MLB Hot Stove: Updating the Hottest Buzz For All 30 Teams
MLB Hot Stove has slowed a bit since the free agency boom has passed. The long shadow cast by the college football season, the NFL stretch run/playoffs, and the NHL and NBA seasons has also contributed. But along several fronts there are many changes ahead for teams and the whispers regarding many of those teams and their players are growing louder. Here is some buzz: New York Yankees …
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Hot Stove: Mejia Departs for Braves’ Organization
SPRINGDALE, AR – One potential power threat for the Naturals’ lineup in 2011 dissipated when slugger Ernesto Mejia, who overcame a slow start to hit .268 with 11 homers and 48 RBI’s for the Naturals in 2010, moved on to sign as a minor league free agent with the Atlanta Braves’ organization last week.
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Hot Stove Tracker: Yankees were in on Greinke, but price was too steep
News, notes and rumors from around the majors … • According to the New York Post, the Yankees were willing to overlook P Zack Greinke’s anxiety issues if a favorable deal could have been made for the 2009 AL Cy Young award winner.
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What do you think fo the trades made so far:
1. Florida Marlins traded RF Jeremy Hermida to Boston Red Sox; Boston Red Sox traded LHP Hunter Jones to Florida Marlins and Lowell Spinners traded Jose Alvarez to Jamestown Jammers.
2. Milwaukee Brewers traded SS J.J. Hardy to Minnesota Twins for Carlos Gomez.
3. Kansas City Royals traded cash and 3B Mark Teahen to Chicago White Sox for 2B Chris Getz and 3B Josh Fields.
who wins the trades? what do you think these players will bring to their new club? Is Hermidia trade bait for a larger deal?
*took… i mean took