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OregonStrosFan

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Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« on: December 09, 2008, 05:50:55 am »
Enrique Rojas at ESPN is reporting Valverde is not going to be traded.  LINK

"Basically, I don't like to talk publicly about potential trades, but I can assure that Valverde is not being traded," Wade said Monday in Las Vegas.
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Re: Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 09:39:54 am »
Just raising his value is all.  And he can claim loyalty if no trades are made.
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Re: Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 12:10:22 pm »
The Cardinals' "talks for Houston Astros closer Jose Valverde stalled abruptly earlier in the week".
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/CB78D09625D452B58625751B00197160?OpenDocument

Hard to imagine the Astros trading a guy like that within the division...
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Re: Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 01:37:35 pm »
Quote from: BUWebguy on December 10, 2008, 12:10:22 pm
The Cardinals' "talks for Houston Astros closer Jose Valverde stalled abruptly earlier in the week".
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/CB78D09625D452B58625751B00197160?OpenDocument

Hard to imagine the Astros trading a guy like that within the division...

Stalled abruptly = Wanna Trade Valverde to us?  No.
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Re: Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 06:50:03 pm »
Jeff Passan at Yahoo Sports is reporting that Ed Wade says Enrique Rojas is full of crap...  LINK

Ed Wade denied a report that he has ruled out trading closer Jose Valverde as he tries to shed payroll amid the sagging economy that has already cost the Astros two of their biggest sponsors.  “I did not say that,” Wade said. “We will make every effort not to move him. But I can’t say for sure that we wouldn’t.”

He also notes that the Astros are also in an "extreme sell mode on Tejada."

...according to one general manager. The Astros have indicated they would be willing to take on part of Tejada’s $13 million salary, the GM said.  “They are pushing him hard,” the GM said. “Hard.”

Which is evidently news to Miggy.  LINK

"I didn't know anything about that. Nobody has told me anything that I could be traded," Tejada, reached by telephone at his Florida home, told ESPNdeportes.com.

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Re: Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 08:25:03 pm »
What sponsors did they lose?
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Re: Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2008, 08:38:36 pm »
AIG and some auto dealership
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Re: Valverde isn't going anywhere...
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2008, 09:20:50 pm »
Landmark/Bill Heard Chevrolet, I think.  Don't know how "major" they were.
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