MLB Trade Central 2010
For any trade involving a major leaguer or a Prospect Handbook-caliber minor leaguer, we summarize the players’ strengths, weaknesses and possible future roles. We slant our analysis toward the young players and prospects involved, letting the veterans’ track records do most of the talking.
Any player who is designated for assignment, and thus removed from his club’s 40-man roster, is not considered for Trade Central because the resulting trade is not a pure talent-for-talent exchange. Teams have much less leverage in such trades because players, in some cases, can opt for free agency after clearing waivers.
| Dec. 27 • Dodgers, Mets Complete Minor Trade | |
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| Acquire: SS Chin-Lung Hu, Los Angeles (NL) |
Acquire: LHP Mike Antonini, Buffalo (AAA) |
| Dec. 23 • Astros Deal Lindstrom To Rockies | |
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| Acquire: RHP Matt Lindstrom, Houston |
Acquire: RHP Jonnathan Aristil, Tulsa (AA) LHP Wes Musick, Asheville (Lo A) |
| Dec. 19 • Brewers Score Coup, Acquire Greinke From Royals | |
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| Acquire: RHP Zack Greinke, Kansas City SS Yuniesky Betancourt, Kansas City |
Acquire: RHP Jake Odorizzi, Wisconsin (Lo A) SS Alcides Escobar, Milwaukee OF Lorenzo Cain, Milwaukee RHP Jeremy Jeffress, Milwaukee |
| Dec. 17 • Padres Part With Four To Shore Up Shortstop | |
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| Acquire: SS Jason Bartlett, Tampa Bay cash considerations |
Acquire: RHP Adam Russell, San Diego LHP Cesar Ramos, San Diego RHP Brandon Gomes, San Antonio (AA) 2B Cole Figueroa, Lake Elsinore (Hi A) |
| Dec. 16 • Rockies Acquire Backup Catcher From Twins | |
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| Acquire: C Jose Morales, Minnesota |
Acquire: LHP Paul Bargas, Asheville (Lo A) |
| Dec. 16 • Athletics Add Willingham To Outfield Mix | |
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| Acquire: OF Josh Willingham, Washington |
Acquire: RHP Henry Rodriguez, Oakland OF Corey Brown, Sacramento (AAA) |
| Dec. 12 • Mariners Spread Glove Around With Ryan Pickup | |
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| Acquire: SS Brendan Ryan, St. Louis |
Acquire: RHP Maikel Cleto, High Desert (Hi A) |
| Dec. 9 • Orioles Complete Left Side Of Infield | |
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| Acquire: SS J.J. Hardy, Minnesota 3B Brendan Harris, Minnesota |
Acquire: RHP Jim Hoey, Norfolk (AAA) RHP Brett Jacobson, Frederick (Hi A) |
| Dec. 6 • D-backs Trade Reynolds To Orioles | |
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| Acquire: 3B Mark Reynolds, Arizona C John Hester, Reno (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP Kam Mickolio, Norfolk (AAA) RHP David Hernandez, Baltimore |
| Dec. 5 • Brewers Swap Top Prospect For Marcum | |
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| Acquire: RHP Shaun Marcum, Toronto |
Acquire: 2B Brett Lawrie, Huntsville (AA) |
| Dec. 5 • Red Sox Send Top Prospects To Padres For Gonzalez | |
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| Acquire: 1B Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego |
Acquire: RHP Casey Kelly, Portland (AA) 1B Anthony Rizzo, Portland (AA) OF Reymond Fuentes, Greenville (Lo A) OF/2B Eric Patterson, Boston |
| Dec. 3 • White Sox Ship Linebrink To Braves For Cofield | |
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| Acquire: RHP Scott Linebrink, Chicago (AL) |
Acquire: RHP Kyle Cofield, Mississippi (AA) |
| Dec. 2 • Rockies Bolster Infield With Trade For Jose Lopez | |
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| Acquire: 3B Jose Lopez, Seattle |
Acquire: RHP Chaz Roe, Colo. Springs (AAA) |
| Nov. 30 • Crowded Infield Prompts Dodgers To Deal Theriot | |
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| Acquire: 2B Ryan Theriot, Los Angeles (NL) |
Acquire: RHP Blake Hawksworth, St. Louis |
| Nov. 18 • Astros Acquire Barmes To Play Shortstop | |
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| Acquire: 2B/SS Clint Barmes, Colorado |
Acquire: RHP Felipe Paulino, Houston |
| Nov. 18 • Yankees Send Miranda To D-backs For Teenage Arm | |
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| Acquire: 1B Juan Miranda, Scranton/W-B (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP Scottie Allen, South Bend (Lo A) |
| Nov. 17 • A’s Acquire Two Double-A Relievers For Davis | |
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| Acquire: OF Rajai Davis, Oakland |
Acquire: RHP Danny Farquhar, New Hamp. (AA) RHP Trystan Magnuson, New Hamp. (AA) |
| Nov. 16 • Not Done Dealing: Marlins Trade Uggla To Braves | |
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| Acquire: 2B Dan Uggla, Florida |
Acquire: 2B/3B Omar Infante, Atlanta LHP Mike Dunn, Atlanta |
| Nov. 13 • Padres Hook Maybin From Busy Marlins | |
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| Acquire: OF Cameron Maybin, Florida |
Acquire: RHP Ryan Webb, San Diego RHP Edward Mujica, San Diego |
| Nov. 12 • Marlins Cut Bait On Miller In Trade With Red Sox | |
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| Acquire: LHP Andrew Miller, Florida |
Acquire: LHP Dustin Richardson, Boston |
| Nov. 10 • Royals Deal DeJesus To A’s For Two Young Arms | |
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| Acquire: OF David DeJesus, Kansas City |
Acquire: RHP Vin Mazzaro, Oakland LHP Justin Marks, Stockton (Hi A) |
| Aug. 31 • Red Sox Deal Delcarmen To Rockies | |
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| Acquire: RHP Manny Delcarmen, Boston |
Acquire: RHP Chris Balcom-Miller, Asheville (Lo A) |
| Aug. 27 • Angels Identify Van Mil As Player To Be Named For Fuentes | |
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| Acquire: LHP Brian Fuentes, Los Angeles (AL) |
Acquire: RHP Loek Van Mil, New Britain (AA) |
| Aug. 19 • Cardinals Opt For Glove-Only Feliz At Hot Corner | |
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| Acquire: 3B Pedro Feliz, Houston |
Acquire: RHP David Carpenter, Palm Beach (Hi A) |
| Aug. 18 • Cubs Continue Selling, Ship Lee To Braves | |
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| Acquire: 1B Derrek Lee, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: RHP Robinson Lopez, Rome (Lo A) RHP Ty’Relle Harris, Mississippi (AA) LHP Jeff Lorick, Myrtle Beach (Hi A) |
| Aug. 13 • Royals Acquire Pucetas As PTBN For Giants’ Guillen | |
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| Acquire: OF Jose Guillen, Kansas City |
Acquire: RHP Kevin Pucetas, Fresno (AAA) |
| Aug. 11 • Giants Fortify Infield Ranks With Cubs’ Fontenot | |
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| Acquire: 2B/3B Mike Fontenot, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: OF Evan Crawford, Augusta (Lo A) |
| Aug. 9 • Reds Acquire Resurgent Edmonds From Brewers | |
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| Acquire: OF Jim Edmonds, Milwaukee |
Acquire: OF Chris Dickerson, Louisville (AAA) |
| July 31 • Giants Add Boston’s Ramirez To Revamped Bullpen | |
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| Acquire: RHP Ramon Ramirez, Boston |
Acquire: RHP Dan Turpen, Richmond (AA) |
| July 31 • Red Sox Pry Saltalamacchia Loose From Rangers | |
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| Acquire: C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Okla. City (AAA) |
Acquire: 1B Chris McGuiness, Greenville (Lo A) RHP Roman Mendez, Lowell (SS) C Michael Thomas, Greenville (Lo A) |
| July 31 • Braves Add Ankiel, Farnsworth For Stretch Drive | |
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| Acquire: OF Rick Ankiel, Kansas City RHP Kyle Farnsworth, Kansas City |
Acquire: RHP Jesse Chavez, Atlanta LHP Tim Collins, Mississippi (AA) OF Gregor Blanco, Gwinnett (AAA) |
| July 31 • Wood Provides Yankees With Bullpen Bargain | |
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| Acquire: RHP Kerry Wood, Cleveland |
Acquire: 3B Matt Cusick, Trenton (AA) RHP Andrew Shive, Staten Island (SS) |
| July 31 • Marlins Turn To Orioles’ Ohman For Lefty Relief | |
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| Acquire: LHP Will Ohman, Baltimore |
Acquire: RHP Rick VandenHurk, New Orleans (AAA) |
| July 31 • Dodgers Surrender Out-Of-Favor Duo For Pirates’ Dotel | |
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| Acquire: RHP Octavio Dotel, Pittsburgh |
Acquire: RHP James McDonald, Los Angeles (NL) OF Andrew Lambo, Chattanooga (AA) |
| July 31 • Giants Acquire Situational Lefty Javier Lopez | |
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| Acquire: LHP Javier Lopez, Pittsburgh |
Acquire: RHP Joe Martinez, San Francisco OF John Bowker, Fresno (AAA) |
| July 31 • Tigers Give Up On Ramirez, Send Him To Braves | |
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| Acquire: OF Wilkin Ramirez, Toledo (AAA) |
Acquire: cash considerations |
| July 31 • Dodgers Nab Lilly, Surrender Three Players To Cubs | |
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| Acquire: LHP Ted Lilly, Chicago (NL) 2B/SS Ryan Theriot, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: 2B Blake DeWitt, Los Angeles (NL) RHP Brett Wallach, Great Lakes (Lo A) RHP Kyle Smit, Chattanooga (AA) |
| July 31 • Ludwick, Westbrook On The Move In Three-Team Deal | ||
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| Acquire: OF Ryan Ludwick, St. Louis |
Acquire: RHP Jake Westbrook, Cleveland LHP Nick Greenwood, Fort Wayne (Lo A) |
Acquire: RHP Corey Kluber, San Antonio (AA) |
| July 31 • Five-Player Exchange Sends Catcher Snyder To Pirates | |
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| Acquire: C Chris Snyder, Arizona SS Pedro Ciriaco, Reno (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP D.J. Carrasco, Pittsburgh SS/2B Bobby Crosby, Pittsburgh OF Ryan Church, Pittsburgh |
| July 31 • D-backs Get Gorgen As Player To Be Named For Qualls | |
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| Acquire: RHP Chad Qualls, Arizona |
Acquire: RHP Matt Gorgen, Montgomery (AA) |
| July 31 • Yankees Add Berkman’s Bat To Already-Potent Lineup | |
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| Acquire: 1B Lance Berkman, Houston |
Acquire: 2B Jimmy Paredes, Charleston (Lo A) RHP Mark Melancon, Scranton/W-B (AAA) |
| July 30 • Yankees Surrender McAllister To Get Veteran Kearns | |
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| Acquire: OF Austin Kearns, Cleveland |
Acquire: RHP Zach McAllister, Scranton/W-B (AAA) |
| July 30 • Guzman Becomes Rangers’ Fourth Trade Target In A Month | |
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| Acquire: 2B/SS Cristian Guzman, Washington |
Acquire: RHP Ryan Tatusko, Frisco (AA) RHP Tanner Roark, Frisco (AA) |
| July 30 • White Sox Get In On Pitching Action With Jackson | |
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| Acquire: RHP Edwin Jackson, Arizona |
Acquire: RHP Dan Hudson, Chicago (AL) LHP David Holmberg, Great Falls (R) |
| July 29 • Twins Trade A Top Prospect To Nats To Net Capps | |
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| Acquire: RHP Matt Capps, Washington |
Acquire: C Wilson Ramos, Rochester (AAA) LHP Joe Testa, New Britain (AA) |
| July 29 • Padres Add Left-Side Offense With Veteran Tejada | |
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| Acquire: 3B Miguel Tejada, Baltimore |
Acquire: RHP Wynn Pelzer, San Antonio (AA) |
| July 29 • Hyperative Rangers Keep Stockpiling With Cantu | |
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| Acquire: 3B/1B Jorge Cantu, Florida |
Acquire: RHP Evan Reed, Frisco (AA) RHP Omar Poveda, Texas DL |
| July 29 • Astros Immediately Flip Gose For Jays’ Wallace | |
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| Acquire: 1B Brett Wallace, Las Vegas (AAA) |
Acquire: OF Anthony Gose, Clearwater (Hi A) |
| July 29 • Phillies Acquire Oswalt In Annual Deadline Deal For Pitching | |
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| Acquire: RHP Roy Oswalt, Houston |
Acquire: LHP J.A. Happ, Philadelphia OF Anthony Gose, Clearwater (Hi A) SS Jonathan Villar, Lakewood (Lo A) |
| July 28 • Dodgers Add Speedy Podsednik To Top Of Batting Order | |
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| Acquire: OF Scott Podsednik, Kansas City |
Acquire: C Lucas May, Albuquerque (AAA) RHP Elisaul Pimentel, Great Lakes (Lo A) |
| July 28 • Tigers Add Infield Depth With Peralta | |
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| Acquire: 3B Jhonny Peralta, Cleveland |
Acquire: LHP Giovanni Soto, West Michigan (Lo A) |
| July 25 • Angels Part With Four Players To To Land Haren | |
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| Acquire: RHP Dan Haren, Arizona |
Acquire: LHP Joe Saunders, Los Angeles (AL) LHP Pat Corbin, R. Cucamonga (Hi A) RHP Rafael Rodriguez, Salt Lake (AAA) LHP Tyler Skaggs, Cedar Rapids (Lo A) |
| July 22 • Angels Deal Two Young Pitchers To Reacquire Callaspo | |
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| Acquire: 3B Alberto Callaspo, Kansas City |
Acquire: RHP Sean O’Sullivan, Los Angeles (AL) LHP Will Smith, Arkansas (AA) |
| July 14 • Braves Switch Shortstops, Jays Buy Low On Escobar | |
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| Acquire: SS Yunel Escobar, Atlanta LHP Jo-Jo Reyes, Gwinnett (AAA) |
Acquire: SS Alex Gonzalez, Toronto SS Tyler Pastornicky, Dunedin (Hi A) LHP Tim Collins, New Hampshire (AA) |
| July 9 • Rangers Swing Deal To Land Lee, The Best Pitcher Available | |
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| Acquire: LHP Cliff Lee, Seattle RHP Mark Lowe, Seattle |
Acquire: 1B Justin Smoak, Texas RHP Blake Beavan, Frisco (AA) RHP Josh Lueke, Frisco (AA) 2B Matt Lawson, Frisco (AA) |
| July 1 • Rangers Look To Bengie Molina To Solve Catching Woes | |
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| Acquire: C Bengie Molina, San Francisco |
Acquire: RHP Michael Main, Bakersfield (Hi A) RHP Chris Ray, Texas |
| June 26 • Mariners Re-Acquire Slugger Russell Branyan | |
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| Acquire: 1B Russell Branyan, Cleveland cash considerations |
Acquire: OF Ezequiel Carrera, Tacoma (AAA) SS Juan Diaz, High Desert (Hi A) |
| June 15 • A’s Deal Young Reliever To Snag Conor Jackson | |
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| Acquire: OF Conor Jackson, Arizona |
Acquire: RHP Sam Demel, Sacramento (AAA) |
| May 1 • D’backs, Royals Exchange Mid-Level Prospects | |
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| Acquire: RHP Carlos Rosa, Omaha (AAA) |
Acquire: SS Rey Navarro, Visalia (Hi A) |
| April 15 • Giants Deal Deposed Veteran Fred Lewis To Toronto | |
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| Acquire: OF Fred Lewis, Fresno (AAA) |
Acquire: future considerations |
| April 1 • Rangers Retain Snyder In Trade With Giants | |
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| Acquire: LHP Ben Snyder, Connecticut (AA) |
Acquire: LHP Edwin Escobar, AZL Rangers (R) |
| April 1 • Lugo Helps Stabilize Orioles’ Middle Infield | |
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| Acquire: 2B Julio Lugo, St. Louis |
Acquire: future considerations |
| March 30 • Tigers Prepare To Meet New Voss In Robertson Trade | |
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| Acquire: LHP Nate Robertson, Detroit |
Acquire: LHP Jay Voss, Jacksonville (AA) |
| March 27 • Rangers Get Defensive With Acquisition Of Blanco | |
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| Acquire: SS Andres Blanco, Chicago (NL) |
Acquire: future considerations |
| March 26 • Red Sox Acquire Bat-First Infielder Frandsen | |
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| Acquire: 2B Kevin Frandsen, San Francisco |
Acquire: future considerations |
| March 16 • Brewers Swing Trade To Retain Rule 5 Pick Lofgren | |
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| Acquire: LHP Chuck Lofgren, Columbus (AAA) |
Acquire: RHP Omar Aguilar, Brevard County (Hi A) |
| Feb. 1 • Reds Jettison Taveras To A’s, But At A Cost | |
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| Acquire: OF Willy Taveras, Cincinnati 3B Adam Rosales, Cincinnati |
Acquire: 2B Aaron Miles, Chicago (NL) |
| Jan. 22 • Angels Trade Disgruntled Gary Matthews Jr. To Mets | |
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| Acquire: OF Gary Matthews Jr., Los Angeles (AL) |
Acquire: RHP Brian Stokes, New York (NL) |
| Jan. 18 • Indians Add Bixler, Send Hard-Hitting Brito To Pirates | |
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| Acquire: SS Brian Bixler, Pittsburgh |
Acquire: 3B Jesus Brito, Mahoning Valley (SS) |
| Jan. 16 • New Padres GM Hoyer Completes First Deal | |
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| Acquire: 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff, San Diego 2B Eric Sogard, San Antonio (AA) |
Acquire: OF Scott Hairston, Oakland OF Aaron Cunningham, Sacramento (AAA) |
| Jan. 9 • Indians Return Jackson To Toronto Roots | |
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| Acquire: LHP Zach Jackson, Columbus (AAA) |
Acquire: future considerations |
| Jan. 7 • Mariners, Red Sox Swap Vets In First Trade Of New Year | |
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| Acquire: 1B Casey Kotchman, Boston |
Acquire: 3B/OF Bill Hall, Seattle RHP Miguel Celestino, AZL Mariners (R) |
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