Rumor Roundup Thread
Here I will recap any rumors that have occured throughout today, and I will update it as more come. Remember, this is all starting to boil up, as the deadline is tomorrow at 4PM EST. Any updates will be made at the top of the current list of rumors.
— UPDATE, 7:50PM: And now Ubaldo is off the market. Troy Renck reports that a deal in which Jimenez would be traded to the Indians is just about done. Jimenez has been scratched from tonight’s start. Indians’ prospects, Pomeranz, Matt McBride, and Alex White have all been scratched. Joel Sherman says the Yankees took all their top prospects off the table and offered Phil Hughes, plus, and the Rockies were infuriated.
— UPDATE, 6:57PM: Well you can cross off 2 more pitchers from the remaining trade market. Hiroki Kuroda reportedly told the Dodgers he will not waive his no-trade clause and will remain in Los Angeles. Also, Jason Marquis has been traded by Washington to the D-Backs. Not that Marquis would be the answer to the Yankees pitching needs anyway.
— UPDATE, 6:30PM: Jon Heyman says the Yankees have called the Twins about Francisco Liriano, but were old he is not going to be traded.
— Joel Sherman believes that the White Sox have really fallen “out of love with (Matt) Thornton”. They would “love” to move the $13MM owed to Thornton from ’12-’13. Reportedly, the Yankees have been watching the left-hander closely.
— According to Yahoo’s Tim Brown, the Yanks have inquired upon Twins outfielder Denard Span, who the Nationals have strong interest in. He says that it “could be part of something bigger.” Meanwhile, Joel Sherman says the Yanks could potentially have the intention to trade for Span, and then flip him over to Washington for reliever Tyler Clippard. Sherman adds that Clippard is very good against left-handed batters (.181 BAA).
— ESPN’s Jim Bowden lists the teams involved in the Heath Bell sweepstakes, and says the Yankees are one team who is kicking the tires. I doubt they have much interest in trading for Bell though, as the price would presumably be pretty high. However, Joel Sherman notes that one of New York’s most trusted scouts, Bill Livesey is scouting the Padres’ relievers.
— Tim Kurkjian of ESPN says “Source said ‘someone who should know told me that the Yankees are all over Ubaldo Jimenez.’” This only validates the Yankees interest in Jimenez as a pitcher. However, they are not interested in paying the Rockies’ high price for Jimenez.
— SI.com’s Jon Heyman reports that the Rockies asking price has indeed dropped a tad today. Instead of the Rockies asking for Nova, Betances, Banuelos, and Montero, they are “only” asking for Nova, Betances, and Montero. (note quotation marks) To me, that is still high, for what the Yankees don’t know is a “sure thing”.
— The Rockies will have a scout watching Ivan Nova make his start versus the Orioles tonight.
— Heyman also reports that 2 teams involved with Ubaldo have “enhanced offers for him.”
— Well the Yanks won’t have to worry about facing Baltimore’s relief pitcher, Uehara tonight. Heyman confirms that he has been traded to Texas for Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter.
— Buster Olney says that “Other teams believe that the Rockies’ best chance, for making a Ubaldo Jimenez deal, is with the Cleveland Indians.”
— Hiroki Kuroda has finally indicated that he may be open to a deal with the Rangers, the Red Sox, or the Yankees. Gordon Edes says Texas has been pushing hard for Kuroda.
Posted on July 30, 2011, in Signing & Trade Speculation and tagged Denard Span, Francisco Liriano, Heath Bell, hiroki kuroda, Matt Thornton, Mike Adams, Tyler Clippard, Ubaldo Jimenez. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
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If its true that COL refused to allow Yanks to give Ubaldo a physical if deal reached, I totally understand Cashman backing out.
Not giving up Nova, Betances and more for an unknown
agreed good moves on the yankees part.
also odd that the Rockies let him start the game tonight while they were almost done with the trade with Cleveland.
not many hours left. Lets see if Cashman pulls something.
I love that the Yankees did not get Ubaldo. Obviously, something is not right here if the Yankees were not allowed to get a medical report/physical from him. Cleveland gave up a ton for him even when Colorado made him pitch tonight!
It shouldn’t bother Yankee fans that Boston got Rich Harden because he is a hit or miss guy.
Tonight, Ivan Nova showed he belongs in this rotation! Phil Hughes gets the 2 start week as his last shot, but if he doesn’t improve, Hughes needs to go to the pen for the rest of the year and give Nova the spot. I know Yankees gave him 12 in the 1st, but Nova hit 96 on the gun tonight, which is impressive! Hughes can’t even hit 94 anymore for a long duration of time.
i hope now that Montero isn’t gone in a trade (we still do have till 4pm). but i’d like to see him brought up and given a chance to replace posada.
AJ is imploding. Hughes will rebound. Nova and Hughes will be in the rotation. AJ will come to the park soon with 2 black eyes, a missing tooth and his left ear lobe bit off.
I think moving AJ to the BP or trading him should be in the cards, it seems to me he is a ??? every time he starts a game? I know it is a lot of money for a BP pitcher but, his value as a starter is very ????. Maybe the Yankees can trade him to a team in the NL for something usable.
Right now, I would go with Nova and Phil over AJ.
As far as the trade front looks….I don’t think we will make a big move at all. Cashman may have something in the works right now but, I don’t think it will be something we fans even saw coming.
Morning Ken,
Would be hard to have AJ and replaces him with Hughes when hughes has been garbage this year. I agree both have been bad though and atleast Hughes has experience if they keep him in the bullpen.
I’m hoping Cashman has big sleeves on today and has a big surprise coming. It would be very odd to see the Yankees make no moves at all.
Ken, there’s no way any team would trade for Burnett, considering he’s making $16MM a year. The Yanks are one of the few teams that wouldn’t be in disaster mode with having such a waste of 16 mil.
Matt, Mike…
Both of you are right, no team would take AJ at full price but, if the Yankees eat 1/2 +/- the $16MM, it could be done. It would open a spot for a more dependable guy in the rotation.
Agree, Phil hasn’t shown much this year but, I think it could be he needs to build up his arm. Now, is it to be the BP or the Rotation for Phil? If AJ were to be traded, Phil would need to be in the rotation, unless…the Cash-man picks up someone better then AJ, Phil or Nova.