Sportscenter update

[Broken Parachute]

Yankees and Phillies currently in serious talks on Bobby Abreu.

Orioles still not sure about getting rid of Miguel Tejada, Angels (for Ervin Santana) and Rangers (for Hank Blalock) are possibilities.

Nationals willing to deal Soriano preferably for a Pitcher, and if they do not get one..they might not trade him at all (they're looking at Linebrink).

[xbrokendownx]

Yankees and Phillies currently in serious talks on Bobby Abreu.

Orioles still not sure about getting rid of Miguel Tejada, Angels (for Ervin Santana) and Rangers (for Hank Blalock) are possibilities.

Nationals willing to deal Soriano preferably for a Pitcher, and if they do not get one..they might not trade him at all (they're looking at Linebrink).





no, linebrink is said to be maybe going to boston in a 3/4 team deal

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no, linebrink is said to be maybe going to boston in a 3/4 team deal
Who else is involved in that?

[marrost]

Fucking Yankees.

[xbrokendownx]

Who else is involved in that?





they didnt say, just mentioned him



and if the yankees fucking get abreu while giving up proctor AND duncan AND cabrera in teh process, i will murder brian cashman. fo real.

[bigmike]

come on washington. soriano for Humberto Sanchez and Craig Monroe.

[thejetstolehome]

they didnt say, just mentioned him



and if the yankees fucking get abreu while giving up proctor AND duncan AND cabrera in teh process, i will murder brian cashman. fo real.

i'll come with.

[aloneatlastnj]

i'll come with.


and i'll be bringing up the rear with a sawed off shotgun.

[mikeford]

come on washington. soriano for Humberto Sanchez and Craig Monroe.

apparently humberto has a bum elbow right now... so its not gonna happen.

[bigmike]

apparently humberto has a bum elbow right now... so its not gonna happen.
damn. actually, i wouldn't be too bummed if we didn't get soriano. i'd prefer another arm in the pen and moving zumaya or rodney to the closers role.

[mikeford]

honestly, other than zumaya becoming the closer, if it aint broke, dont fix it. the tigers have 70 wins before august. they dont really need to do anything.

[Goodbye Forever]

Haha, there was a rumor flying around that the Tigers would trade Miner for Cliff Floyd. Good times.

[mikeford]

oof

[bigmike]

honestly, other than zumaya becoming the closer, if it aint broke, dont fix it. the tigers have 70 wins before august. they dont really need to do anything.
I know. another arm in the pen can't hurt though.

Haha, there was a rumor flying around that the Tigers would trade Miner for Cliff Floyd. Good times.
hahaha. dave dombrowski would be dead if that trade happened.

[Goodbye Forever]

Yeah, I thought that was great. I'd probably die laughing if that actually happened.

[ActorInThisPlay]

honestly, other than zumaya becoming the closer, if it aint broke, dont fix it. the tigers have 70 wins before august. they dont really need to do anything.
yep very true

[imirish06]

I want hughes

[xbrokendownx]

I want hughes






well you cant have him

:neiner:

[justinevans]

well you cant have him

:neiner:

yankees are going to wind up with a steal in this trade, but just higher payroll. I don't like the guy as a philly and I for damn sure don't like him as a yankee. Maybe the yankee tradition will make him hustle more.

[Broken Parachute]

Rumor:

Abreu to the Yankees for Proctor, straight up

Abreu says he only wants to go to the Mets, Yankees, or Red Sox in his trade clause. The Phillies want two prospects from the Sox, Milledge/Pelfry/Sanchez from the Mets, and only Proctor from the Yankees. Looks like the Yankees are going to get a break and score Abreu for basically free.

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Also..Tejada was close to becoming a Houston Astro, the Orioles backed out of the deal at the last moment.

[Jesse2]

Rumor:

Abreu to the Yankees for Proctor, straight up

Abreu says he only wants to go to the Mets, Yankees, or Red Sox in his trade clause. The Phillies want two prospects from the Sox, Milledge/Pelfry/Sanchez from the Mets, and only Proctor from the Yankees. Looks like the Yankees are going to get a break and score Abreu for basically free.

I still don't like this trade at all.

When Proctor is rested he's more solid than anyone in the bullpen, with the obvious exception of Rivera.

[Broken Parachute]

I still don't like this trade at all.

When Proctor is rested he's more solid than anyone in the bullpen, with the obvious exception of Rivera.
I think if you're getting Abreu, you really can't go wrong since the Phillies want alot from the Sox and Mets...Yankees are getting a steal. But I see what you're saying.

[Jesse2]

I think if you're getting Abreu, you really can't go wrong since the Phillies want alot from the Sox and Mets...Yankees are getting a steal. But I see what you're saying.

In the big picture it's not a HORRIBLE trade, but now it's a crap shoot until Mo comes in.

[MrMet]

All my facebook friends are getting traded. First Carlos Lee and now maybe Hank Blalock. :(

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TRADE UPDATE:
Mr. Met has been traded to the Phillies for the Phillie Phanatic and a mascot to be named later.

[MrMet]

TRADE UPDATE:
Mr. Met has been traded to the Phillies for the Phillie Phanatic and a mascot to be named later.

Do I get to atleast keep my creator status of the Global New York Met's Group (biggest Mets group on facebook over 3000 members) or is that part of the deal?

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Do I get to atleast keep my creator status of the Global New York Met's Group (biggest Mets group on facebook over 3000 members) or is that part of the deal?
Yes

[MrMet]

Yes

Sweet. Now I can harass Chase Utley and Charlie Manuel somemore!

[justinevans]

Rumor:

Abreu to the Yankees for Proctor, straight up

Abreu says he only wants to go to the Mets, Yankees, or Red Sox in his trade clause. The Phillies want two prospects from the Sox, Milledge/Pelfry/Sanchez from the Mets, and only Proctor from the Yankees. Looks like the Yankees are going to get a break and score Abreu for basically free.

this is the update @ 1:08 AM

And all indications Saturday night were that pitcher Cory Lidle is going to ride that Metroliner along with him. The Phillies and Yankees spent many waking hours Friday and Saturday trotting a thousand different trade options out there. But in the end, the one that seemed to work best for everyone was the option that is going to relocate Abreu and Lidle 100 miles to the north, for a package of three or four of the Yankees' best prospects not named Phillip Hughes or Jose Tabata. The two teams were said to be whittling a list of eight or nine names to a group they could settle on. But while that whittling process wasn't over late Saturday, it was believed that two names the Phillies had targeted were the Yankees' highly regarded No. 1 pick a year ago, shortstop C.J. Henry, and 6-foot-5 power arm Steven White. That was a price the Yankees could easily live with, however, especially since they're going to owe Abreu close to $37 million over the next 2½ years. The Yankees were the one team in the Abreu hunt that always believed that, in the end, the Phillies' best option would be to clear every dollar in his contract off their debt sheet. So while other teams listened to Abreu's money demands and turned in other directions, the Yankees waited the Phillies out. Finally, on Friday, the Phillies lowered their talent requests -- and the deliberations began. The Phillies tried dangling Abreu alone and didn't feel they were getting enough back. They tried packaging him with pitcher Jon Lieber, who is owed another $10 million through 2007 himself. But the Yankees felt taking on another chunk of cash that large entitled them to offer even less than they would for Abreu alone. So the Phillies substituted Lidle for Lieber, and that apparently made the puzzle pieces fit. No matter how happy the Phillies may be to lop Abreu's money off their I.O.U. list, they also knew they couldn't march up to the podium after trading a player like this and say, "We just saved $20 million on our car insurance." They had to get real players back who could allow them to save face and restock their system. And including their best available starting pitcher was the move that made that happen. So by late Saturday night, there seemed to be only one significant question left: When would they all be stepping to that podium?

[imirish06]

TRADE UPDATE:
Mr. Met has been traded to the Phillies for the Phillie Phanatic and a mascot to be named later.


NO!!! The Phantic along with Utley, Howard, and Hamels are the only untouchables

[imirish06]

I'm kind of bummed of Lidle goes. He's a good pitcher, they're as rare as sunshine in Philadelphia

[justinevans]

I'm kind of bummed of Lidle goes. He's a good pitcher, they're as rare as sunshine in Philadelphia

yeah but he wouldn't be back next year anyway