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I’m still recovering from yesterday as today has more heavy-hitting news. The Granderson deal huge. Boston should strike back today or tomorrow to counter the Yankees. They could’ve gotten Granderson if they traded SP Clay Buchholz or Jacoby Ellsbury, but thought the price was too high. I agree with the front office. This probably means the Yankees have no trade chips to get Roy Halladay. The Yankees did get Andy Pettite after all, who signed for just under $12M despite not origianlly liking the number. Rumor has it the other New York(Mets) team has its eyes on Joel Pineiro, Doug Davis, John Lackey, Jon Garland, and Jason Marquis. I think they get Garland or Davis.

The Brewers have closed the deal with SP Randy Wolf. They get him for 3 yrs @ $29.75M with a fourth year option. As a bonus, they picked up reliever LaTroy Hawkins (1-4; 2.13ERA) for two years at $7.5M. Good moves by the Brewers, although I think they overpaid for Randy Wolf. Hawkins was a steal because of his abilityto get batters and baserunners out.

The Orioles and Rangers appear to be trading pitchers. The Orioles will get Kevin Millwood (13-10; 3.67ERA) sending Chis Ray (0-4;7.27ERA). What are the Rangers thinking? Ray hasn’t had a winning season in 4 ML seasons? His ERA jumped almost 3 points from 2007 to this year?!? If I’m Texas, I’m praying someone’s physical comes back with a defect (more than likely Millwood’s). If I’m Baltimore, I’m thinking about pulling off a possible deal of the century. The money saved by Texas would allow them to pursue a cheaper starter. As of 6:34PM, it;s a done deal and Texas gets a player to be named later.

The Rockies are close to re-signing C Yorvit Torrealba(.291, 2HRs, 31 RBIs in 64 games). The deal would be worth $5.5M/2yrs. That’s a lot for a backup catcher who doesn’t even play half the season. Torrealba is looking for $6M.

The Astros appear close to receiving closer Matt Lindstrom from the Marlins reports Ken Rosenthal. It is unsure of who the Marlins will receive. Lindstrom (2-1; 5.89ERA) lost the closer job to Leo Nunez after injuring himself mid-season and never returning to form. As of 4:33PM, this deal is done and Lindstrom is on his way for a physical in Houston. The Marlins get pitcher Robert Bono,INF Luis Bryan and a player to be named.

SS Bobby Crosby is now a Pirate. The contract is worth $1M with 5K of incentives. At least they didn’t overspend on him.

Rumors:
Multiple teams are interested in SP Derek Lowe (15-10;4.67ERA) and the Braves say they will “eat some of his contract.”
The Rays lead the chase for reliever Rafael Soriano.
Rich Harden is on the verge of a contract agreement for an unknown team (Rangers is the rumor now).
The White Sox may take a look at reliever J.J. Putz. Does this mean that Bobby Jenks is on the move? Or will Putz accept a similar role when he was acquired by the Mets?
The Red Sox and Rangers are talking Mike Lowell.
Jayson Stark says the Padres are “aggresively” trying to move Kevin Kouzmanoff.
The Phillies have interest in pitcher Jason Marquis.

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