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As The Big Lead has pointed out many times this season, the big market teams are destroying the standings right now. Of the top seven teams salary wise, only the New York Mets are not realistically in their division or wild card race. Here is how the rest of those teams stack up: 1. [...] The Philadelphia Phillies have seemingly pulled their names out of the Roy Halladay sweepstakes by trading for the reigning AL Cy Young award winner Cliff Lee. The Phillies have traded pitching prospects Carlos Carrasco and Jason Knapp, catching prospect Lou Marson, and shortstop prospect Jason Donald to the Cleveland Indians for Lee and outfielder [...] Two mainstream media sites are reporting that the Toronto Blue Jays are maintaining offers for their ace, Roy Halladay. Halladay has been dominant in Toronto for the past seven seasons and has established himself as a top five pitcher in the league since then. However, at 32 years of age, there seems to be [...] Instead of going after a big gun like Matt Holliday, the St. Louis Cardinals have reached an agreement with the Cleveland Indians to send 23-year old relief pitcher Chris Perez to Cleveland for the ultimate utility man, Mark DeRosa. DeRosa is a perfect player for a manager like Tony LaRussa, bringing a gritty feeling [...] Cleveland Indians 5 – Chicago Cubs 6 F/13: For the third straight game, the Cubs won in walk-off fashion. This time, it was former Cub Kerry Wood blowing his second straight game in a row by throwing a wild pitch in the bottom of the 13th inning. Unfortunately for my fantasy team, Alfonso Soriano [...] The battle between the Washington Nationals and Stephen Strasburg‘s agent Scott Boras will begin tomorrow at 6 PM ET when Stephen officially becomes the number one pick in the draft. With Strasburg being a lock at number one, the rest of the draft is really up in the air, just like every other year. [...] More big time prospects are getting the call to help their less than mediocre big league clubs. Chicago White Sox shortstop prospect Gordon Beckham, who was drafted eighth overall in last year’s draft, and Pittsburgh Pirates outfield prospect Andrew McCutchen. McCuthen is getting his shot because of a trade the Pirates made yesterday, sending [...]
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