OK, it’s trade deadline day, let’s take a look at the ramifications of some of the trades before we get into tonight’s action.

 Ken Griffey Jr was traded to the White Sox for minor leaguer Danny Richar and middle reliever Nick Masset.  Masset hasn’t been anything worth talking about this season in relief for the Sox.  He is 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA and…
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Tags: Andre Ethier, Andruw Jones, andy laroche, Anibal Sanchez, Brandon Moss, Brandon Phillips, Bryan Morris, Craig Hansen, damaso marte, Danny Richar, grady sizemore, Jonathon Papelbon, josh johnson, Juan Rivera, Kenn Griffey, khalil greene, manny ramirez, matt kemp, Mike Hamton, Nick Masset, rich harden, ryan zimmerman

Every year there’s a select group of players that have a great second half. These are the players that can be the difference between you winning your league or finishing in the middle of the pack and having to listen to “Johnny I Didn’t Even Watch a Game” brag about how he beat you.

Some players tend to warm up when the weather does, and others had such poor first half’s…
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Tags: Andre Ethier, B.J. Ryan, Curtis Granders, Dioner Navarro, justin verlander, miguel cabrera, Nick Markakis, paul konerko, robinson cano, Troy Tulowizki