Hacksaw’s Headlines–Thursday

Posted by on February 6th, 2020  •  0 Comments  • 

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Padres….Say they were not willing to trade a ton of young talent away and take on huge contracts of David Price-Mookie Betts and pay half of contract of Will Myers to make the Red Sox deal go thru….Padres would have had to commit to (27M) Betts contract….(46M) Price contract…(30M) Myers contract payoff….Not interested in spending (103M) total to rent Betts for 1-year.

Dodgers…Executed Mookie Betts-David Price deal by taking on (27M) for Betts and (46M) of Price contract….Dodgers rearranged payroll by shifting payroll…moved (2M) Alex Verdugo in trade….Dealt away Kenta Maeda (12M)…Joc Pederson (9M)…Ross Stripling (2M)…Moved (25M) in those deals…Prior had saved (18M) on Hyun Jin-Ryu and (5M) Rich Hill…when they left as free agents…Final tally: Dodgers removed (48M) players from last year…to add Betts-Price (42M) LA will pay this year….and Dodgers kept all their top prospects.

Dodgers-Angels….Trade expanded…will send OF-Joc Pederson..P-Ross Stripling..OF-Andy Pages to Halos for 2B-Luis Refigno and 2-minor league prospects.

Red Sox…Huge media-fan criticism directed against owner John Henry and the Fenway Sports group for giving up on the season with the Betts trade…saying Fenway Group is worth 6.6B but not willing to pay state of the art money to a superstar like Betts….says it sends a bad message to Red Sox fans.

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(Roster Moves)

Phillies..sign FA-P-Anthony Swarzak-ex Twins-Braves
Phillies..sign FA-P-Blake Stewart…ex Twins
Phillies..sign FA-P-Diolis Guerra-ex Brewers

Rockies..sign FA-P-Ubaldo Jiminez-ex Colo-Indians-Orioles
Rockies..sign FA-P-Tim Collins..ex-Cubs-Royals

Reds..DFA-P-Sal Romano.

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(Teams)

Yankees…Lose P-James Paxton-back surgery-cyst-out 4-months
Seattle..OF-Mitch Haniger to miss 8W coming off core-surgery
Arizona..P-Taijuan Walker works out for 20-teams-comes off surgery

Boston..Interviews Ron Roenicke for vacant managerial job.

Andy Hassler…..14Y-veteran pitcher-with Royals-Angels…passes away (68Y).
Ted Lepcio…longtime Red Sox-Tigers infielder passes away (90Y)

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……………(Basketball)……………

NBA-Trading Deadline-12-noon on Thursday

Houston-Atlanta-Denver-Minnesota make 4-team-12-player trade.

..Rockets..Acquire F-Robert Covington (12P-6R)..F-Jordan Bell (4P-4R)..Committ to play ‘small ball’
..Denver..Acquite #1 pick..F-Gerald Green..C-Noal Voniah..G-Shabazz Napier..F-Keita Diop in huge depth upgrade
..Atlanta..Acquire C-Clint Capela..Get better on defense.
..Minnesota..Acquire #1 pick…F-Malik Beasley..G-Juan Hernangomez..F-Jarred Vanderbilt..G-Evan Thomas…beginning of major rebuild.

(Trade Rumors)

Lakers-Knicks…Kyle Kuzma-for-Marcus Morris
Lakers-Memphis..Kyle Kuzma-for-Andre Iguodala
Clippers-Cleveland..Kevin Love for Mo Harkless-#1
Clippers-Memphis..Harkless for Iguodala
Clippers-Suns..#1 pick for Aaron Baynes
Boston-Detroit..Andre Drummond for #1-#1
Boston-Washington..#1-#1 for David Bertans
Memphis-Miami..Iguodala-for-Justise Winslow trade talks continued Wednesday night.
Golden State-Minnesota..DeAngelo Russell for Andrew Wiggins #1-#1

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(NBA)

Atlanta..Release G-Chandler Parsons..had (25M) contract-not playing because of serious injuries from traffic accident-hit by drunk driver.

Miami..F-Justise Winslow-back…C-Meyers Leonard -ankle..both out 2-weeks.

Memphis…Dillon Brooks says Grizzlies lockeroom plagued by ‘cancerous players’…citing Andre Iguodala..Marc Gasol…Garrett Temple..Chandler Parsons…too many personality clashes.

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Lakers-San Antonio….LA (37-11)…Thursday night game at Staples Center

Clippers-vs-Miami…Heat led Clippers (59-58) at Press Time….Heat hit 9-3’s in opening half…Thursday game…Clippers (35-15)

Aztecs…coach Brian Dutcher…gave team some 3-days off during bye-week…now full practice for Saturday game at Air Force.

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…………(Football)…………

Aztecs…Sign 6-more football recruits..
..RB-Jaylan Armstead-LA Serra…(6’2-220)..(1,230R-7.8YC)
..OT-Sebastian Hernandez-Cerritos JC..(6’2-290)-2 years left
..LB-Hunter Kaupiko-Las Vegas
..LB-Darrell Masaniai-Honolulu St Louis
..CB-Isaiah McElvane-San Jose (6’190)
..TE-Aaron Green-Prescott, Arizona (6’4-255) blocking tight end

Aztecs…Coach Brady Hoke says new Coordinators will have strong influence in changing personality of offense-defense….4-QBs will be in open competition for starters job in spring football….Team will stay in 3-3-5 defense….Says ‘Go Ask Jack Sears’ why the USC-QB-transferred in then never reported to attend school when classes started…Said he tried hard to convince Rocky Long to stay as Def Coordinator till he took New Mexico job.

USC…Sign 6-more recruits including WR-Kyle Ford-Corona….CB-Jaylen Watson-transfer Ventura JC….CB-Kau Makaula-Hawaii…CB-Adonis Otey-Tennessee….LB-Tua Nomura-Long Beach Poly
UCLA..Signed only 3-recruits….Did land 6’6-TE..Mike Martinez-New Jersey
UCLA..Lost RB-Jordan Wilmore at last minute-signed at Utah

Syracuse..Hires Tony White as Def Coord…Former assistant SDSU-Arizona State.
Michigan State…Matt Campbell-Iowa State-turns down request to interview for job.

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(NFL)

Cleveland..Owner Jim Haslam meets with RB-Kareem Hunt-sayus latest off field incident DUI-not acceptable.

Pittsburgh..Sign GM-Kevin Colbert to 1-year extension

Raiders..Hire Rod Marinelli as Def Line coach-ex Cowboys Def Coord
Eagles..Hire Rick Scangarello as Off Coordinator-ex Denver

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(Roster Moves)

Raiders..Pick up 11M-option WR-Tyrell Williams 11M-contract
Raiders..Sign RB-Jalen Richards to 2M-extension

Chicago…Visit with FA-TE-Greg Olson-ex Carolina
Buffalo…Visit with FA-TE-Greg Olson
Chiefs..WR-Sammy Watkins says he will be asked to take cut (14M)

Toronto..Sign CFL-FA-QB-Matt Nichols-ex Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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………………..(Hockey)………………

Gulls-San Jose Barracuda……Chris Mueller-Simon Benoit score early….Gulls led (2-1) in 3rd period at Press Time…AHL action on Wednesday….Gulls (19-16-4-2) on season in 5th place.

Ducks-at-Montreal…Thursday matchup….Anaheim won 5-of-7…now (22-26-5).

Kings-at-NY Islanders…Thursday game….Kings lost 9-of-11.

Kings-Calgary…Trade Talks…LA shopping F-Tyler Toffoli
Kings-Nashville..Trade Talks..Predators interested in D-Alec Martinez
Edmonton-Montreal..Discuss trade for Haps F-Tomas Tatar
Montreal..Shopping RW-Ilya Kovalchuk.

Calgary..Lose D-Mark Giordano-leg injury

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……………….(General)……………….

PGA….ATT-Pebble Beach…Phil Mickelson is defending champion.

NASCAR…Announce change to Hall of Fame voting…will elect just 3-new members each year…rather than 5-enshrinees.

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