Trades

Miguel and Hanley are really the only reasons to go see the marlins. so im not sure they should trade him, but the definitely could get a lot back for him. the angels really do need a power 3B and he would be perfect. That being said, I say it would be good for both teams

Answer: Adenhart, Willits, Howie Kendrick, and Mathis for Cabrera

Bedard, orioles are going nowhere in the next couple years, especially considering the division they are in, ESPECIALLY if one of the teams gets Santana so i think it would be good trade to make

Teams
Dodgers: LaRoche, Kershaw, Abreu, Young for Bedard
Tigers: Tata, De La Cruz, Bonderman, Girratano for Bedard
probably more teams

Santana, yankees should be willing to give up anyone but chamberlain, and red sox should be willing to give up anything but ellsbury and bucholz

Too many to list

Golden Gloves: OF

Another year goes by another year where the voters mess up their gold glove votes.

In the AL OF gold gloves went to Torii Hunter, Grady Sizemore, and Ichiro Suzuki by my calculations they should have gone to Suzuki, Granderson, and Crisp

In fielding % the award winners ranked 2, 4, 5 overall (of over 1000 inn played). #1 was Coco Crisp. 11 was Curtis Granderson. In range factor Coco Crisp was #1 (3.07), Granderson was #2 (3.06). Sizemore's was only 2.57. In regards to assists of those 5 Granderson ranks #1, and Crisp number 3. Granderson is debatable though I would argue he should have won it, but Crisp with the best fielding %, range factore, and near the top of assists is just a travesty not getting the gold.

NL went to Jeff Francoeur, Carlos Beltran, Aaron Rowand and Andruw Jones.

Of OF with over 1000 innings Andruw had the best fielding percentage but only 3 assists and a 2.67 range factor (Austin Kearns had the 2nd best fielding %, 9 assists and a rf of 2.5) next up was Rowand with a 2.64 rf and 11 assists, after Winn (rf 2.25), Church (rf 2.74), Hart (2.69), and Holliday (1.97), comes Beltran with 3 more errors than Jones but a better rf of 2.87 and more assists 6. Next up in fielding % is Cameron, Pierre, Willingham, and Byrnes, (all with middle of the row rf and assists) followed by Francoeur, who only had a 2.16 rf (but is a right fielder versus center fielder) as well as 19 assists and 1440+ innings. Overall I agree with the Gold Gloves awarded to the NL OF.

Almost over.

Bruce Froemming is an absolutely terrible ump. He needs to be put out of his misery. How did he last so long?

Wickman

Bob Wickman hates Tim Hudson. Why else would he try to have the Braves lose the games that he starts. Thank God for Yates.

Trades

Barrett for Bowen plus A class minor league outfielder, seems fair on both sides because Padres still have Bard and minor league catchers if Barrett doesn't work out. Plus Cubs are paying most of the salary. I hope Barrett fits in well and does not hurt the outstanding pitching staff the Padres have. Though so far in his first game he has a passed ball and is 0-1 with a strikeout (to be fair he did have to face Erik Bedard)

Wil Ledezma for Macay McBride. Advantage Braves. I hope they convert him to a starter and let him have a regular spot to get situated. He does have touble making it deep in games, but he is definitely not a lefty specialist reliever. So this move probably means either he or Villarreal will take Carlyle's spot in the rotation. Hopefully Braves get Mark Buerlhe. I don't know why Tigers want Macay, he has control issues and they already have two relievers with which lefthanders are batting under .200 against.

Congrats Sammy. Not a fan but it is still a great accomplishment.

Wow

How does A Rod already have 73 RBI?
How did Prince Fielder hit an inside the park home run?

Yankees are playing really good right now. The Mets are undergoing how I felt their whole season would have been. None of their pitchers are as good (anymore) as they were pitching at the beginning of the season.

Chipper hit his 2000th! Great little bloop that I am suprised Grady couldn't get to. Though he made an amazing catch later in the game.

Andruw is struggling more than he did during his last slump. Hopefully he gets out of this one quicker.

So it looks like Sam Perlozzo is being fired as O's manager with hopes they cant get Joe Giradi. I say good for them, I for one thought that they would be an improved team with the acquisitions they made in the off season but so far it hasn't panned out.

Big Boys

Derrek has played in the big leagues long enough to know that not every pitch a pitcher throws is going to be a strike. Not every pitch is going to be close to the strike zone. A pitch that comes up and in isn't necessarily thrown at you. If you think it is you have a bit of an ego problem, not everyone cares enough about you to hit you. On top of that it should have been a foul ball, even Bowen knew it didn't hit you. First off, you should have still been batting instead of walking down to first acting like a big baby. Second, every Cub deserves to be hit for being on the same team as Alfonso Soriano. Thirdly, both Lee and Young need boxing lessons.

Braves help up their end of the bargain by beating the Indians, but Tigers wouldn't help out by beating the Phillies, come on guys.