July 31, 201016 yr The unloading of veteran Diamondbacks continues, as they've shipped reliever Chad Quallsto the Rays for a player to be named later. The Rays will pay the entire $1.48MM remaining on Qualls' contract, keeping interim GM Jerry Dipoto's streak alive of not sending cash in his transactions. Qualls, 31, began the season as Arizona's closer but lost the gig by mid-June. He has an 8.29 ERA, 8.1 K/9, and 3.6 BB/9 in 38 innings on the season with five home runs allowed. Silver lining: he tossed a scoreless inning last night and there's almost no way his batting average on balls in play remains at .434. The Rays' pen is in good shape, especially from the right side, so Qualls is something of a luxury for the wild card leaders. FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal first reported the Rays' serious interest in Qualls, with MLB.com's Steve Gilbert reporting the agreement. Well there goes that. I know some people here wanted to pursue him.
July 31, 201016 yr Kinda cool to see Qualls and Wheels back together again. Now the Rays need to go get Lidge.
July 31, 201016 yr Also... FIRESALE! FIIIREEEESAAAAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEEE! ESPN must be crushing the ownership. Wait... they're not? Bah humbug.
August 2, 201016 yr Also... FIRESALE! FIIIREEEESAAAAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEEE! ESPN must be crushing the ownership. Wait... they're not? Bah humbug. They're too busy celebrating Heyward and making fun of the marlins attendance to notice. Business as usual.:thumbup
August 2, 201016 yr Qualls was downright awful out here .... i think the fans were pumped to see him go there is some local grumblings about ownership, money, etc .... even a brief national article or two i don't think the problem with the d'backs is willingness to spend ... it's how they spend there is still money from 2001 on the books which makes moves like eric byrnes even more costly
August 2, 201016 yr Also... FIRESALE! FIIIREEEESAAAAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEEE! ESPN must be crushing the ownership. Wait... they're not? Bah humbug. Correct me if wrong, but two starting pitchers and relief pitcher gone in season?
August 3, 201016 yr Also... FIRESALE! FIIIREEEESAAAAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEEE! ESPN must be crushing the ownership. Wait... they're not? Bah humbug. Correct me if wrong, but two starting pitchers and relief pitcher gone in season? And a corner stone in the offense for many years in Lance Berkman. That's pretty much their team besides Lee and Pence.
August 3, 201016 yr Would the Astros have attempted to move Oswalt if he hadn't requested a trade first?
August 3, 201016 yr Is the firesale comment about the Astros or the Diamondbacks? Qualls was with the Diamondbacks, so I'm confused now...
August 3, 201016 yr Is the firesale comment about the Astros or the Diamondbacks? Qualls was with the Diamondbacks, so I'm confused now... I think it was about Arizona. Ignore what I said. I think I responded to the wrong thread or something. Or I might have been reading about Oswalt somewhere else.
August 3, 201016 yr Is the firesale comment about the Astros or the Diamondbacks? Qualls was with the Diamondbacks, so I'm confused now... I think it was about Arizona. Ignore what I said. I think I responded to the wrong thread or something. Or I might have been reading about Oswalt somewhere else. I think it was MMP who misunderstood a post, and began talking about the 'Stros.
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