Although the Yankees didn’t get Cliff Lee, Dan Haren, or Joakim Soria they still addressed their needs with the acquisitions of Lance Berkman, Austin Kearns, and Kerry Wood. Although I don’t believe Berkman will have all that much impact, the trade is the prototypical low risk/high reward for Brian Cashman unless Mark Melancon develops in [...]

Hearing a couple of things about why Lance Berkman agreed to the Yankees trade. – Andy Pettitte is a good friend and helped convince him to waive the 10 and 5 to come to New York. Remember, Berkman turned down a trade to the White Sox earlier in the process. – There are rumblings that [...]

The trade deadline rumor mill has started and Jon Heyman is the first to relay some proposed deals the Mets turned down. – Houston wanted Bobby Parnell and Josh Thole for Brett Myer. – The Pirates asked for Robert Carson for Octavio Dotel. – Attempted to trade Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez to the Cubs [...]

The Mets have been a Jekyl and Hyde team this season. Playing .640 ball at home and .377 on the road. It almost appears to be two different teams out there and after listening to R.A. Dickey with Steve Phillips and Marc Malusis yesterday they very well may be. Here are some quotes from Dickey [...]

According to Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal the Yankees are paying $8.5 million for Nick Johnson‘s roster spot: $5.5 for Nick Johnson, $3 million for Berkman, and $1.1 for Randy Winn (to play for the Cardinals). You know who also is making that type of money? Johnny Damon is making $8 million this year for the [...]

Thought I would pass along Bill Chuck’s “9 to know” regarding Lance Berkman from Billy-Ball. Some interesting facts – good and bad – about the new Yankees DH/OF. Oh, and his idol was Mickey Mantle! With the Yanks having to wait 24 hours to announce the official acquisition of Lance Berkman, here are nine stats [...]

You have heard names like Ted Lilly, Rich Harden, Paul Maholm, and Tom Gorzelanny connected with the Mets the last few days. I still believe the team will do nothing at the deadline (unless you count the Mike Jacobs trade) because of the prohibitive cost of even the most basic piece. With that said, if [...]

The Yankees didn’t get Adam Dunn, but acquired a DH to replace the injured Nick Johnson. Multiple reports indicate that Lance Berkman will join the Yankees tomorrow once he waives his 10 and 5 rights. On the surface this is a no brainer, as it only cost the Yankees money, but I have plenty of [...]

I get the sense Mets fans want to see a move, any move, from Omar Minaya just to feel like they are “part” of the trade deadline experience. In reality, the big fish that made sense for them – Cliff Lee and Dan Haren – weren’t feasible. Yes, they could have matched the Texas/Yankees offers, [...]

The other day the name Manny Ramirez came up in the comments section. This was in response to talk about the Yankees looking for a bat in the form of Adam Dunn. There are conflicting reports about whether they are “in” or “out” on Dunn, but let’s assume the Will Ferrell clone goes to Chicago. [...]

Look, Dan Haren would have been nice. And when other Mets fans were clamoring for Manny Ramirez, I was hoping for Adam Dunn, who still looks entirely available. But with a real absence of difference-makers available at this point, I have only one addition to request at the trading deadline. Please bring back Meet the [...]

I had the misfortune of having to watch the soft, listless Carlos Beltran on Thursday afternoon. Beltran, who many Mets fans have identified as a player who doesn’t care about his team, had begged his way into the lineup after playing 13 innings the night before on an arthritic knee. What a selfish player! It [...]

Imagine of the trade deadline was the original June 15th? Amazing that Tom Seaver was dealt “at the deadline,” where today that date wouldn’t even signal the end of the NBA Finals. Baseball recognized that date needed to change and made it the 31st of July. Now that we are in the Wild Card era, [...]

What if I told you a player the Mets acquired midseason would have a 7-4 record and a 2.32 ERA? Would you consider that a good “in season” acquisition? One of the biggest midseason acquisitions the Mets ever made was acquiring Frank Viola – coming off a Cy Young season – from the Minnesota Twins. [...]

Brandon Tierney of ESPN Radio reported on the “Wheelhouse” tonight that Anaheim may be ready to dump some of their veterans. He believes the Yankees might be able to reacquire Hideki Matsui at the trade deadline. With all the talk of Adam Dunn, Matsui might be a more reasonable acquisition to beef up the offense. [...]