Comments on: Trade Deadline Open Thread

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:58:20 +0000

In MacPhail I trust. If there weren’t any good offers that made us better at the end of the day, you shouldn’t make a trade for the sake of making a trade.

That said, there is always August, and there is always the offseason where more teams become involved and the chances of making a trade are better.

The Pirates are a perfect example of jumping the gun on trades and the mediocre results of making a trade to make a trade.

By: random dude

random dude — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:10:02 +0000

I’m disappointed, but only in that no other team would offer anything good and Andy Mac couldn’t fleece anyone out there this go-round. Nothing can be done about that. I still expect a small trade with people who could pass through waivers (Ramon, please). Hey DtM, I like how you laid into Tracy over there at Schmuck’s new blog. Well done, haha.

By: dan the man

dan the man — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:42:03 +0000

/sigh. Never make bets on the trade deadline, fellas…

The conference call was just MacPhail explaining why no moves were made. Honestly, that should be obvious: no teams offered anything good. So it goes. Now we will be subjected to reactionary, knee-jerk, pissy O’s fans thinking this was some big failure. Wake me up next week.

By: Joe the Guy

Joe the Guy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:25:34 +0000

Andy you’re wrong the sox were dragging around an anchor for a long time.

Although they used to, his stats have not justified his behavior for a long time.

Waivers in 03, Arod trade in 04, his latest scarface-esqe “bad guy” comments sealed the deal

This was inevitable (right DtM?)

As for the Os, the common theme I read with Flat, Brob and even Huff was an incredible asking price. Which is a good thing. In AndyMac We Trust.

By: Andrew out of Rochester

Andrew out of Rochester — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:52:59 +0000

Dammit – my fantasy teeeeam!

Manny to the Dodgers, so he’ll never bother us ever again, thank God.

I can’t see the Sox competing with the barely recognizable Yankees and the surging Rays without their thumper. I really can’t.

I’m also glad to see the O’s not lower our price just to get a deal done. Like I said, a lot of what we have to do is wait for these bad contracts to run out and then replace them with good contracts. You can’t trade bad contracts. Too bad Ramon isn’t a Marlin, though (but that might still happen in August)