The trade deadline is upon us, as we're about seven hours away from 4 PM ET, the time by which all trades must be completed. After a busy Monday, Tuesday was much quieter…until the wee hours of the morning, when Jake Peavy went to the Red Sox and Jose Iglesias went to Detroit. The A's […]

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim continued dealing a day after trading Scott Downs, and have sent third baseman Alberto Callaspo to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for

The Brian Wilson sweepstakes (if you really want to call it a sweepstakes…more like a raffle for a fruit basket) has ended, and the winners are the

WOOHOO TRADES! Unfortunately, there weren't exactly huge names traded on Monday. Three players got dealt: all three were relievers. Jose Veras went to the Tigers, Scott Downs went to the Braves, and Jesse Crain went to the Rays. I'm sure there are going to be more relievers dealt over the next two days (hello, Milwaukee), […]

The Richmond Flying Squirrels will be holding a "Salute to Scandal" night on Thursday, August 1st. The Squirrels, the AA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, are poking fun at Anthony Weiner and his texting scandal with the promotion. "Scandal night is meant to be a fun, tongue in cheek night and what hotter of […]

Jesse Crain of the White Sox is today's third reliever to get dealt. Chicago is sending Crain go the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for the always nebulous

Chicago White Sox starter Jake Peavy is probably going to get traded in the next three days. that is, if you believe Peavy. And honestly, there are a lot of fanbases out there that want nothing to do with Peavy, damning his contract and injury history. But would Peavy be a huge upgrade for a […]

The Atlanta Braves acquired the left-handed reliever they've been coveting, picking up

The bullpen wheel of destiny has been spun by Detroit Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski, and it's landed on veteran Jose Veras of the Houston Astros. The Tigers

Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, who signed a four year, $50 million deal with the club before the 2012 season, thinks that the club needs changes. In an interview with Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, Papelbon outlined his issues with the team. "I definitely didn't come here for this," he said. Papelbon carries an influential presence […]

The defending World Champion Giants are in a very odd place after bringing back nearly all of their 2013 roster: they're sellers. San Francisco is 12 games under .500 and is all alone in last place in the NL West. Only the Brewers and Marlins have a worse record among National League teams than the […]

Miami Marlins hitting coach Tino Martinez resigned on Sunday, according to a report from Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. Martinez was Miami owner Jeffrey Loria's hand-picked choice for the job this offseason, and it was his first professional coaching job. But a controversy soon erupted around Martinez, alleging that he was verbally and physically […]