Dodgers trade Claudio Vargas to Brewers for minor-league catcher (Dodger Thoughts)
So long, Claudio Vargas, we hardly knew ye. Is this a setup for a future trade?
From a Dodgers press release:
The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that they have acquired minor league catcher Vinny Rottino from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Claudio Vargas. Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement.Rottino, 29, has appeared briefly in the Major Leagues for Milwaukee in each of the past three seasons and was named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team last season when he posted a 24-game hitting streak. The Wisconsin native has made the PCL All-Star team each of the past three years and has been named to his league’s All-Star team in each season dating back to 2004 when he recorded a team record 124 RBI for Single-A Beloit. [...]
Rottino is expected to report to Double-A Chattanooga.
171 comments:
Just what the Dodgers need. An Italian catcher. Is this some kind of excuse to recreate Piazza?
MLBTV is skeptical that the trade was just that. They think something is cooking.
Can you smell what Ned is cooking?
Definitely something cooking besides my applewood smoked bacon this morning.
Come on, Ned! Give the people what we want!
I think MLBTR crashed
It happens every July 31.
I may be wrong but could this trade just be a move to open a 25 and 40 man roster spot for Flat Brim Sherrill?
MLBTR: "12:26pm: A Jayson Stark source says the asking price for Gonzalez is 'astronomical, three times the asking price on Halladay.' "
Good! As nice as it would be to have him out of the division, it would suck for the Padres to lose Gonzalez. Not to mention the Dodgers would probably have to face him at some point in the post-season.
That's what I was thinking.
I'm refering to Wicks' comment.
@Wicks: Maybe. Leach got sent down, but they recalled Elbert to take his place.
Do the Blue Jays need a catcher?
Vinny Rottini. Just saying his name causes my blood-sugar level to go up from olive oil.
This trade deadline is killing my iPhone battery.
I could really go for some Italian right now.
You can always just order a Piazza.
I guess I could la-sorta try that.
Tim Brown: Dodgers in on Bell
Righetti with meatballs?
I could go for some chicken catcher-torre.
I had to do that one
You couldn't not have done it.
Anything else on the Bell front?
Not much
Tease!
This is like prom night.
I would be shocked if the Padres traded Bell to the Dodgers. Their fans would revolt.
All 15 of them!
Zing!
Fish are getting closer to Johnson
Red Sox about to get V-Mart
MLBTV: Any time Scott Proctor's phone starts ringing at home, he immediately starts throwing.
Assuming the Red Sox would use Martinez at first, what are they going to do with Adam LaRoche?
Less than two hours
haha that's awesome
poor Scotty - i liked that guy
I think we've reached the stage of "who the hell knows". They've got more corner infielder's than the Padres' farm system.
V-Mart's name is gonna be butchered in Boston. Victah Mahtinez
I like how the Sox went from the little team that couldn't to the team that can afford to collect corner infielders just in case.
You can thank Theo Epstein for that.
It's quiet out there...too quiet.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
Hey, it's Raph.
Yeah, a little too Raph.
This could mean that the Dodgers may be packaging Martin to the BlueJays for Halladay.
That would definitely be a case of selling low.
I doubt it. There must be better catchers out there.
Ed Price: Red Sox might flip LaRoche if they get V-Mart
Shaikin: Dodgers and Angels Battling for Bell
We might get Taco? I don't know if I can learn to not hate that guy.
Considering he blew home-field and didn't regret it.
Bell is another reliver under team control through 2011
He'll regret it if he ends up here.
He'd be the third closer in the pen. Game over in the 7th?
How many relievers do we need? All of them?
Does that mean we're counting on 5 1/3 outings from our SPs the rest of the season?
that would be tough sending prospects to SD. especially knowing they would probably be better than what's on the current roster and may end up playing soon
That's the idea. I must admit, it is good. Rather than rely on your starters to go longer, you get guys who can make it a luxury to go longer. Let's face it, even if we get a competent fifth-starter, he won't be the rotation's savior.
Front office might be a bit freaked by Brox's last couple of performances. The velocity dip is troubling.
his toe cant be right
Wow. Buchholz is not part of the V-Mart deal
His toe must be so wrong.
I think I'd rather target AGon! Loney and Pierre for AGon. DO IT NED! DO IT!
ok so it might take a little more than that.
Dusto, when will you learn that Pierre is like Kirstie Alley after visiting an all-you-can-eat buffet: immovablbe!?
*immovable
I cross my fingers everyday that when I hit f5 at MLBTR the next headline reads, "Pierre traded for a bucket of balls, Dodger fans rejoice!"
Okay, I gotta jet for a few. I'll be back after the deadline. Hold down the fort and think good thoughts!
yawn...
Gurnick says the Vargas/Rottino trade was to make room on the 40-man for Sherrill
In response to whoever asked if a team could trade a player before they give away their bobblehead, tomorrow is V-Mart bobblehead day in Cleveland.
I bet a bunch of those V-Mart bobbleheads end up on eBay as "collector's items."
Robothal: Dodgers making run at both Bell and A-Gone. Because when Robothal tells it, it's gotta be true.
Gonzo and Bell now?
That's if you choose to believe Robothal.
what's his deal? does he just make stuff up?
Rosenfail has to be right sometime, right?
Right?
A-Gon would be sweet, but it would kinda kill me to see FJL in that fugly camouflage uniform.
Either that or his sources are just the drive-thru kids at Wendy's.
I wish I got paid to sit around all day and make shit up about baseball goings on.
I mean, it would be similar to what I do all day anyway, except I would actually get paid for it.
FB: No, the execs just give him BS to make him go away, then they laugh at his broadcasting of the BS as fact.
Hey, Robothal does more than sit in front of his computer and make up crap.
Sometimes he goes to a stadium and there he makes up crap.
MLASF-
Thanks. Now I'm hearing a Simpsons kid-working-at-the-burger-stand-drive-thru voice leaking latest rumors to Robothal.
"I'll be right with you, Mr. Rosenthal. I just need to fish the tacos out of the deep-fryer. Ow! Ooow! Ouch!"
Ah, so fishing tacos out...taco...taco bell...heath bell...that's where he came up with the rumor!
Mr. Simpson, we need more special sauce...go put some mayonaise in the sun! Oh yah, the Dodgers are hot after Gonzalez and Bell.
"The kid said tacos! Dodgers must be going after Heath Bell!"
Dusty, I'm glad you saw the hidden part of the joke, because I sure as hell didn't.
Damn. I'm slow on the joke trigger.
Less than one Sesame Street until the deadline!
/obscurereference
MLB network has V Mart bobblehead in studio. Tomorrow night is his bobble night.
Too slow, Dusty.
BoSox just sent LaRoche to Atlanta. Perfect timing.
The 45 minute mark just rolled by.
Robothal loves talking blockbusters
Rockies get Beimal
Marlins deal for N Johnson dead. Nor are they pursuing Bell.
We're at 30 minutes here
My sources are saying Bell is close to coming to the Dodgers.
Thx MLASF...was getting too quiet again.
F5
F5
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lol Adrian, sure
adding Heath Bell would really negate the need for an "ace". With him in the bullpen it would be the nastiest in MLB easy.
Belly
Tronk
Mota
Kuo
Sherrill
Bell
Broxton
The Phillies just poo'd thier pants a little at the very thought.
Please do this thing Ned, pretty please with sugar on top.
My sources say I'm close to going to Taco Bell to get lunch.
my sources say that Dusty and the Phillies will have something in common if he does "make a run for the border".
Now I'm hearing that A-Gon is in play, but very unlikely.
Damn, Hong. When I saw it written down like that it scared me. That's beastly! I just had to pull the shutters and put on some hot tea.
Especially if I try out this new habenero sauce I snagged at the Farmer's Market.
if that's our bullpen I'm going out on a limb right now and saying that Randy Wolf will have ZERO no decisions for the rest of the year.
MLB.com's Padres reporter Corey Brock is blogging that Heath Bell to Dodgers could be close. #mlbtrades 2 minutes ago from web
twitter
BEEP, beep, BEEP, beep, BEEP...
what do we have to give up to get heath bell and agon?
Loney and like all of AAA.
BoSox got Kotchman for LaRoche. Toronto just traded Rolen to the Reds.
Under 20 minutes...
Jays send S Rolen to Reds.
That's not exactly huge news.
just give them Albuquerque?
probably the entire farm, $50 and a case of Heineken
Rolen has a no-trade clause, so they have to deal with that
I think I am ok with that.
I think it's down to Heineken or Amstel Light at this late hour.
Maybe we should go to Sam Adams. After all, it's always a good decision.
Another vote for Sam!
Less than 15 minutes. We're in crunch time.
I like Newcastle. Its an import, so its pretty classy already. Its easy to drink too. In any case, the Dodgers should send the Padres a ton of booze, those fans are going to need something to cry into when they lose their two best players.
Between going to the Rockies and Troy from West Virginia, Beimel's New nickname should be John Denver.
MLBTR is getting bombarded right now
Buy the nearest Pods fan a shot and a beer, I think is what we're saying here.
And tell them to ditch that camo crap.
i bet MLBTR is making cash hand over fist!!!!
I think MLBTR suspended all ads today.
is Tim Dierkes a genius?
hardly... why didnt I think of it first?
Less than 10 minutes.
I really want AGon and Bell! It would basically wrap a WS.
Rays aren't going to do anything.
the ticker says we have 1 hr 8 mins...
i was thinking it was like 8 mins?
We're under five minutes
thats what i thought.
me too Dusto. Sorry LoneyFan, if you're out there somewhere.
Twins out on Bell.
I think I'm getting an ulcer.
anyone else at their desk, sitting pins and needles?
dang! do something!!!!!! I hate waiting like this!!!!!
Under 2 minutes
We're under a minute
i have totally stopped working. Come on Ned! Make it a weekend to celebrate!
10 seconds
Done
That's it. Now we have to see what happened at last minute that hasn't leaked out yet.
tick tick tick
technically we have like a whole hour left. Deals might happen within the deadline, but we just wont hear about it for another hour.
Just think... at this very minute, Ned is making a really terrible, or really great, decision.
Jack Bauer has failed.
Work production is at an all time low right now.
Nothing left to do. Just gotta wait and see.
I wonder what Jack Bauer's VORP is...
marlins get nick johnson... meh...
Fish got Johnson
Florida does land Nick Johnson...?
we on it boyz!
Huge LA news:
The Lakers have waived guard Sun Yue.
NOOOO! Not Chinese Magic!
no worries guy... 55 mins till the deadline.
come on MLBTR, give me something!
they're talking a lot about how Francona is going to squeeze all those guys into the lineup. To me its a no-brainer. Tek takes a seat and hands the staff to V-Mart.
So glad I didn't get traded to a small-market team like Pittsburgh.
Just heard from Tim Brown that the Dodgers didn't get Bell.
heyman says, Peavy to Sox... again. Peavy has to OK it.
3:25pm: Halladay has not been traded, according to Sherman on Twitter. So many wasted words.
I long for a non-Twitter source.
Most rumors on Twitter ended up being piles of twit in this trade cycle.
I don't think Bell is coming.
Ned couldn't answer the Bell.
I heard that the Padres asked the Dodgers if they'd be interested in A-Gon
Peavy approves trade. He's the AL Central's problem now.
3:35pm: USA Today's Bob Nightengale, via Twitter, says the White Sox confirmed they just got Peavy.
If its true, at least he's out of the division.
I would want AGon.
Peavey approved deal.
If talks are ongoing at 1pm, are they allowed to continue until the end of the hour?
I think not. Teams have to notify league that they "have an agreement in principle" type thing and are usually given SOME leeway to get the deal finished. But not just when conversations are ongoing.
New lack-of-trade thread up top.
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