Today, Oakland traded outfielder Matt Holliday to St. Louis for prospects Brett Wallace, Clayton Mortensen, and Shane Peterson. Erik at BtBS analyses the deal, and likes it from the A’s perspective. Holliday is a very good player, but he’s only under club-control through the end of this season.
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11 Jul
Sanchez no hits the Padres
9 innings, 0 hits, 0 walks, 11 strikeouts, 1 ROE
The error, which prevented the perfect game, was a tough play at third base for Juan Uribe – an all-or-nothing attempt off the bat of Chase Headley. Otherwise, Sanchez was perfect. What’s remarkable about this performance is Sanchez’s control. He has a career bb/9 of 4.84, [...]
10 Jul
Couple of trades in MLB
Two trades were made today.
The M’s traded Yuniesky Betancourt to the Royals for two minor league pitchers, Danny Cortes and Derrick Saito. Baseball America has Cortes rated as the third best prospect in the Royals’ system in their ‘09 Handbook, saying he has “the ingredients to become a frontline starter.” Saito doesn’t appear in the [...]
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