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Xavier Nady & Damaso Marte will be wearing pinstripes soon. Well you can scratch Damaso Marte and Xavier Nadys names from players that were available at the trade deadline as the Pirates have traded them to the New York Yankees for Ross

UPDATE: Will Carroll is now confirming, Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte have been traded to.The New York Yankees. From what Ive heard the return is Russ Ohrlendoff and three prospects: OF Jose Tabata, P George Kontos, P Phil Coke. Tabata has monster power.

Will Carroll broke the news, but theres no word on the details (although Phil Coke may have been moved).

According to 1050 ESPN Radio the Yankees have traded Ross Ohlendoft + prospects for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte. I'm not sure what other prospects are involved, Phil Coke is probably involved, he was pulled after striking out the side in the first

7:25pm: Ken Rosenthal confirms it: minor leaguers Ohlendorf, Coke, Kontos, and Tabata. My impression at first glance: the return is not terribly impressive for Nady and Marte. I don't like the idea of the Bucs taking Tabata as the centerpiece - there is

Zach Duke is putting the four-game winning streak on the line tonight against Cha Seung Baek and the Padres tonight. We saw last night how bad the Padres offense is, so I'm vaguely optimistic about a good start from Duke tonight. Of course, sometimes the

According to Baseball Prospectus' Will Carroll, Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte are on their way.Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte have been traded to the New York Yankees, per John Perrotto. (Guess that meeting in Tampa went well!) Well have updates as soon as

As the new guy around WoW headquarters, it is expected that I: clean the coffeemaker, polish the Wil Cordero framed mugshot, and finish all the paperwork that keeps my posts out of a Customs lockup. I'm going to forgo the perfunctory throat-clearing and first-person testimonial to get right to the baseball happenings you missed while you taking part in an elaborate zombie-baiting sting operation: White Sox 6, Tigers 5: Hipsters everywhere will shear their ironic mustaches this morning, hoping to avoid association with Todd Jones. Jermaine Dye's 2 out, 2 run home run in the ninth handed the White Sox the win and Todd Jones his third blown save. The Sox win and another (fifth in a row) Twins loss add up to Ozzie Guillen being an evil genius. Braves 8, Phillies 2: A well pitched divisional battle received a hearty Lidging and suddenly the Phillies are losers of three in a row. The up-to-this-point excellent closer didn't get a soul out and now the Phils are tied with the Hanley Ramirezes, two games behind the surging Mets. Carlos Delgado's quiet dignity and red-hot July have the Mets in a perfect position to implode under the weight of their own expectations once again. Yankees 1, Red Sox 0: Some kid named Chamberlain looked damn good in his fourth straight quality start, striking out 9 in 7 shutout innings. Included in those Ks was some guy playing for the first time in two months. This was an exciting, well-played game between the only two teams in the world that can make a 1-0 game last three hours. The Rays had a bye tonight, and remain atop the division that understatement forgot. Xavier Nady became a Yankee last night, continuing his own proud tradition of being good enough to be traded for but not good enough to warrant keeping. Astros 3, Brewers 1: Manny Parra failed to justify your love and lost for the first time since May 3rd. He had won 8 consecutive decisions, just like the tater-toting Brewers. Parra lost with panache though, allowing but 3 runs over 6 innings. The Cubs, Reds, Pirates and Cards all mixed the flavor of defeat into their hearty Midwestern diets. Meanwhile out West: Business as usual. Birds sung, K-Rod saved, and the Rangers went buckwild in the 9th inning. No matter what the scoreboard tells me; all the NL West teams lost. Their losses are society's gain. So....yeah, about that. It will be better next time, I SWEAR. The first time is always awkward. You're always rushing just to get it in there to say that you've done it. Once I arrive home from my walk of shame, I'll fix my gaze on today's games designed for a Zelasko-reduced diet.

Introduction Ah, the difficulties of being a GM. Should Theo pick up Manny’s option? Should Theo sign Jason Varitek after the season? For right now, the most pressing concern for the Red Sox is what they will do before the July 31 trade deadline. Should the Red Sox consider trading one of their young arms? Where will the Sox find bullpen help? Now that the Yankees have traded for both Damaso Marte and Xavier Nady, how will the Red Sox react? Will they make a bold move? Or…how about this one: Should the Red Sox trade Kevin Youkilis and Craig Hansen to the Atlanta Braves for Mark Teixeira? Dan’s Side The situation happened like this: Theo: So Braves GM, we’re interested in seeing what it would take to get Tex from you? Braves GM: (After much thought) Youkilis and Hansen at least. Theo: OK. (Click) The trade won’t happen because Tex would be a two-month rental plus any playoff time and then would become a free agent. Plain and simple: he’s a Scott Boras free agent. He won’t re-sign with the Sox just because we traded for him. We could just go for him in two months as a free agent anyway. So what Dev fails to realize is he won’t sign a deal with any team he gets traded to. He just won’t. Boras won’t recommend it unless they are giving exactly what they want, which is somewhere in the $25 million/year range for five years. The Sox front office is not giving that to a player. With the end of the season two months away, the Red Sox would have no leverage for him to sign. Especially when, given the time over the summer, they would probably be able to get the production at a much cheaper price. Youkilis is stuck with the Sox for another two years, although he’ll get pricey after arbitration. He’ll probably earn in the neighborhood of $8 million in 2009 and $10 million in 2010. Hansen, meanwhile, is with the Sox for five more years at a very minimal price unless he plays well enough to earn more. The situation is simple: If Ortiz can’t come back, Theo wants to know his options. Thats the only reason the trade talks happened. Oh and I bet if the trade did happen, Youkilis alone would be enough, or maybe plus a lower level prospect. The league is aware of how valuable Youkilis is. His credentials of being an All-Star gold glove first baseman say it all. So if they did trade Youkilis, Theo would have to plan to get a first baseman in the offseason. Adam Dunn maybe? Not Tex though. With both NY clubs getting new stadiums and having holes at 1B, it’ll be a bidding war. I mention Dunn as my dream guy, as the stat head part of me would love to see how he would help a premiere offense like the Sox. This team will be highly competitive whether Teixeira is acquired or not. The talent is already there. It may need a tweak, but certainly not a major move. Dev’s Side Kevin Youkilis was a late-bloomer prospect and has amazing plate patience and decent pop. But the problem is he’s not exactly young. To complicate matters, neither is Manny. Tex Mex, on the other hand, hasn’t even reached his power peak yet. No one wants to lose the Greek/Jewish God of Walks, but with Manny looking to cash in and his age becoming a factor, it may behoove the Sox to part ways. Craig Hansen sucks, let him be someone else’s problem - any value he does have, he’s giving away with his repeated terrible outings. If the Braves are willing to have him so be it; he’ll never be a closer. Many say that we can just get Mark as a free agent, keep Youk and then slot him over at LF and start Tex at 1B. While I agree this situation is the ideal one, and definitely the one I would want, there’s just no way that’s gonna happen. The Yankees who still don’t have a real 1B, (Giambi wants to play there, but he really needs to be a DH) will come hard at Tex especially just to block the Sox anyway. There is a definite question about Teixeira being able to play for a big-market team, because he has yet to do so. The Rangers and Braves are far from big-market teams. I think that the Braves know they can’t and won’t re-sign Tex, and they would love to add a guy like Youk to spark their clubhouse. I disagree with Dan that Scott Boras will be an issue. Yes, he always gets the most money for his players, but Theo has proven and successful experience working with Boras. So this may make signing him as a free agent more feasible but it’s no guarantee. Adam Dunn is not the kind of player the Sox would want to add. His power and walks are amazing, there’s no denying that. The “stat head side†of Dan wants to see Dunn join our club. However, his career .247 average is one glaring stat that would run him out of Boston. He would be detrimental to the Sox in an incredibly competitive AL East. While Dunn may be the “Peyton Manning of the MLB†(Yeah, I know, I’m screaming at the monitor too) to fellow writers Dan and Pete, the truth is he’s not much help to a team. Ask the Reds how much they love Adam Dunn, yeah they have awful pitching, but what good has he brought to that team? Homeruns are very sexy, as Dan says, “Chicks dig the longballâ€. But “chicks†and homers don’t guarantee wins. Here’s some more stats for ya. Look at the Reds again, they have 6th most homeruns in MLB (119). Yet they’re still 10.5 games out of the NL Central. © Dev for Sports of Boston, 2008. | Permalink | No comment Filed under: Featured, Opinion, Red Sox.

It's not official yet, but from what I've been able to gather from several sources is that the Yankees have picked up lefthanded reliever Damaso Marte and outfielder Xavier Nady for pitchers Ross Ohlendorf, George Kontos, Phil Coke and outfielder Jose Tabata. I'll give a more detailed analysis after the details have been confirmed, but my initial reaction is that it's a great trade for the Yankees. Marte and Nady are both good players who fit the Yankees' needs and are under contract for next season as well. Meanwhile, of the four prospects the Yankees gave up, only Tabata has the potential to be a real star, and he's had many personal issues and injury problems which have tempered enthusiasm for his future.