UPDATE: Rangers Acquire Cliff Lee For Smoak, Other Prospects

[UNHWildCats]

Seattle's AAA team has removed its listed starter Michael Pineda for tonight leading to speculation he will start in place of Lee for Seattle tonight.

[UNHWildCats]

Buster Olney reporting the deal could break up

[bluehenbillk]

Maybe that'll re-spark the Werth-to-the-Yankees talk. Yankees offered Javier Vazquez supposedly which the Phils turned down...

[UNHWildCats]

SI_JonHeyman

#yankees about to "walk" after #mariners dont accept montero, adams and 3rd prospect. pessimism surrounds those talks now

[bluehenbillk]

SI_JonHeyman

#yankees about to "walk" after #mariners dont accept montero, adams and 3rd prospect. pessimism surrounds those talks now

Don't know much about Adams, is he considered "major-league ready"? I know a lot of teams have soured on Montero this season.

[UNHWildCats]

Apparently Rangers are in it now with Justin Smoak as cornerstone of deal.

[DJH]

Is it just me or do deals like this always seem to go down when the two teams are playing each other?

I was hoping the Twins could land Lee.

[UNHWildCats]

Yankees are now reportedly out of it. Of course for all the players they have either been out of or never in on in the past they can make an all star team with, so they never trully are out until Lee is in another uniform.

[JoltinJoe]

Yankees are now reportedly out of it. Of course for all the players they have either been out of or never in on in the past they can make an all star team with, so they never trully are out until Lee is in another uniform.

This is actually better. We get Lee later this year and get to keep Montero too.

[UNHWildCats]

Texas gets Lee for Smoak and other prospects. Texas also gets Mark Lowe while Seattle gets 3 additional prospects.

[Grizalltheway]

Great, gave our best pitcher to the team that's already running away with the division title.

[JoltinJoe]

Texas gets Lee for Smoak and other prospects. Texas also gets Mark Lowe while Seattle gets 3 additional prospects.

Where are you getting this from?

Anyway, don't see how Texas can sign this guy long-term, given its chapter 11 case, when the Yankees are going to offer out-of-sight money for him.

[UNHWildCats]

Great, gave our best pitcher to the team that's already running away with the division title.

Seattle wasnt going anywhere this year and wasnt keeping Lee after this year. In return they get the best prospect in the division. Great day for Seattle

[UNHWildCats]

Texas gets Lee for Smoak and other prospects. Texas also gets Mark Lowe while Seattle gets 3 additional prospects.

Where are you getting this from?

Anyway, don't see how Texas can sign this guy long-term, given its chapter 11 case, when the Yankees are going to offer out-of-sight money for him.

Doubt they did this deal with the future in mind. Texas wants to win this year.

[JoltinJoe]

Where are you getting this from?

Anyway, don't see how Texas can sign this guy long-term, given its chapter 11 case, when the Yankees are going to offer out-of-sight money for him.

Doubt they did this deal with the future in mind. Texas wants to win this year.

They're not good enough to win it all this year. They'll be huge first-round dogs in the playoffs, even with Lee.

[UNHWildCats]

Doubt they did this deal with the future in mind. Texas wants to win this year.

They're not good enough to win it all this year. They'll be huge first-round dogs in the playoffs, even with Lee.

anything came happen in a short 5 game series. And then anythings possible. Who in 2003 on this date thought Florida was good enough to win it all? Can't blame Texas for making a move to win it now... the years they have been competitive have been few and far between.

That said, some execs are already fuming that Texas is being allowed to add $$ on their dime. I assume the Stienbrenners are at the front of that group complaining.

[JoltinJoe]

That said, some execs are already fuming that Texas is being allowed to add $$ on their dime. I assume the Stienbrenners are at the front of that group complaining.

I would assume so since the Yankees are sending the biggest of the bail-out checks to Texas.

[UNHWildCats]

Yankees livid with Mariners. Say that "You just don't do business that way,"

[JoltinJoe]

Yankees livid with Mariners. Say that "You just don't do business that way,"

Where are you getting this information? Olney's twitter says that the Yankees are "circumspect" and one executive said "these things happen."

Also apparently the Mets are joking that they should do what Texas did: beat out a team for a player, and then get that other team to pay that player too.

[UNHWildCats]

Yankees livid with Mariners. Say that "You just don't do business that way,"

Where are you getting this information?

national baseball sportswriters. Follow them all on twitter

[Willie]

Where are you getting this information?

national baseball sportswriters. Follow them all on twitter

Then who you're following doesn't know shit. That was never said.

[UNHWildCats]

national baseball sportswriters. Follow them all on twitter

Then who you're following doesn't know shit. That was never said.

and how the hell would you know what was or wasnt said.

[JoltinJoe]

Here's an interesting note from a Boston baseball blog in which Kevin Youkilis questions Jacoby Ellsbury's manhood.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... uesti.html

[UNHWildCats]

Here's an interesting note from a Boston baseball blog in which Kevin Youkilis questions Jacoby Ellsbury's manhood.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... uesti.html

Unfortunately Ellsbury is listening to his agent Scott Boras.

[UNHWildCats]

Here's an interesting note from a Boston baseball blog in which Kevin Youkilis questions Jacoby Ellsbury's manhood.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... uesti.html

BTW this is worth the couple minute read. http://www.survivinggrady.com/2010/07/n ... he-dl.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;