The Mets signed Granderson to a four-year, $60 million deal over the winter, then watched as their big acquisition put up unfathomably bad numbers to start the season. And now, both present intriguing trade dilemmas for their unsurprisingly struggling new team. Though Curtis Granderson and Bartolo Colon won’t be among them, and though their overall numbers don’t reflect it, both have shown flashes of excellence this season. Six 2013-14 free agents are headed to next week’s All-Star Game: Robinson Cano, Masahiro Tanaka, Jose Abreu, Scott Kazmir, Nelson Cruz, and Kurt Suzuki. Arizona Diamondbacks (38-53, -64 run differential, no. The defending champs join the dreaded bottom tier.ģ0. The teacher is, quite simply, the coolest umpire who’s ever lived: It turns out that MLB 14: The Show features multiple delightful Easter eggs, including this bat-flipping tutorial. Unpredictably, he’s not the one doing the actual flipping. Predictably, our bat-flipping pal Yasiel Puig is once again a major part of the show this week.

While we’re waiting for answers, at least we can agree to celebrate those who accomplish the spectacular, those who offer grudging respect, and those who will take all the lucky breaks they can get: 500 are saying they’re not ready to sell?Ĭlick here for more 2014 MLB trade deadline coverage. Do the Phillies want to move Cole Hamels 1 and Cliff Lee, and if so, can they find teams willing to take on those huge contracts? Will the Jays be more or less aggressive after falling into a deep funk and out of first place? Will the Yankees pursue more starters after nabbing an extreme ground ball guy to pitch in front of one of baseball’s worst defensive shortstops? Will the Angels acquire every relief pitcher on the planet? And how can we process a trade market in which teams nine and 10 games under. That’s because with one week to go until the All-Star break, a sizable chunk of teams are still trying to sort out where they stand, and in turn whether they should buy, sell, or hold. The A’s and Cubs pulled off the first blockbuster of trade-deadline season with a six-player swap over the holiday weekend, but it’s tough to know when we’ll see another deal that big.

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