Today's Trades at the Winter Meetings

 

Winter Meetings held in San Diego. Photo Credit: Jake Roth/USA Today Sports

The Winter Meetings in San Diego turned out to be one that was full of trades that were going through so fast it made your head spin. Here is a recap of  today's trades.

By: Michael Hanley

Sandoval On Why He Left SF for Boston

Sandoval now a Red Sox. Photo Credit: Greg M. Cooper/USA Today Sports

Recent new Red Sox signee Pablo Sandoval revealed just why he chose to leave the confines of San Francisco for Fenway Park in Boston.

By: Michael Hanley

Meet The Newest Boston Red Sox: Rusney Castillo

Rusney Castillo will be a big part of the Red Sox's future. Photo Credit: AP

 

The recent surge of cuban players entering the major leagues and being successful when being acclimated to the major league competition has made top teams shell out a pretty penny to sign them and have them in the fold. The Boston Red Sox continued that trend with their latest player signing.

 

By: Michael Hanley

The Winners & Losers of The MLB Trade Deadline



Will Price lead Detroit deep into the postseason? Photo Credit:USA Today

 

The trading deadline came and went, it did not disappoint in the sheer volume of trades that were made. Not all trades though made teams winners on this annual big event in baseball. We had our fair share of winners and losers after this trading frenzy. Just who were winners and losers? Find out below.

 

By: Michael Hanley

Red Sox's Ranaudo Stymies Yankees



Ranaudo pitched a gem in his first MLB start. Photo Credit: Jeff Roberson/AP

Anthony Ranaudo, a Freehold, New Jersey native called up from Triple A Pawtucket got the ball on Friday night and ended up tossing six innings limiting the Yankees to two runs on four hits for his first major league victory over the Yankees.

By: Sunil Sunderraj

Athletics Bolster Rotation By Acquiring Lester From Boston

Can Lester lead Oakland to the W.S? Photo Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

 

The Oakland A’s made it known through trading for Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel a few weeks ago, that they were putting all their chips toward the middle of the table and  going all in to win the World series this season. Now they have added another ace like pitcher to what is becoming a rapidly improving rotation.

 

By: Michael Hanley

SF Giants Upgrade Rotation By Acquiring Jake Peavy From The Red Sox

Can Peavy help SF to the playoffs? Photo Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

 

The San Francisco Giants have been seeking a way to improve what has been just an average overall performance from their starting rotation this season. A starting rotation ERA of 3.59 has been part of the reason why they have been unable to create any gap between themselves and LA in the NL West standings.This afternoon they have made a move to try and change that.

 

By: Michael Hanley

Peavy The Target of Cardinals Trade Talks

 

 

Will Jake Peavy be donning Cardinal red soon? Photo credit: Getty Images

 

 

There are multiple reports out that say  the St. Louis Cardinals are interested in acquiring Red Sox starting pitcher Jake Peavy in  a trade.

 

By: Michael Hanley

Yankees Cruise To Victory Over Red Sox

Nuno delivered for NY last night. Photo Credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images

The Bronx Bombers showed up on Friday at Yankee Stadium for real, smacking three home runs en route to a 6-0 drubbing of the Boston Red Sox.

By: Sunil Sunderraj

Stephen Drew is Back with the Red Sox



Stephen Drew is back with the Red Sox. Photo Credit: Elsa/Getty Images

In what has been a long and at times strange road for Stephen Drew since winning the World Series with the Red Sox last season, he returns back to Boston for the remainder of this season. It was a very long offseason for Drew who after last season tested the free agency  market, could not find a team that would take a chance on him, even on a one year deal.

 

By: Michael Hanley

MLB: AL East At The All-Star Break

by Chad Jones

An inside look at the teams in the AL East at the All-Star break. What has your team done?

MLB: The Biggest Surprises Of The 2013 Season So Far

Are the Yankees the biggest surprise of 2013? Photo credit MLB

The Success of the Yankees and the Red Sox

Before the 2013 season began many experts predicted a tough season ahead for the New York Yankees. Who could blame them? A series of injuries left a depleted Yankees squad without stars, but as the first stage of the season has proved, lack of stars doesn't necessarily equal lack of quality. For the batters consistency has been the key to their success. Other than possibly Robinson Cano, nobody has really stood out with the bat, but at the same time they don't have a starter who is struggling, its a strange situation that seems to be working with a strong rotation to keep the opponent's run totals low. Hiroki Kuroda has had an incredible start, in 9 starts the 38 year old has a 1.99 ERA and a 6-2 record. C.C. Sabathia and Andy Pettite are performing to a high level as usual, and outside of his last 2 starts