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What They're Saying: Joe Blanton Trade
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — By now you've heard that the Phillies gave up three prospects for the A's Joe Blanton. Obviously this guy is an end of the rotation starter and not the horse we dearly coveted. But I think it's awfully obvious that Blanton is an improvement over Adam Eaton, for sure. And perhaps even Brett Myers. (Hopefully that's not true.) On the morn following the Phils finding themselves tied for first atop the NL East and the day after J.A. Happ pitched a gem for Lehigh Valley, we're taking a look at what those around the web are saying about the trade. As of now Joe has not spoken out about the trade on his MLB ...

Mets Streak To 10 With Win Over Reds 10-8
The Mets Report — It wasn’t pretty but the Mets got a win, mostly due to some late inning heroics by David Wright & Co. They needed some late inning help because Johan Santana didn’t give them any help early in the game. He only pitched four innings and gave up five runs. Cincinnati is a tough park to pitch in, but he needs to do better than that. Call me a Santana apologist but it had been eight days since he pitched in a game. The Mets should have tried to work him into a relief outing before the All-Star break. Hindsight is 20/20. The Mets kept coming from behind to tie and take the lead in this one. That’s a great sign about this team! It’s still hard to believe that ...