The Philadelphia Phillies finally pulled the trigger on trading one of their core veterans by dealing Jonathan Papelbon to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Nick Pivetta. The move had been in the works for days and could open the door for more moves from the Phillies. Moves like these

The Kansas City Royals and Dayton Moore showed they were not done when they acquired second baseman/left fielder Ben Zobrist from the Oakland Athletics  for pitchers Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea. Manaea was rated amongst the top 100 prospects in baseball coming into the season according to Baseball America and

Just like the New York Mets, the Los Angels Angels made a pair of moves the past few days that have flown underneath the radar. First, they acquired Conor Gillaspie from the White Sox for cash considerations and then they traded infielder Josh Rutledge to the Boston Red Sox for

The New York Mets made a pair of trades yesterday to add to their bench and bullpen depth. When you take the trades individually, they really don’t amount to much, but when you add the trades together you have to consider them to be contenders. First, they acquired Juan Uribe

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Colorado Rockies pulled off what is easily the biggest blockbuster trade of the 2015 season. The team essentially traded shortstops as Troy Tulowitzki heads to the Blue Jays and Jose Reyes heads to the Rockies. In addition, Latroy Hawkins goes to the Blue Jays

Previously, we took a look at the first base market. Today, we’ll take a look at the corner infield slots that could see movement by this Friday. Of course, one of the key things to remember is that Friday will not mean the end of the trading period. After Friday,

The good folks at Major League Baseball Trade Rumors (MLBTR) spend their days making sure that they are tuned into every rumble that happens before the non-waiver trade deadline. Nothing can replace boots on the ground (so to speak), but the rest of us can only web surf every now

The season began with high hopes. Of course, that’s the way it goes with most teams these days. With the extra wild card and increasing parity, as many as 25 teams could reasonably hope to compete for a playoff spot. Unfortunately, key injuries and disappointing play have kept the Reds

The first shots of the 2015 MLB Non-wavier deadline have been fired. The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics (arguably the two most sabermetrically minded organizations) began the deadline with a bang. The Oakland Athletics have traded starting pitcher Scott Kazmir to the Houston Astros in exchange for minor leaguers Daniel

In the first part of our look at the starting pitcher market, we looked at the top eight names that have been bandied about by MLBTR as possible trade targets by next Friday’s non-waiver trade deadline. There are other arms available, and they are the kind to fly under the