Niemann, Romero, Alfredo Simon, Manny Corpas, Joba Chamberlain, Michael Gonzalez (DL), Miguel Montero (DL)

Anywhooo. Just wanted to comment on what you said about The Jays staff. I was talking to a buddy about just that: They’re totally the bizarro hodgepadres… Funny. I told you I liked Morrow last Friday when he racked up those 10 K’s, but was afraid of blowing WHIP. Picked up Garland for Sunday, won WHIP/ERA and of course lost K’s by 1.

Jim Eisenreich joke was F’d up and hysterical.

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if arizona is leading the west but struggling in the pen, you don’t think they’d give up a good hitting prospect or 2 for paps? they aren’t gonna get mike stanton-type prospect for him, but they could get a nice hitter or 2 they could develop for a year or 2.

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Attn Slowey owners: He will now win 18 straight with a 2.25 ERA.

Actually, I like the trade because I had an extra SP and I needed a 3Bman. Aramis may be tailing off, but he’s not this bad. I still see 25+ donks/95 RBI in his future if he stays healthy most of the year.

There’s also a chance I can now turn around and include Aramis in a trade for Youk.

@ThePoonTycoon: The only problem with the Paps-trading plan is — who wants a closer at the deadline except a contender? Who, in turn, is unlikely to send back impact bats in return.

I agree the Sox future does not include Paps or Papi (or Pabst Blue Ribbon or pap smears — basically anything with “pap” in it). But the only way to reload at the deadline is to trade prospects to bottom-dwelling teams.

A more likely scenario, it seems to me, is trading Paps to some delusional, still-contending team with bullpen issue (say, Arizona) for a couple of useful young arms. But I doubt Paps brings back an MLB-ready bat.

I agree that they should avoid Berkman, who is one year/one-more-knee-operation away from becoming Papi 2: Pop-Up Boogaloo.

I could see Carlos Lee in Boston, though… he’d make for a nice DH over, say, the next three seasons.

@Tony: Not a lot, but it’s two guys with issues for one guy who could win the MVP. With Bartlett, it’s fine.

@Ari: Holliday

what about if i got bartlett back with tex?

- Dropped Dotel Rwanda (already have K-Rod, Nunez, Capps) for Freese (already have Zimmerman). Freese was just too good to pass up even though he’ll share UTIL with Alcides (once he steals)
- Dropped Blanks, my 4th OF on the bench for Napoli – didn’t have a catcher at all
- Dropped Scherzer (he sucks, won’t win more than 10 going 5 IP max) for Carlos Lee to give me a 4th OF. Others are Werth, CarGo and Quentin.

@Tony: Tex, but it’s a lot for Tex.

Can I drop any of these dudes for either of them?

C-Soto
1B-Votto
2B- Stewart
3B- A Rod
SS-Tulo
MI- Beckham
CI- Adam Laroche
OF- J Guillen
OF-Upton
OF-Adam Jones
OF- Holliday
OF- Krispie
UTIL- Vlad
DL- Granderson

SP- Nolasco
SP- Ubaldo
SP-Hamels
SP- Bills
SP- Slowey
SP- Vazquez
SP- Penny
RP- Bell
RP- Aardsma
RP- Nunez
RP- Capps
RP- Gregg.

I give up Reyes + Grandy for Miguel Cabrera

I own Tejada so he’d be my SS replacement. My question is: jumping up and down for Miguel because of concerns for Reyes combined with Grandy groin injury (SBs issue for return) and battling tougher AL east pitching downgrading Grandy for rest of season? If I’m already doing well in the R/RBI/HR cats and project to do so, am I giving up too much SBs for basically a BA improvement?

depending on nick johnson, berkman would be a pretty sweet grab for the yanks to just DH him depending on what they’d have to give up. he could bat in the 2 spot and provide similar OBP to johnson with a hell of a lot more pop.

Coglan on waivers…think he turns it around?

I feel like Mary Lou Retton not sticking a landing.

My burn is totally ruined!

@Mark Geoffriau: Commence jabbing pins in Mariano voodoo doll now.