Sanchez to Giants and Other Related News

In an anticipated move that most have waited weeks for...The San Francisco Giants have traded for Freddy Sanchez, second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates.  The booty?  Tim Alderson, the 4th ranked prospect in the Giants organization and a top 30 prospect overall (according to Keith Law over at the World Wide Leader).  That's an impressive haul for the Pirates who ended up with Jeff Clement, Ronny Cedeno, and 3 pitchers for Ian Snell and Jack Wilson earlier in the day.  Neil Huntington is serious about the whole 'building up the farm system thing'.  Alderson should develop into a solid number 3 starter and his future battery mate Clement could be a solid backstop or first baseman, depending on his knees and if he learns to hit Major League pitching.  At the end of the day, the Pirates cannot be mad at the situation they have put themselves in this year.  Trading Nate McLouth, Adam LaRoche, Jack Wilson, Ian Snell, and Freddy Sanchez has brought quite a haul in for them.  Hey, if you throw enough prospects at a wall...one of them will stick.

 

Now some more bullet points...

 

-Cleveland is now looking to trade Victor Martinez...or at least they are listening to offers. Consider the Red Sox on the top of this list.

 

-Roy Halladay better enjoy his home in Canada...because unless Ricciardi pulls the trigger and sends him to the Red Sox, Halladay is a Jay until he hits Free Agency.  I wonder if J.P knows something about the 2011 draft class that no one else does...like is there a Clay Buchholz, Michael Bowden, and a Lars Anderson waiting for him? Well it can only be two of them because he will only get two compensation picks for letting Halladay leave in 2011...instead of at least 3 players who have proven themselves in some level of the Minor Leagues at the moment. That is what he is dealing with...prospects now or later.

 

There are probably only one or two more big trades left in this deadline period....unless something really cool pops up tomorrow or Friday morning.  You know where to be to follow it...on the Internet at this place.  Because I sure am not filtering through all the crap they do. I will just post comments on what goes down.