LATEST STORIES FROM THE OUTSIDE CORNER
Dempster nixes trade to Atlanta
Remember two hours ago, when I wrote that Ryan Dempster looked to be on his way to Atlanta? Well, go ahead and forget I said anything about it. Dempster announced on his Twitter that there was no trade, and for emphasis, said he hadn't been hacked.
As a ten and five player, Dempster has the right to veto whatever deal he wants. While it hasn't been explicitly...
Braves nearing deal with Cubs for Ryan Dempster
About a half hour ago, rumors began to circulate that the Braves were nearing a deal for a starting pitcher. Then, it was rumored that Ryan Dempster was the guy that the Braves were in on. Now, Braves beat writer Mark Bowman has confirmed that Dempster is going to the Braves, The return is unknown, but Bowman expects young Braves starter Randall Delgado to be involved.
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The second wild card may cause more problems
It's a great season to be a baseball fan. With the introduction of the second wild card this offseason, we have some extremely tight races midway through July, with more teams than expected within spitting distance of the playoffs. Check it out.
I mean, look at those races. Eight teams in the AL in the race for a wild card, while only four are close in the NL. But at any...
Dugout Digest - a two horse race?
Going into the All-Star Break two weeks ago, the Nationals led the NL East, with the Braves four out and the Mets 4.5 out, and the Marlins and Phillies way back in the division. Just two weeks later, things are a little different. The Braves have picked up a half game, and are 3.5 out. The Marlins have lost even more ground, whiel the Phillies have held steady at the bottom...
ANTISOCIAL MEDIA
Caray gets political, claims hacking
Braves play-by-play man Chip Caray used the Aurora shooting as means to criticize the President, only to claim he was hacked after some backlash mounted.
Padres, Quentin nearing extension
Remember a couple days ago how I was wondering why the Padres would re-sign Carlos Quentin instead of dealing him? Well, it looks like the extension is happening, and CBS's Jon Heyman is reporting that the parameters are three years and $27 million, comparable to the deals signed by Michael Cuddyer (three years, $31.5 million), Josh Willingham (three years, $21 million),...
Dugout Digest - a new king
For the first time since May 1st, the Detroit Tigers are in first place in the AL Central. The Tigers have won four in a row, and are an astounding 13-4 in July, compared to the White Sox, who have lost four in a row and are 8-8 this month. They've gained 4.5 games in the standings this month, and after last night's 7-1 win against Chicago, they finally managed to...
White Sox acquire Brett Myers from Astros
A day after dealing Brandon Lyon and JA Happ to the Blue Jays for a gang of prospects (and a pair of Franciscos, Ben and Cordero), the Houston Astros continued on in sell mode today, trading former starter and current closer Brett Myers to the White Sox. The news was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. Myers is making $12 million this year in the final season of a two...
Dugout Digest - a disappointing acquisition
Last November, the Indians picked up Derek Lowe from the Braves for a lower level prospect, with Atlanta picking up $10 million of the $15 million left on Lowe's deal. Well here we are in mid-July this year, and Lowe has been pretty bad for the Indians. But last night in Cleveland's 10-2 loss to the Orioles, Lowe was awful on a whole new level. In three innings, Lowe...
Why wouldn't the Padres trade Carlos Quentin and Huston Street?
In a bit of news that pretty much shocked the hell out of me, Jon Heyman of CBS floated out a tidbit that the San Diego Padres aren't going to look to trade Carlos Quentin and Huston Street at the deadline....but in fact, sign the duo to long-term deals.
Quentin is one of the more attractive corner outfield bats on the market, and Street is one of the best relievers. Both...
Rockies, Royals swap Guthrie, Sanchez
Jon Morosi of FOX Sports is reporting that the Royals and Rockies have swapped troublesome starting pitchers, with Jonathan Sanchez heading to Colorado and Jeremy Guthrie heading to Kansas City.
Upon hearing about this deal, my first thought was "holy crap, Jonathan Sanchez in Coors Field!" Sanchez is familiar with Coors thanks to his time with the Giants, and...
Blue Jays, Astros swap ten players, including Happ, Lyon, Cordero
The Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros announced a huge ten player trade just a moment ago. I haven't had time to break down the particulars yet, so I'll do it as I go.
HEADING TO TORONTO
JA Happ, Brandon Lyon, David Carpenter
HEADING TO HOUSTON
Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Joe Musgrove, Asher Wojciechowski, David Rollins, Carlos Perez, PTBNL...
Dugout Digest - the green and gold
Before this season, when discussing the two wild card setup, a point of discussion was "is any division strong enough to take both of the wild card spots, and send three teams to the playoffs?" The conclusion was that both Eastern divisions had a good shot at that, while the Central had an outside shot, and the West was pretty much left for dead. This isn't...
Cubs attempting to move Dempster ASAP
According to a tweet from Jayson Stark of ESPN.com, the Cubs are "trying to trade Ryan Dempster ASAP", and that the Red Sox are out of the race for the veteran, but still interested in Matt Garza. On Tuesday, Stark reported that the Cubs were trying to move Dempster by the end of this week, Yesterday, Ken Rosenthal reported that Dempster's prefernece was...
Braves' broadcast confuses Pablo Sandoval for Buster Posey
During today's Braves-Giants game, Giants manager Bruce Bochy pinch hit for first baseman Brandon Belt with Justin Christian in the top of the eighth inning. The SportSouth technical team apparently expected Buster Posey to move from behind the plate to first...but instead, Posey stayed behind the plate, Joaquin Arias came into the game to play third base, and Pablo Sandoval...
The final word on the MLBSportsReport fiasco
It's been an interesting week with the plagiarizing/fake insider Twitter account MLBSportsReport, and the cavalcade of nonsense surrounding it all. After some digging, I do believe I've found the culprits behind all of the accounts. There may be more, but this is what I've got right now.
I'm going to start by admitting I made a mistake. I initially fingered...
Dugout Digest - yeah, he's back
Since Matt Kemp returned to the Dodgers' lineup on Friday against the Padres, he's been pretty good....but, he hasn't been the Matt Kemp that dominated the National League in the month of April. Going into Wednesday's game against the Phillies, Kemp had just one extra base hit, a double, in four games since his return. On Wednesday, Kemp stepped up to the...
Front Row Amy is still a thing, apparently
Last season, we brought you the story of Front Row Amy, a voluptuous Brewers fan who sits in the front row of every Brewers game. She's pretty attractive. Anyway, we've been getting more search engine traffic than usual for her, and I did some investigating...and it turns out that this is why. From today's Brewers-Cardinals game...
There's Amy, front and...
HEAD OVER HEELS
Brett Lawrie falls over rail, nearly breaks ankle
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In today's Blue Jays-Yankees game, the injury-ravaged Blue Jays took another blow. Third baseman Brett Lawrie was chasing a pop-up by Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, and while attempting to make the catch, Lawrie reached over the railing separating the camera well from the field. He lost his balance, fell over the rail, did a flip...
Nationals' draftee Lucas Giolito is friends with Samuel L Jackson
Washington Nationals first round pick Lucas Giolito, who signed right at the deadline last Friday, is apparently friends with Samuel L Jackson, the veteran actor from many fantastic movies (including Pulp Fiction, a cult favorite and one of my favorite movies ever, and the three Star Wars prequels). After Giolito signed, Jackson tweeted out the following.
Shout out...
REEL TALK
Marlins already blowing team up?
The Marlins were as active as any team this offseason in re-inventing their roster, but as they sit nine games back in the NL East, rumors are circulating that they might be priming for another overhaul.
Is Dan Duquette going to get fleeced?
Orioles GM Dan Duquette is at it again. In a piece on FOXSports just posted by Ken Rosenthal, Duquette had some things to say that might be a little horrifying for fans of the team that are looking for it to build from within, around phenomenal prospects Manny Machado and Dylan Bundy
“Our future is now. We’re going to try to do everything we can to get into the playoffs...
Could the Oakland Athletics be the rare buyers and sellers at the trade deadline?
Thanks in part to the addition of the second Wild Card, the playoff picture in the American League is, at best cloudy, at worst completely and totally insane.
Through games of July 17th, 10 of the 14 AL team are .500 or better and within two games of the final Wild Card spot. That is going to make for a lot of tough decisions in those front offices as each GM makes their...
Dugout Digest - playoff beatdown
Going into today, there were a pair of matchups featuring two playoff teams against one another. The NL West leading Giants traveled to wild card (#2) leading Atlanta, and the wild card (#1) leading Angels traveled east to wild card (#2) leading Detroit. Things did not go as expected for the home teams in each of these games. In fact...they did not go well at all. The Angels...
Your end of day Twitter plagiarism summary
We've had quite a day here at TOC in tracking the Twitter account MLBSportsReport, our favorite impostor account running sycophant. The latest update (as of a few hours ago) is that our friend FloridianFalcon is *not* connected to the proprietor of these accounts in any way. Of course, it wouldn't be an hour in the life of MLBSportsReport without some ridiculousness....
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