The Top Ten Teams to Watch at the Deadline

10. New York Mets – Not heard much from them, but they need pitching help.
9. Pittsburgh Pirates – Will they deal Ian Snell?
8. LA Angels of Anaheim – Currently looking for a big bat to back up Vlad.
7. Chicago Cubs – They want to deal Jacque Jones and are trying to get a good pitcher.
6. [...]

The Rumor Rumbling

Dayn Perry has a new article up. The Top Ten Names to Watch for at the Deadline. He says the Braves could be after Matt Morris, Eric Gagne, Chad Cordero, Octavio Dotel, the three WhiteSox pitchers (Contreras, Garland, and Vasquez). Big problem with that article though. He doesn’t list the Braves as the contenders for [...]

Braves vs Giants: Game 3

Game Time – 10:15 on

Pitching Matchup:

Chuck James: 8-7, 3.58 ERA

Noah Lowry: 10-7, 3.55 ERA

More Tex Talk

According to MLBTR, Texas GM Jon Daniels thinks he can get Schuerholz to give up Jarrod Saltalamacchia and a pitching prospect for Mark Teixeira. If that’s all he wants, do it. Then sign Tex to a 6yr/$120M contract extension.
According to Dave O’Brien at the Braves/MIB blog,”First of all, the Tex-for-Salty stuff is really strong here. [...]

Lineups: 7/24/07

Lineups are here
Good luck to the Braves tonight. No Barry Bonds Homers!
Braves won in extras: 7 -5. There were no Barry homers!

Out of Nowhere

And out of nowhere, the Boston RedSox are now the frontrunners for the Tex trade. The Rangers scouted the Major League Prospects of the RedSox, and liked what they saw, so now the BoSox are the front runners, unfortuneately. This is according to MLBTR.