The Boss has bought himself a few more players it appears. Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle have been traded from the Phillies for two minor league prospects, a draft pick and reliever Matt Smith. This is basically a contract dump for the Phils who are ridding themselves of Abreu, who is due roughly $37 million and Lidle who is making $3.3 million this year. The Yankees are getting another power bat and a mediocre pitcher. The Yanks have been looking for offense since the injuries to Matsui and Sheffield.

This seems to be quite the deal for the Yankees who get to hang on to their prized prospect Phillip Hughes. Hughes was pretty much the only other bargaining chip the Yankees had aside from cash and it had seemed as though Cashman and Steinbrenner weren’t being able to simply buy the players on their deadline wish list. However, the Phils apparently decided this was the best deal they’d get with the trade deadline fast approaching.

Abreu is yet one more bat that the Cardinals have lost out on in their attempt to bolster their lineup. Jockety has repeatedly proclaimed that he would not trade either of the promising young pitchers, Reyes and Wainwright, that come up in most trade discussions. I’m all for not needlessly mortgaging the future but I think its obvious that some sort of move needs to be made. Lets hope Walt pulls off another late July miracle trade.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 12:25 pm and is filed under Cardinals, MLB. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Boss has bought himself a few more players it appears. Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle have been traded from the Phillies for two minor league prospects, a draft pick and reliever Matt Smith. This is basically a contract dump for the Phils who are ridding themselves of Abreu, who is due roughly $37 million and Lidle who is making $3.3 million this year. The Yankees are getting another power bat and a mediocre pitcher. The Yanks have been looking for offense since the injuries to Matsui and Sheffield.

This seems to be quite the deal for the Yankees who get to hang on to their prized prospect Phillip Hughes. Hughes was pretty much the only other bargaining chip the Yankees had aside from cash and it had seemed as though Cashman and Steinbrenner weren’t being able to simply buy the players on their deadline wish list. However, the Phils apparently decided this was the best deal they’d get with the trade deadline fast approaching.

Abreu is yet one more bat that the Cardinals have lost out on in their attempt to bolster their lineup. Jockety has repeatedly proclaimed that he would not trade either of the promising young pitchers, Reyes and Wainwright, that come up in most trade discussions. I’m all for not needlessly mortgaging the future but I think its obvious that some sort of move needs to be made. Lets hope Walt pulls off another late July miracle trade.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 12:25 pm and is filed under Cardinals, MLB. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.