Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog : Breaking news: Trade reconfigured — The Yankees are sending RHP Dan McCutchen, RHP Jeff Karstens, OF Jose Tabata and RHP Ross Ohlendorf to Pittsburgh for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte. — LHP Phil Coke and RHP George Kontos are not in the deal. — Nady and Marte are on their way to Boston.
Baseball Crank (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
The Yankees obviously made a good deal, or at any rate a necessary one, picking up Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from the Pirates for four youngsters , RHP Ross Ohlendorf, RHP George Kontos, LHP Phil Coke and OF Jose Tabata. There are a few cautions on Nady. He's never had 500 at bats in a season. His .330/.383/.535 line way ahead of his career .281/.337/.456 line at age 29. He's a career .281/.336/.476...
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
The Yankees are sending RHP Dan McCutchen, RHP Jeff Karstens, OF Jose Tabata and RHP Ross Ohlendorf to Pittsburgh for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte. LHP Phil Coke and RHP George Kontos are not in the deal. Nady and Marte are on their way to Boston. UPDATE, 11:57 p.m.: Once the teams decided on Tabata and Ohlendorf, the [...]
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Last night the New York Yankees dealt 4 prospects to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte. The 4 prospects the Yankees dealt are AAA pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, AA outfielder Jose Tabata, and AA pitcher Phil Coke and George Kontos. Nady gives the Yankees the right handed bat they so desperately need with the injuries to Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada. Marte fills the left handed releiver...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
The Pirates have traded Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte to the Yankees for a package of four players. The Pirates get righty Ross Ohlendorf, righty George Kontos, lefty Phil Coke and right fielder Jose Tabata in return. Ohlendorf hasn’t been very impressive in a touch over 60 career ML innings of work. Kontos is a power [...]
OTB Sports (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
The full deal is Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, George Kontos and Phil Coke. Damaso Marte is an excellent lefty specialist, while Nady is a decent rightfielder. At first glance, I’m not happy. Nady is having an extraordinarily good season, well out of line with his career averages. His 2008 looks like this: .330/.383/.535 (142 OPS+). Certainly [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Earlier this evening, the Yankees made a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates to acquire Damaso Marte and Xavier Nady. They sent Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Phil Coke and George Kontos to Pittsburgh. Damaso Marte is a left-handed reliever and is a dominant one at that. This season he holds an impressive 1.16 WHIP, 9.06 K/9 and 3.09 [...]
Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the Yankees have acquired outfielder Xavier Nady and reliever Damaso Marte from the Pirates for Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Phil Coke and George Kontos. According to Baseball America, the Pirates will be getting two of the Yankees' top farmhands. The likely jewel of the group is Tabata, a five-tool outfielder who may have been the best overall athlete in the
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
There's been a number of rumors about Jason Bay and Xavier Nady lately. The Nady rumors are over: Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from Pittsburgh for Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Phil Coke and George Kontos. Peter Abraham also has a...
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
As speculated, Xavier Nady returned to New York. However, not to the team we hoped. The Yankees have just obtained Nady and Damaso Marte from the Pirates in return for Ross Ohlendorf, Jose Tabata, George Kontos, and Phil Coke. What does that mean to the Mets? Number one, it ends the rumors of X-man returning to Shea. [...]
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Sports Illustrated : Yankees land Nady, Marte from Bucs … NEW YORK — According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the Yankees have acquired outfielder Xavier Nady and reliever Damaso Marte from the Pirates for Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Phil Coke and George Kontos. — While the trade has been agreed upon …
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Scroll down for the latest updates. It's Nady and Marte for minor leaguers Jose Tabata, George Kontos, Russ Ohlendorf and Phil Coke. Paul Meyer doesn't have the details yet, but thinks they're going to the Yankees. Here's the report from the AP. Nady was pulled from the Pirates' lineup tonight. I actually suggested trading Nady to the Yankees a couple weeks ago. It'll be interesting to see who the...
YanksBlog.com (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
UPDATE: The trade IS to the Yankees. According to one official, Yankees give up 4 prospects, right-hander Ross Ohlendorf (meh with a bit of nuts thrown in), lefty Phil Coke (meh), outfielder Jose Tabata (nuts) and right-hander George Kontos (meh)....
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Breaking news: The Yanks have traded Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Phil Coke and George Kontos to the Pirates for Xavier Nady & Damaso Marte. More to come. Update: SI has it now. I love Ross Ohlendorf, and Jose Tabata was still a very promising prospect despite his problems this year, so I’m kind of on the [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
UPDATE: Will Carroll is now confirming, Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte have been traded to….The New York Yankees. From what I’ve heard the return is Russ Ohrlendoff and three prospects: OF Jose Tabata, P George Kontos, P Phil Coke. Tabata has monster power. Normally we wouldn’t be reporting on another team’s player being pulled from a game, but we [...]
