[Jack Quinn]

IF we get him, supposedly it will be for 2 million. Fine, we just signed the mid-season Chan Ho Park. I am not getting excited about it.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Mets trade Church for Frenchy

I like it. Frenchy is younger, has more upside, has a fucking cannon, and oh yeah, will probably get along better with the manager than Church did. Sorry to see Church go though, they fucked up his rehab last year and never gave him a shot this year.

[Mikey]

FRENCHY~!

I just love how I can now make the same jokes at you as you have to me the last 3 years. I love Frenchy... I hope he can help turn the Mets' season around - I wouldn't bet on it though.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Oh he's not turning anything around, I just think it's a good trade in general because of the upside.

[DevSop]

Fuck that. Church is a much better player than Frenchy. This is a bullshit trade because Church fucked Manuel's daughter or something. Fuck Omar. Fuck Manuel. Fuck Wilpon.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Jul 10, 2009 19:52:59 GMT -5 DevSop said:

Fuck Wilpon.

Eh, Freddy doesn't care what you think. He was just happy to see his Dodgers back in Ebbets Field this week.

[Sparty]

No hitter for Jonathan Sanchez

[Lucky]

Frenchy sucks. But Church sucks so its kind of even. Its just one of those baseball "maybe he'll turn it around in a new setting" moves. Braves fans can say they got the marginally less sucky player. Mets fans can say they got the younger player with more "upside." Ultimately they'll both probably do more harm than good.

But I am surprised there isn't more of a "FUCK YOU, OMAR! THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!" reaction.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Jul 11, 2009 12:03:07 GMT -5 Lucky said:

But I am surprised there isn't more of a "FUCK YOU, OMAR! THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!" reaction.

What's the point? The season is done. A week ago Omar said he didn't want to make a trade for the sake of making one and after the Church trade, he said well sometimes you need to shake things up. Between that and him spinning the fact that Reyes needs a cortisone shot as it being progress, I could care less what he has to say. Reyes and Delgado have been out since May, Beltran since June, and he waits until the middle of July to in essence, trade one shitty outfielder for another? Don't tell me there weren't players available - the fucking Braves landed McLouth a month ago. And then I have to hear the stupid fucking manager chuckle about it after every fucking game and talk about being consistent and playing the hot hand even though he's used about 80 different lineups in 80 games. It's times like these when I wish George was still alive and owned the Mets instead. I guarantee you he would have at least kicked the tires on Manny and signing Dunn and/or Hudson would have been no-brainers.

[Jack Quinn]

I think Mets fans have been beaten into resignation

[DevSop]

Resignation is a fun place.

[Mikey]

It was a SWERVE ALL ALONG! Halladay is gonna be the Cubs' big pitching acquistion!!

Halladay, who deftly maneuvered around a barrage of questions for more than 15 minutes, said he would not mind going to the National League or a bigger market.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

The Dodgers should be all over him. They could easily punch their ticket to the Series with Halladay leading that rotation.

[Pun]

The Dodgers have already punched their ticket to the World Series.

And the Cubs don't even remotely have the pieces to land Halladay.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

No they've easily punched their ticket to October but their pitching doesn't scare me in a 5 or 7 game series. Getting Halladay for Games 1 and 3/4 changes that.

[punk/core]

Yeah, but the Jays have already said they want another big player in exchange for him. I can't even think of anyone we'd be able to trade for him.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

What about something like Ethier, Belisario, and McDonald?

[punk/core]

Yeah, I'm about ready to give up on Ethier at this point. It seems like there's no middle ground with him-- he hits one homer every 50 at bats, or grounds into a double play the other 49. Move Kemp to right and put Pierre in center... I wouldn't even miss him.

[Pun]

Pedro signs with the Phillies.

PHILADELPHIA -- Pedro Martinez is returning to the major leagues with the Philadelphia Phillies, according to multiple media reports.

Martinez has agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract with the Phillies, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.

$1 million? That could turn out to be the steal of the season.

[Jack Quinn]

eh, if he does anything other than go on the DL, I think I will be happy with it.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

...and they put him on the DL. That has to be a first.

[Jack Quinn]

shocking.

Though I am sure there is a reason for it, maybe so they don't have to make a roster move or something. If they signed him and knew he was hurt, then I don't know what to think.

[Tommy]

It's all part of the plan.

[Lucky]

This is actually really simple. He signed a major league contract for guaranteed cash and a roster spot. He needs some tune up starts in the minors. You can't put him in the minors without dealing with waivers or giving him a minor league deal. If you put him on the DL it meets the requirements of his contract keeping him happy, allows you to send him on rehab starts, and probably doesn't change your timeline at all as he probably was going to need a couple of weeks. Its nothing.

[Pun]