Laird
beyondtheboxscore.com 12/8/2008 — The Rangers have a surplus of catchers, amongst other positions, but that surplus got a bit smaller today as Gerald Laird was traded to the Detroit Tigers for pitchers Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo. That leaves the Rangers with three capable ...
Grade the Laird trade
lonestarball.com 12/8/2008 — Cast your vote on the Gerald Laird trade...
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Notes from Gerald Laird conference call —
The Detroit Tiger Weblog
P araphrasing some comments from Gerald Laird during his conference call today:
Thoughts on the Tigers pitchers: looking forward to being on the same side as Verlander, Bonderman and other guys and catching them instead of hitting them.
Doesn’t really know the guys on the team that ...
Winter meetings, Day 1: Sox lose out on Gerald Laird —
Projo Sox Blog
The Detroit Tigers just announced they have acquired catcher Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers.
That's one catcher off the Red Sox' list.
The Tigers admitted they considered Jason Varitek, but were very high on Laird. Because the Sox offered salary arbitration to Varitek, if the ...
Tigers acquire Gerald Laird —
Rotoprofessor
According to Jason Beck of mlb.com (click here for the article), the Detroit Tigers have acquired Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers in exchange for minor league pitchers Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo. This starts to alleve part of the Rangers catching surplus and puts Laird in position ...
Tigers Acquire Laird from Texas; Pass up on Jake Taylor —
DETROIT4LYFE
Tigers have sent two minor league prospects to Texas in exchange for veteran catcher Gerald Laird. The prospects the Tigers sent to Texas were right-handed pitchers Guillermo Moscoso and Charles Melo. With the first official trade of the Winter Meetings, the Tigers have found their starting ...
Catching Options Become Fewer —
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog
Texas Ranger's catcher Gerald Laird has been traded to the Tigers, and as Sox and Dawgs points out that makes it very unlikely that the Red Sox will be able to get Teagarden or Saltalamacchia. Tek may have made the right choice declining arbitration as the Red Sox now have limited choices behind ...
Tigers Get Laird —
The Spot Starters
According to Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal , the Tigers and Rangers have agreed to a trade will send Gerald Laird to the Detroit Tigers. Heading from the Tigers to the Rangers are Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo .
Moscoso, a pitcher, was an absolute monster in 2008 as he split his time ...
Catcher: Tigers get Laird from Texas —
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
According to MLB.com , Detroit teamed up with Texas to make the first trade of this year's meetings before they even officially began. The Tigers acquired catcher Gerald Laird from the Rangers in exchange for Minor League right-handed pitchers Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo.
The ...
Tigers acquire Gerald Laird —
The Detroit Tiger Weblog
It appears as if the Tigers have filled their hole behind the plate by acquiring catcher Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers . In return the Tigers will ship out starting pitching prospect Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo. The move is expected to be formally announced later today.
Laird will ...
NEWSFLASH: Gerald Laird Traded To Detroit Tigers —
Baseball Time in Arlington
The Texas Rangers have reportedly acquired minor league right-hander Guillermo Moscoso (pictured) in exchange for veteran backstop Gerald Laird. - whitecapwendy/Flickr.com So I had been vigorously preparing to roll out a lengthy Texas Rangers-centric winter meetings primer in anticipation of ...
Tigers Trade For Gerald Laird —
SOX & Dawgs
How does the trade of Gerald Laird affect the plans of the Red Sox?
Looking to solve their catching problems, the Detroit Tigers have acquired Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers for pitching prospect Guillermo Moscoso and another prospect.
The Boston Red Sox had been looking into a trade ...
Tigers Acquire Gerald Laird —
Mets Today
Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Texas Rangers have traded Gerald Laird to the Detroit Tigers for AA pitcher Guillermo Moscoso.
Per Rosenthal:
“The Detroit Tigers have filled one of their prime offseason needs, acquiring catcher Gerald Laird from the Rangers for Double-A ...
Laird traded to Tigers; what's this mean for the Sox? —
Over the Monster
According to multiple sources (but I'll link to Kenny Rosenthal just to make it simple ), the Rangers traded Gerald Laird to the Tigers tonight:
The Detroit Tigers have filled one of their prime offseason needs, acquiring catcher Gerald Laird from the Rangers for Double-A right-hander ...
Tigers, Rangers Discuss Laird —
Hot Foot
The Detroit Free Press is reportng that the Tigers and Rangers are discussing a deal that would send C Gerald Laird to the Tigers for prospect pitcher Guillermo Moscoso . Laird is on the table due to the Rangers abundance of catchers in their organization, most notably Jarrod Saltalamacchia and ...
Is a Laird-Moscoso deal in the works? —
The Detroit Tiger Weblog
Jon Paul Morosi reports that the Tigers and Rangers may be closing in on a deal that would send Guillermo Moscoso to the Rangers for Gerald Laird.
The Tigers need help at catcher and Laird is established. The Rangers need pitching and Moscoso could be close the the majors after posting ...
Rangers Cutting Payroll? —
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
The Rangers may be shedding payroll says Evan Grant of he Dallas Morning News . This could make available Gerald Laird , Hank Blalock , Kevin Millwood , and Vincente Padilla .
Rangers GM Jon Daniels said its "reasonable" the Rangers would trade a catcher before Christmas, they have the depth ...
Gerald Laird Blockquote Fest —
Bless You Boys
Jon Paul Morosi wrote in yesterday's Freep that the Tigers would be "hesitant to deal" Guillermo Moscoso for Gerald Laird , as some in the organization believe that he could pitch in the majors by the end of next season. This year, pitching in Single- and Double-A, Moscoso posted ...
Tigers Land Gerald Laird and Adam Everett —
Bleacher Report - MLB
The Winter Meetings are underway in Las Vegas, Nevada and Tigers' GM Dave Dombrowski wasted no time in adding to his 2009 squad.
The Tigers made a deal with the Texas Rangers to acquire catcher Gerald Laird for two minor league pitching prospects, ...
Rangers trade C Laird to Tigers (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
The Texas Rangers traded catcher Gerald Laird to the Detroit Tigers on Monday for right-handed pitching prospects Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo. Laird hit .276 with six home runs and 41 RBIs in 95 games for the Rangers this season. The Tigers ...
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