MLB Trade Central: 2012
For any trade involving a major leaguer or a Prospect Handbook-caliber minor leaguer, we summarize the players’ strengths, weaknesses and possible future roles. We slant our analysis toward the young players and prospects involved, letting the veterans’ track records do most of the talking.
Any player who is designated for assignment, and thus removed from his club’s 40-man roster, is not considered for Trade Central because the resulting trade is not a pure talent-for-talent exchange. Teams have much less leverage in such trades.
| Dec. 26 • Pirates Flip Closer Hanrahan To Red Sox | |
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| Acquire: RHP Joel Hanrahan, Pittsburgh SS Brock Holt, Pittsburgh |
Acquire: RHP Mark Melancon, Boston RHP Stolmy Pimentel, Portland (AA) OF/1B Jerry Sands, Albuquerque (AAA) 2B Ivan De Jesus Jr., Boston |
| Dec. 19 • AL West Rivals Swap Veterans | |
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| Acquire: 1B Kendrys Morales, Los Angeles (AL) |
Acquire: LHP Jason Vargas, Seattle |
| Dec. 19 • Astros-Dodgers Swap Minor League Arms | |
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| Acquire: RHP John Ely, Los Angeles (NL) |
Acquire: LHP Rob Rasmussen, Corpus Christi (AA) |
| Dec. 18 • Athletics Swap Cowgill To Mets | |
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| Acquire: OF Collin Cowgill, Oakland |
Acquire: 3B Jefry Marte, Binghamton (AA) |
| Dec. 17 • Blue Jays Acquire Cy Young Award Winner From Mets | |
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| Acquire: RHP R.A. Dickey, New York C Josh Thole, New York C Mike Nickeas, New York |
Acquire: C Travis d’Arnaud, Las Vegas (AAA) RHP Noah Syndergaard, Lansing (Lo A) C John Buck, Toronto OF Wuilmer Becerra, GCL Blue Jays (R) |
| Dec. 12 • Dodgers Add More Utility In Trade For Schumaker | |
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| Acquire: 2B/OF Skip Schumaker, St. Louis |
Acquire: SS Jake Lemmerman, Chattanooga (AA) |
| Dec. 11 • Indians Acquire Trevor Bauer In Three-Team Deal | ||
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| Acquire: OF Shin-Soo Choo, Cleveland SS Jason Donald, Cleveland |
Acquire: RHP Trevor Bauer, Reno (AAA) OF Drew Stubbs, Cincinnati RHP Matt Albers, Arizona RHP Bryan Shaw, Arizona |
Acquire: SS Didi Gregorius, Cincinnati LHP Tony Sipp, Cleveland 1B Lars Anderson, Columbus (AAA) |
| Dec. 10 • Royals Deal Minor League POY To Rays For Shields | |
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| Acquire: RHP James Shields, Tampa Bay RHP Wade Davis, Tampa Bay SS Elliot Johnson, Tampa Bay |
Acquire: OF Wil Myers, Omaha (AAA) RHP Jake Odorizzi, Kansas City LHP Mike Montgomery, Omaha (AAA) 3B Patrick Leonard, Burlington (R) |
| Dec. 8 • Phillies Acquire Michael Young From Rangers | |
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| Acquire: 1B/3B Michael Young, Texas |
Acquire: RHP Josh Lindblom, Philadelphia RHP Lisalverto Bonilla, Reading (AA) |
| Dec. 6 • Twins Snag Two Pitchers By Trading Revere To Phils | |
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| Acquire: OF Ben Revere, Minnesota |
Acquire: RHP Vance Worley, Philadelphia RHP Trevor May, Reading (AA) |
| Dec. 5 • Tigers Flip Oliver To Pirates For Catching Prospect | |
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| Acquire: LHP Andy Oliver, Toledo (AAA) |
Acquire: C Ramon Cabrera, Indianapolis (AAA) |
| Dec. 4 • Rays Acquire Shortstop Yunel Escobar From Marlins | |
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| Acquire: SS Yunel Escobar, Miami |
Acquire: SS/2B Derek Dietrich, Montgomery (AA) |
| Dec. 4 • Astros Deal Wilton Lopez To Rockies For Young Arms | |
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| Acquire: RHP Wilton Lopez, Houston palyer to be named |
Acquire: RHP Alex White, Colorado RHP Alex Gillingham, Asheville (Lo A) |
| Dec. 1 • Arb-Eligible Badenhop On The Move Again | |
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| Acquire: RHP Burke Badenhop, Tampa Bay |
Acquire: OF Raul Mondesi Jr., Helena (R) |
| Nov. 30 • Pirates Trade Arb-Eligible Resop To A’s | |
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| Acquire: RHP Chris Resop, Pittsburgh |
Acquire: RHP Zach Thornton, Stockton (Hi A) |
| Nov. 30 • Angels Give Up Walden To Get Hanson From Braves | |
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| Acquire: RHP Tommy Hanson, Atlanta |
Acquire: RHP Jordan Walden, Los Angeles (AL) |
| Nov. 29 • Nationals Get Their Man In Span | |
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| Acquire: OF Denard Span, Minnesota |
Acquire: RHP Alex Meyer, Potomac (Hi A) |
| Nov. 20 • D-backs Surrender Ryan Wheeler For Bullpen Lefty | |
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| Acquire: LHP Matt Reynolds, Colorado |
Acquire: 3B Ryan Wheeler, Arizona |
| Nov. 20 • Rangers Agree To Trade Do-Over With Cubs | |
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| Acquire: RHP Barret Loux, Frisco (AA) |
Acquire: RHP Jake Brigham, Tennessee (AA) player to be named |
| Nov. 20 • Mariners Add Infield Depth With Trade For Andino | |
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| Acquire: 2B Robert Andino, Baltimore |
Acquire: OF Trayvon Robinson, Seattle |
| Nov. 19 • Marlins Sell Off Five Vets In 12-Player Trade With Jays | |
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| Acquire: RHP Josh Johnson, Miami LHP Mark Buehrle, Miami SS Jose Reyes, Miami C John Buck, Miami OF/2B Emilio Bonifacio, Miami |
Acquire: SS Yunel Escobar, Toronto RHP Henderson Alvarez, Toronto C Jeff Mathis, Toronto SS Adeiny Hechavarria, Toronto OF Jake Marisnick, New Hamp. (AA) LHP Justin Nicolino, Lansing (Lo A) RHP Anthony DeSclafani, Lansing (Lo A) |
| Nov. 16 • Padres Clear 40-Man Space In Minor Trade With A’s | |
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| Acquire: RHP Tyson Ross, Oakland 1B A.J. Kirby-Jones, Stockton (Hi A) |
Acquire: LHP Andrew Werner, San Diego SS/2B Andy Parrino, San Diego |
| Nov. 3 • Blue Jays Deal Aviles To Add Another Reliever | |
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| Acquire: RHP Esmil Rogers, Cleveland |
Acquire: SS Mike Aviles, Toronto C/3B Yan Gomes, Toronto |
| Oct. 31 • A Nice Start: Royals Acquire Santana From Angels | |
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| Acquire: RHP Ervin Santana, Los Angeles (AL) |
Acquire: LHP Brandon Sisk, Omaha (AAA) |
| Oct. 21 • Farrell Will Manage Red Sox; Blue Jays Acquire Aviles | |
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| Acquire: MGR John Farrell, Toronto RHP David Carpenter, Toronto |
Acquire: SS Mike Aviles, Boston |
| Oct. 20 • Three-Team Deal Lands Bell, Pennington In Phoenix | ||
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| Acquire: RHP Heath Bell, Miami SS/2B Cliff Pennington, Oakland |
Acquire: OF Chris Young, Arizona |
Acquire: SS Yordy Cabrera, Stockton (Hi A) |
| Aug. 25 • Dodgers Get Gonzo In Nine-Player Deal With Red Sox | |
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| Acquire: 1B Adrian Gonzalez, Boston OF Carl Crawford, Boston (DL) RHP Josh Beckett, Boston 2B/3B Nick Punto, Boston |
Acquire: 1B James Loney, Los Angeles (NL) RHP Rubby de la Rosa, Los Angeles (NL) RHP Allen Webster, Chattanooga (AA) 1B/OF Jerry Sands, Albuquerque (AAA) 2B Ivan De Jesus Jr., Albuquerque (AAA) |
| Aug. 21 • D-backs Ship Stephen Drew To Athletics | |
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| Acquire: SS Stephen Drew, Arizona |
Acquire: SS Sean Jamieson, Burlington (Lo A) |
| Aug. 14 • Red Sox Acquire Beato In Trade With Mets | |
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| Acquire: C Kelly Shoppach, Boston |
Acquire: RHP Pedro Beato, Buffalo (AAA) |
| Aug. 5 • Red Sox Trade For Twins Third Baseman Valencia | |
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| Acquire: 3B Danny Valencia, Minnesota |
Acquire: OF Jeremias Pineda, GCL Red Sox (R) |
| Aug. 5 • Trade For Baker Gives Tigers Righty Bat Off Bench | |
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| Acquire: 1B/RF Jeff Baker, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: RHP Marcelo Carreno, W. Michigan (Lo A) cash considerations |
| Aug. 3 • First August Waiver Trade Sends Suzuki To Nationals | |
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| Acquire: C Kurt Suzuki, Oakland |
Acquire: C David Freitas, Potomac (Hi A) |
| Aug. 3 • Dodgers Deal For Blanton To Fill Rotation Opening | |
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| Acquire: RHP Joe Blanton, Philadelphia |
Acquire: RHP Ryan O’Sullivan, R. Cucamonga (Hi A) |
| July 31 • Rangers Add Dempster Right Before Deadline Buzzer | |
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| Acquire: RHP Ryan Dempster, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: 3B Christian Villanueva, Myrtle Beach (Hi A) RHP Kyle Hendricks, Myrtle Beach (Hi A) |
| July 31 • Red Sox Flip Anderson To Indians For Wright | |
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| Acquire: 1B Lars Anderson, Pawtucket (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP Steve Wright, Akron (AA) |
| July 31 • Reds Add Broxton To Hard-Throwing Bullpen Mix | |
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| Acquire: RHP Jonathan Broxton, Kansas City |
Acquire: RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran, Pensacola (AA) LHP Donnie Joseph, Louisville (AAA) |
| July 31 • Pirates Sacrifice Hernandez To Add Another Bat | |
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| Acquire: 1B Gaby Sanchez, New Orleans (AAA) RHP Kyle Kaminska, Jacksonville (AA) |
Acquire: OF Gorkys Hernandez, Indianapolis (AAA) supplemental first-round pick in 2013 |
| July 31 • Cardinals Deal 2010 First-Rounder For Bullpen Help | |
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| Acquire: RHP Edward Mujica, Miami |
Acquire: 3B Zack Cox, Memphis (AAA) |
| July 31 • Phillies Deal Another Outfielder, Send Pence To Giants | |
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| Acquire: OF Hunter Pence, Philadelphia |
Acquire: C Tommy Joseph, Richmond (AA) OF Nate Schierholtz, San Francisco RHP Seth Rosin, San Jose (Hi A) |
| July 31 • Dodgers Add Victorino As Phillies Begin Dealing | |
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| Acquire: OF Shane Victorino, Philadelphia |
Acquire: RHP Ethan Martin, Chattanooga (AA) RHP Josh Lindblom, Los Angeles (NL) 2B Stefan Jarrin, AZL Dodgers (R) |
| July 31 • Dodgers Bolster Bullpen With League | |
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| Acquire: RHP Brandon League, Seattle |
Acquire: OF Leon Landry, R. Cucamonga (Hi A) RHP Logan Bawcom, Chattanooga (AA) |
| July 31 • Blue Jays Trade For Fifth Pitcher In July | |
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| Acquire: OF Eric Thames, Las Vegas (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP Steve Delabar, Seattle |
| July 31 • Blue Jays, Pirates Exchange 2006 First-Rounders | |
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| Acquire: OF Travis Snider, Toronto |
Acquire: RHP Brad Lincoln, Pittsburgh |
| July 30 • Braves Add Depth In Deadline Deal With Cubs | |
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| Acquire: OF Reed Johnson, Chicago (NL) LHP Paul Maholm, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: RHP Arodys Vizcaino, DNP—Injured RHP Jaye Chapman, Gwinnett (AAA) |
| July 30 • Rangers Add Catcher Soto From Cubs | |
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| Acquire: C Geovany Soto, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: RHP Jake Brigham, Frisco (AA) player to be named or cash |
| July 29 • Astros Continue Selling, Deal Johnson To D-backs | |
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| Acquire: 3B Chris Johnson, Houston |
Acquire: OF Bobby Borchering, Mobile (AA) OF Marc Krauss, Mobile (AA) |
| July 28 • Active White Sox Acquire Liriano From Twins | |
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| Acquire: LHP Francisco Liriano, Minnesota |
Acquire: SS Eduardo Escobar, Chicago (AL) LHP Pedro Hernandez, Charlotte (AAA) |
| July 27 • Giants Bolster Infield Corps With Scutaro | |
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| Acquire: 2B/SS Marco Scutaro, Colorado |
Acquire: 2B Charlie Culberson, Fresno (AAA) |
| July 27 • Brewers Trade Greinke To Angels For Top Prospects | |
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| Acquire: RHP Zack Greinke, Milwaukee |
Acquire: SS Jean Segura, Los Angeles (AL) RHP Johnny Hellweg, Arkansas (AA) RHP Ariel Pena, Arkansas (AA) |
| July 25 • Marlins Trade Ramirez To Dodgers In Surprise Move | |
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| Acquire: 3B Hanley Ramirez, Miami LHP Randy Choate, Miami |
Acquire: RHP Nate Eovaldi, Los Angeles (NL) RHP Scott McGough, R. Cucamonga (Hi A) |
| July 25 • Rays Deal Bortnick To D-backs For Roberts | |
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| Acquire: 3B Ryan Roberts, Arizona |
Acquire: 2B Tyler Bortnick, Montgomery (AA) |
| July 24 • Pirates Acquire Wandy Rodriguez From Astros | |
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| Acquire: LHP Wandy Rodriguez, Houston |
Acquire: OF Robbie Grossman, Altoona (AA) LHP Rudy Owens, Indianapolis (AAA) LHP Colton Cain, Bradenton (Hi A) |
| July 23 • Tigers Deal Top Prospects To Make Critical Upgrades | |
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| Acquire: RHP Anibal Sanchez, Miami 2B Omar Infante, Miami supplemental first-round pick in 2013 |
Acquire: RHP Jacob Turner, Detroit C Rob Brantly, Toledo (AAA) LHP Brian Flynn, Erie (AA) supplemental second-round pick in 2013 |
| July 23 • Mariners Deal Ichiro To Yankees For Pair Of Relievers | |
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| Acquire: OF Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle |
Acquire: RHP D.J. Mitchell, Scranton (AAA) RHP Danny Farquhar, Scranton (AAA) |
| July 21 • White Sox Acquire Myers As Astros Continue To Sell | |
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| Acquire: RHP Brett Myers, Houston |
Acquire: RHP Matt Heidenreich, Birmingham (AA) LHP Blair Walters, Winston-Salem (Hi A) RHP Chris Devenski, Kannapolis (Lo A) |
| July 20 • Astros Ship Arms To Blue Jays In 10-Player Deal | |
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| Acquire: RHP Brandon Lyon, Houston LHP J.A. Happ, Houston RHP David Carpenter, Okla. City (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP Francisco Cordero, Toronto OF Ben Francisco, Toronto C Carlos Perez, Lansing (Lo A) RHP Asher Wojciechowski, Dunedin (Hi A) RHP Joe Musgrove, Bluefield (Appy) LHP David Rollins, Lansing (Lo A) RHP Kevin Comer, Bluefield (Appy) |
| July 14 • Short On Shortstops, Braves Trade For Janish | |
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| Acquire: SS Paul Janish, Louisville (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP Todd Redmond, Gwinnett (AAA) |
| July 5 • Marlins Deal Two Prospects To Astros For Carlos Lee | |
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| Acquire: 1B Carlos Lee, Houston |
Acquire: 3B Matt Dominguez, New Orleans (AAA) LHP Rob Rasmussen, Jupiter (Hi A) |
| June 30 • Orioles Acquire Full-Time DH Thome From Phillies | |
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| Acquire: 1B Jim Thome, Philadelphia |
Acquire: RHP Kyle Simon, Frederick (Hi A) C Gabriel Lino, Delmarva (Lo A) |
| June 24 • Red Sox Deal Youkilis To White Sox For Big League Pair | |
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| Acquire: 3B Kevin Youkilis, Boston |
Acquire: RHP Zach Stewart, Chicago (AL) 3B/OF Brent Lillibridge, Chicago (AL) |
| May 3 • Angels Find Relief In Form Of Padres’ Frieri | |
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| Acquire: RHP Ernesto Frieri, San Diego |
Acquire: 2B Alexi Amarista, Salt Lake (AAA) RHP Donn Roach, Inland Empire (Hi A) |
| April 21 • Down Two Center Fielders, Red Sox Deal For Byrd | |
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| Acquire: OF Marlon Byrd, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: RHP Michael Bowden, Boston LHP Hunter Cervenka, Greenville (Lo A) |
| April 21 • Orioles Acquire Belfiore From D-backs As PTBN For Bell | |
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| Acquire: 3B Josh Bell, Norfolk (AAA) |
Acquire: LHP Mike Belfiore, Visalia (Hi A) |
| April 4 • Giants Deal Catching Surplus To Yankees | |
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| Acquire: C Chris Stewart, San Francisco |
Acquire: RHP George Kontos, New York (AL) |
| April 1 • Reds Deal Out-Of-Options Francisco To Braves | |
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| Acquire: 3B Juan Francisco, Cincinnati |
Acquire: RHP J.J. Hoover, Gwinnett (AAA) |
| March 31 • D-backs Retain Rule 5 Pick In Trade With Pirates | |
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| Acquire: RHP Brett Lorin, Bradenton (Hi A) |
Acquire: RHP Robby Rowland, Missoula (R) |
| March 20 • Royals Deal Prospect Lefty For Big League Depth | |
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| Acquire: C Humberto Quintero, Houston OF Jason Bourgeois, Houston |
Acquire: LHP Kevin Chapman, NW Arkansas (AA) OF D’Andre Toney, AZL Royals (R) |
| Feb. 21 • Cubs, Red Sox Settle On Compensation For Epstein | |
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| Acquire: GM Theo Epstein 1B Jair Bogaerts, DSL Red Sox (R) |
Acquire: RHP Chris Carpenter, Iowa (AAA) RHP Aaron Kurcz, Daytona (Hi A) |
| Feb. 17 • Yankees Unload Burnett, But At A Cost | |
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| Acquire: RHP A.J. Burnett, New York (AL) |
Acquire: RHP Diego Moreno, Bradenton (Hi A) OF Exicardo Cayones, GCL Pirates (R) |
| Feb. 6 • Rockies Continue Overhaul With Guthrie Acquisition | |
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| Acquire: RHP Jeremy Guthrie, Baltimore |
Acquire: RHP Jason Hammel, Colorado RHP Matt Lindstrom, Colorado |
| Jan. 25 • Phils Deal Valdez To Reds For Roster Flexibility | |
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| Acquire: 2B/SS Wilson Valdez, Philadelphia |
Acquire: LHP Jeremy Horst, Cincinnati |
| Jan. 21 • Red Sox Pare Payroll, Deal Scutaro To Rockies | |
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| Acquire: SS Marco Scutaro, Boston |
Acquire: RHP Clayton Mortensen, Colo. Springs (AAA) |
| Jan. 20 • Indians Acquire Slowey To Fill In For Carmona | |
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| Acquire: RHP Kevin Slowey, Minnesota |
Acquire: RHP Zach Putnam, Cleveland |
| Jan. 16 • A’s Deal Two Arms To Rockies For Seth Smith | |
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| Acquire: OF Seth Smith, Colorado |
Acquire: LHP Josh Outman, Oakland RHP Guillermo Moscoso, Oakland |
| Jan. 13 • Yankees Use Montero To Acquire Pineda From M’s | |
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| Acquire: RHP Michael Pineda, Seattle RHP Jose Campos, Everett (SS) |
Acquire: C Jesus Montero, New York (AL) RHP Hector Noesi, New York (AL) |
| Jan. 6 • Cubs, Padres Swap Cashner For Rizzo | |
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| Acquire: 1B Anthony Rizzo, San Diego RHP Zach Cates, Fort Wayne (Lo A) |
Acquire: RHP Andrew Cashner, Chicago (NL) OF Kyung-Min Na, Boise (SS) |
| Jan. 5 • Cubs Ship Zambrano To Miami For Volstad | |
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| Acquire: RHP Carlos Zambrano, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: RHP Chris Volstad, Florida |
| Jan. 1 • Blue Jays Reacquire Frasor In Year’s First Trade | |
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| Acquire: RHP Jason Frasor, Chicago (AL) |
Acquire: RHP Myles Jaye, Bluefield (R) RHP Daniel Webb, Lansing (Lo A) |
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