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He could be related to Begley Jr.












I believe his actual name, well his first name anyway, is Ron. I know I've mentioned 'em before, but it's worth repeating: I've sat in the Dodgerfilms section of the (left field) bleachers a few times over the years... always a fun experience with those guys.



http://dodgers.mlblogs.com/2014/07/28/dodgers-support-binding-arbitration-to-solve-distribution-of-sportsnet-la/]The[/url] Dodgers television network headed to possible binding arbitration



The key sentence there:


“Additionally, as you enter into the arbitration process, fans should no longer be left in the dark. We are requesting that SportsNet LA be made available immediately to all fans, beginning with tomorrow night’s game against the Atlanta Braves."



The great Dodger television-blackout of 2014 could be over by this week!

 

They definitely know how I feel.






Yesssssssss sir!

 

I would assume Lester would be traded too, but the way it was framed, last night at least, was it was simply a precaution because they didn't want some weird random injury to happen just in case he is traded.

I hope he's traded, if only because the deadline has gotten kind of boring the last few years. It's a small price to pay for competitive balance, but still, deadline day was always kind of a mini-baseball holiday.

Amazing.

 

http://www.dodgersnation.com/trade-deadline-dodgers-to-keep-prospects-shift-focus/2014/07/30]Bums[/url] to shift focus for trade deadline(s)


So the trio of Seager-Pederson-Urias are untouchable... good. This team needs only cosmetic trades (John Lackey as the 4th and/or 5th starter as an example) this time around, not something huge (ie: the '08 deadline deal that brought them Manny Ramirez) in order to win the division/put them over-the-top come playoff time; on a related note, Kemp hit 2 2-run home runs last night... KEEP KEMP! KEEP KEMP!

 

Anytime a team's gm says something to the effect of "today's move in no way indicates we are raising the white flag and giving up on this season", it always means they actually are.

That's your 2014 Cleveland Indians

 

My reaction when I heard of the Cardinals-Masterson trade:



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So, will Price and Lester be on different teams tomorrow or not?

 

Buahaha!

 

I would guess Lester will be traded and Price won't. Price is under contract next season and the Rays have been making a run recently.

Amazing.

 

My guess is Cherington is going to unload every veteran pitcher he can. Peavy and Doubront are already gone, there have been rumors about Lester for a while, and Lackey could be gone as well.

Price sadly is staying for the reason Amazing said.

 

The Lester-to-Baltimore speculation that's popped up today has been the most intruiging news in that regard.

 

Oh man I will be ticked if we trade him within the division like that. Unless we get a king's ransom in return.

 

Honestly, it doesn't matter that much for a rental -- I would also expect the Sox and Lester to have a gentleman's agreement in that case for a contract framework for next year preventing him from reupping with someone else in the division.

 

Though Colletti has already publicly stated that Kemp won't be traded this season, should all that nonsense still be around him/the Bums during the offseason, they ought to remember tonight*:






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To go along with his home-run earlier in the game, and a run scored via an Uribe hit, Kemp delivered a walk-off win for the Bums (in the 10th-inning) via a single.




This is with some immediate-context (and thus, to be fair, and extremely small sample size), of course: Kemp has now gone 6-8, with 6 RBI's & 4 runs scored during these past 2-games against Atlanta. Maybe right field is a good spot for him. Maybe, eventually, shifting Puig to left or center as Crawford gets traded and/or Pederson gets called-up to replace him is what ends up being the answer for the Bums.



*Not to be forgotten tonight: Greinke striking out 13 -his new Dodger high-, Jansen blowing the save in the 9th via a Justin Upton HR... which, duh, set-up that great finish in the 10th.

 

MLB Trade Rumors has Lester going to the A's, possibly for Cespedes.

Edit - Lester and Gomes for Cespedes. That's what we all expected, right?

Amazing.

 

I think it's kind of brilliant. They boost their rotation, they save $10.5 million next year, and the drop off from Cespedes to Gomes isn't as huge as you'd think. Cespedes is only hitting .256/.303/.464 this year and his career numbers are more or less the same as Gomes. And Gomes is obviously only going to play against lefties and even in a down year this year, he's hitting .302/.400/.431 against them.

Amazing.

 

That's... an incredible deal for the Sox, also assuming Lester comes back next year.

WTF is Beane thinking? I usually trust him to have logic (even insane troll logic) but I can't see it here...

 

I don't think Cespedes is the kind of player either the Sox or the A's would re-sign. When he's a free-agent he'll be 30 years old and where you see elite power, I see a guy who hits 20-25 homers a year and doesn't get on base with any sort of regularity. He's an obvious upgrade right now and next year for the Sox, who are obviously not looking to rebuild, but there's no way he stays beyond that. And again, the A's save $10.5 million next year, which is huge for them. And not that they have much left, but the A's also didn't give up any prospects.

Edit - The trade I don't understand is Tommy Milone for Sam Fuld. Seems like the A's could have gotten a better return on him.

Amazing.

 

I'm sure going from an extreme pitcher's park (A's) to a good hitter's park (Sox) will only help, considering his power and he now provides protection for Papi

 

B-Ref Park Factors disagree with your assessment and protection is a myth!

And now Boston has traded Lackey to the Cardinals.

Amazing.