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…
[ read the rest of this entry ]

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

Curtis Granderson is destroying the ball since his return from the DL. Granderson hit his 5th homer in just his 11th game back healthy. He is hitting .317 and also stole his first base of the season. Most impressive so far from Granderson is that he has walked nine times, while striking out just six. This is a marked…
[ read the rest of this entry ]

Tags: aaron laffey, andrew miler, andy laroche, aramis ramirez, ben sheets, chipper jones, Curtis Granderson, darrell rasner, dontrelle willis, Greg Smith, ian kinsler, Joey Votto, kevin youkilis, roy halladay, scott kazmir, travis hafner