July 30th MLB Trade Deadline catch up Post

The trade rumors and all the wheeling and dealings have been flying around like crazy so let’s get caught up a bit before we head into the final day of the frenzy.

• The Yankees tried to acquire Dustin Ackley from the Seattle Mariners in a trade that would have sent OF Ramon Flores and Ben Gamel to Seattle. Seattle wanted more and the deal, hopefully, fell through.

• The Yankees came back and acquired Ackley anyway fpr Ramon Flores and Jose Ramirez.

• The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired first baseman Brandon Moss from the Cleveland Indians for a prospect.

• The Toronto Blue Jays sent LHP Daniel Norris and two prospects to the Detroit Tigers for LHP David Price in a deal that is sure to shake up the American League East Division race. 

Recapping the Winter Meetings 2014

It's Sunday and the wild and active Winter Meetings are over. Let's take a time on this lazy Sunday to recap just what happened. Spoiler alert, if you're looking for something Yankees related here you're not going to get it. Anyway, carry on. I'm not going to list every move but just the notable and impact ones. 

12-8

Cleveland Indians – Traded Joey Wendle for OF Brandon Moss from the Oakland Athletics.

12-9

Chicago Cubs – Traded RHP Zachary Godley and RHP Jeferson Mejia for C Miguel Montero from the Arizona Diamondbacks. 

Chicago White Sox – Traded RHP Chris Bassitt, C Josh Phegley, 3B Rangel Ravelo and SS Marcus Semien for RHP Jeff Samardzija and RHP Michael Ynoa from the Oakland Athletics. 

12-10

Chicago White Sox – Signed RHP David Robertson.

Los Angeles Dodgers – Traded LHP Andrew Heaney for 2B Howie Kendrick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Miami Marlins – Traded C Austin Barnes, RHP David Hatcher, LHP Andrew Heaney and SS Enrique Hernandez for RHP Dan Haren, 2B Dee Gordon and SS Miguel Rojas from the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

12-11

Detroit Tigers – Traded RHP Jonathon Crawford and INF Eugenio Suarez for RHP Alfredo Simon from the Cincinnati Reds. 

Detroit Tigers – Traded RHP Rick Porcello for  OF Yoenis Cespedes, RHP Alex Wilson and LHP Gabe Speier from the Boston Red Sox. 

Miami Marlins – Traded RHP Anthony DeSclafani and C Chad Wallach for RHP Mat Latos from the Cincinnati Reds. 

Announced 12-12 or later

Boston Red Sox – Traded RHP Rubby De La Rosa, RHP Allen Webster and another minor leaguer for LHP Wade Miley from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

San Diego Padres – Traded C Yasmani Grandal, RHP Joe Wieland, and RHP Zach Eflin for OF Matt Kemp and C Tim Federowicz from the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Los Angeles Dodgers – Traded a minor league package for SS Jimmy Rollins from the Philadelphia Phillies. 

Chicago Cubs – Signed RHP Jason Hammel

Pittsburgh Pirates – Signed LHP Francisco Liriano

Chicago Cubs – Signed LHP Jon Lester

Houston Astros – Signed RHP Luke Gregerson

Houston Astros – Signed RHP Pat Neshek

Los Angeles Dodgers – Signed RHP Brandon McCarthy

Boston Red Sox – Signed RHP Justin Masterson

Kansas City Royals – Signed 1B Kendrys Morales

St. Louis Cardinals – Signed 3B/1B Mark Reynolds

Minnesota Twins – Signed RHP Ervin Santana

Kuroda's Dominance Not Enough as Yanks' Bullpen Blows Another One

With two outs and nobody on in tonight's top of the eighth, the Yankees looked to be in pretty good shape.

The Bombers, who came into the contest on an ugly two-game losing streak, led 2-1 thanks to recurring heroics from the returning Mark Teixeira and Starter Hiroki Kuroda, both somewhat surprising.

Teixeira, who hadn't played since Saturday, drove in both of the team's runs in his first three at-bats, first on a first-inning bloop single and then on a go-ahead solo home run in the sixth.

That pair of trips around the bases was all the Yanks salvaged off the A's Scott Kazmir, who received a no decision after a solid 6.1 frames.

Thankfully, the minimal offensive production was enough for the home team, who received a nearly-perfect outing from the before-mentioned Kuroda, who tossed 6.2 innings of 2-hit (HR from Brandon Moss included) ball to set Dellin Betances up nicely.

Betances, coming off that dominant performance Sunday, entered the contest with two outs in the seventh, striking out Moss before recording the first two outs of the eighth routinely.

At that point, the Yanks were in control. Just four more outs and they'd be winning again.

Or not.

Facing Alberto Callaspo with a 1-2 count, Betances lost all control, walking the veteran before surrendering a pinch-hit, game-tying double to Stephen Vogt.

Betances would rebound to get the last out of the inning, but still, the damage had been done.

In the top of the ninth, David Robertson would retire all three hitters he faced, but that didn't necessarily cover for Adam Warren, who unfortunately was picked to throw the tenth.

The first hitter Warren (1-3; 1/3 IP, 3 ER)) faced in the AB, Brandon Moss, drove another one into the seats, followed shortly by two more runs to put the game out of reach.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Pinstripes went down 1-2-3, officially ending the disaster. Once again, the $200 million team had snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, dropping their 2014 record to an extremely dissapointing, 29-28.