Trade Deadline, Deals, Rumors...

A deal that has happened, Yankees trade two minor leaguers for Colorado's Shawn Chacon.
Who the hell is Shawn Chacon, you ask?

That is a great question...

Chacon has been pitching in hitter friendly Coors Field, he showed some promise in '03 with an 11-3 record. It's typical of pitchers in the altitude of Coors, to have a high ERA, the ball seems to fly out that park with ease. Chacon turned in a 4.59 ERA in '03, not bad for calling Coors home.

Then last year he was moved to the bullpen as the closer.

Why?

I have no idea!

He picked up a respectable 35 saves, but his ERA ballooned to 7.13, and he put almost two men on base per inning! That's not very good.

Back to this year

Chacon is back in the starting rotation, but he is having trouble winning games, in 12 starts he's 1-7.

I know some people get bored reading stats, but this is a great one, check it out...

Chacon's ERA is a decent, 4.09, however, it is 4.97 at Coors field, and a very solid 3.12 everywhere else. And with The Yankee's, he'll not pitch at Coors field again this year!

Not a bad deal, but National League pitchers in the American League tend to have trouble, ask Randy Johnson.



Other done deals.

San Diego's Phil Nevin goes to Texas. SD has been trying to deal him to get a good number 4-5 starter. They acquire Chan Ho Park in the deal. SD is holding 1st place in the NL West over the Dodgers, Parks old team. Parks may get to make his old team look bad, how fun for him.

After 15 days with Colorado, former Oakland A Erik Byrnes, is on his way to Baltimore. The exchange? Larry Bigbie. This is an outfielder for outfielder deal, and their numbers are too similar to figure out who really got the better deal.


A really fun rumor...

Manny Ramirez, Red Sox nut-job has asked for a trade for about the 4th year in a row. Manny is rumored to be involved in a three team deal between his Sox, the Tampa D-Rays, and the NY Mets.

Essentially the Mets end up with Manny and the D-Rays closer Danys Baez

The Sox end up with the Met's Mike Cameron, and the D-Rays Aubrey Huff.

And as usual, the last place D-Rays get 2 prospects from each team.

Let's evaluate.

I don't get it.

The Mets have Braden Looper as their closer. Why do they need Baez?

The Sox really need to get Baez, on top of Cameron and Huff, in this deal. Huff since Trot Nixon is hurt in right-field, and Cameron if he is to fill Manny's spot in left-field, and Baez since they have Curt Schilling as their closer.

Well never mind, now I heard the deal is just about dead.

The Sox want more from the Met's, the Met's don't want to give more, so they all agreed to give themselves a 12:00 noon tomorrow deadline, to make or kill the deal.


The Red Sox David Ortiz, was ripping the press for cheapening what Manny has done for the Sox and the city of Boston, (Tonight Boston booed Manny to a 0-3 night at the plate).

Hey David, do you think Manny asking to leave the crappy city of Boston for the last 4 years, even after winning a World Series there last year had anything to do with it?

Just checking.

I don't see this trade happening, however, as a Yankee fan, I'd love to see Manny sent out of the division. He and Ortiz combine for more RBI's than any tandem in baseball right now. Break that up, and hello Sox fighting for the Wild-Card.