Oh Boy, the flood gates are now officially open.
We are 6 days from the non waiver baseball trade deadline and the deals are being made.
The Jays actually started with a 10 player swap with Houston, but that seemed to spur the GM's into action, and of course there are many rumours as well.
This morning, the Fish Market was in high gear, as the Los Angelos Dodgers have acquired Hanley Ramirez, for 2 minor leaguers, This after the Marlins dealt Anibel Sanchez and Omar Infante for a package of young Tigers, including Jacob Turner.
Ryan Dempster is still a Cubbie, but he could become either a Dodger, or maybe an Atlana Brave. Okay take a breath, there have a few more smaller deals, but the Tigers, the Dodgers have begun their shopping.
Those still on the radar to maybe get dealt are James Shields, Peter Bourjous, Josh Johnson, Chase Headley, and Zach Greinke. There numbers decreased when Wandy Rodriguez to the Pirates, and the great Ichiro traded tot the Yankees.
The latter will prove to be depth moves, and not that significant as the Yanks only really gain out field defense from Suzuki, and Wandy will add depth to a solid Pirate rotation.
Names not being heard are Felix Hernandez in Seattle, and Vernon Wells, the first because the franchise is not ready to turn the ace role over to Danny Hultzen, and the latter because maybe there aren't enough suckers born every minute.
That contract will haunt the Angels fora long time. The Halos are desperate to replace Ervin Santana with James Shields, and Shields is owed substantial money in the next few seasons, so dealing him now makes sense for the always cash strapped Rays.
As always , your intrepid reporter will ( between naps ) check the ticker for the latest developments.
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