Baseball Digest Daily Blog: Trade Wrapup!

Final list for the day's activity...I hope! The fact that Miguel Tejada and Alfonso Soriano are absent from this list is not a mistake.

ARLINGTON, Texas – Texas Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels announced today the club has acquired INF/OF Matt Stairs from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for minor league RHP Joselo Diaz.

CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs today traded infielder Todd Walker and cash considerations to the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Jose Ceda.

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced they have acquired outfielder Xavier Nady from the New York Mets in exchange for right-handed pitcher Roberto Hernandez and left-handed pitcher Oliver Perez. The announcement was made by Dave Littlefield, the Pirates' Senior Vice President and General Manager.

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced they have acquired minor league pitcher Jesse Chavez from the Texas Rangers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Kip Wells. The announcement was made by Dave Littlefield, the Pirates' Senior Vice President and General Manager.

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced they have acquired right-handed pitcher Shawn Chacon from the New York Yankees in exchange for outfielder Craig Wilson. The announcement was made by Dave Littlefield, the Pirates' Senior Vice President and General Manager.

KANSAS CITY, MO – The Kansas City Royals have acquired first baseman/DH Ryan Shealy and right-handed reliever Scott Dohmann from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for left-handed pitcher Jeremy Affeldt and right-handed pitcher Denny Bautista.

ST. LOUIS, MO. – The St. Louis Cardinals announced a trading-deadline deal in which they have obtained righthanded pitcher Jorge Sosa from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor league pitcher Rich Scalamandre.

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers announced today the club has acquired first baseman Sean Casey from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for righthanded pitcher Brian Rogers. Additionally, the club has optioned the contract of first baseman Chris Shelton to Triple A Toledo.

CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky today announced the acquisition of RHP Kyle Lohse from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league RHP Zach Ward and the acquisition of LHP Rheal Cormier from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for minor league RHP Justin Germano.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today that they have acquired right-handed pitcher Greg Maddux and cash considerations from the Chicago Cubs for infielder Cesar Izturis and infielder Julio Lugo from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for minor leaguers Joel Guzman and Sergio Pedroza, according to Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti.

The Mets trade of Heath Bell and Oliver Perez to San Diego for Scott Linebrink has NOT been confirmed. We are working to get the details.

Several people assisted me during the trade updates the last few crazy days. I want to give them the credit they deserve:

Jeff Sackman - http://www.brewcrewball.com/, Minor League Splits
Marc Normandin - Beyond the Box Score : A Sabermetrics Blog
Jamey Newberg - Newberg Report
Ken Rosenthal - Fox Sports
Will Carroll - Baseball Prospectus
Jason Stark - ESPN
Bob Nightengale - USA Today Baseball
Troy Renck - Denver Post

And all the media relations departments who made this job much easier than it would ever have been.

Hope everyone enjoyed it! Comments and feedback would be appreciated.

Trade Wrapup!

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