The last few days have brought upon a slew of trades around the majors. Here are a few notable deals from the past week. Keep in mind there are still a few more hours left before the deadline comes at 4pm EST on Saturday!

Yankees Bolster DH, Bench with veteran Bats
It was first reported on Friday that the Astros and Yankees struck a deal to send Lance Berkman to New York. The odd thing about this is that the Astros practically handed him over in exchange for two minor leaguers. This …

The myth, the legend, the…… real deal?

The most anticipated first career start since Cy Young ended with a bang and lived up to the hype. I knew Stephen Strasburg would have a good game, but WOW!

Nationals phenom starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg made his debut on Tuesday night in Washington DC in front of 40,315 fans. I use the word ‘fan’ loosely though, because this may be the first time in the team’s history that someone would admit to being a fan of the Nats. The 21-year-old was on it all …

Bottom of the 9th. Two outs. Perfect game on the line. Who would you rather be?
a) The pitcher
b) The hitter
c) One of the fielders
d) The umpire

Not many of you would even think to include the umpire in this group, but wouldn’t you know that the umpire was the difference maker in what could have been the final play in a perfect game.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Tigers SP Armando Galarraga was looking to put the finishing touches on a perfect game, but more importantly he was …

Congrats to Roy Halladay for throwing the 20th perfect game in Major League history.  The game was a typical Halladay game: deep into the game (9 innings obviously), had a decent pitch count (115) and recorded 11 strikeouts with zero walks (obviously).  I was actually in Philly and caught the end of the game on TV, but unfortunately the game was in Florida or I would have drove right down to the stadium to chill with Halladay (not really, but that would be cool).

The Phillies scored one run in the …

Athletics 4, Rays 0
Alex Rodriguez, meet Dallas Braden.
Oakland Athletics SP Dallas Braden has pitched a perfect game!

He becomes the 19th pitcher in big league history to pitch a perfect game, 27 up and 27 down! What an incredible achievement for a young pitcher! You better believe he was amped up after getting that last out too!
It took Braden 109 pitches to get all 27 outs and he picked up six strikeouts along the way. Braden used his changeup to perfection and his teammates used the large foul ground throughout the …

Mets 2, Cardinals 1 (20 innings!)
Well, I am winded, to say the least.
What a marathon game in St. Louis this afternoon/evening/night (?) between the Mets and Cardinals. The game started at 4:14 EST and finished at 11:07 EST. That’s 6 hours and 53 minutes! 19 pitchers were used and 46 of 50 total players were used and 651 pitches were thrown between the two teams! Ultimately, the Mets won in 20 innings, 2-1.

It was a scoreless game until the 19th inning, a SCORELESS GAME! I will tell you that before …

Rockies SP Ubaldo Jimenez has thrown a no-hitter against the Braves! He gave up zero hits in a 4-0 win, despite giving up six walks along the way. This is the first no-hitter in Colorado Rockies history!
The ninth inning was no cake-walk for Ubaldo, as he got the red-hot Martin Prado to pop out to second base, Chipper Jones to fly to left, and finally Brian McCann to ground out to second. Jimenez was immediately mobbed by his teammates!
As I said, Jimenez did walk six men, but a no-hitter is …

Yankees 7, Angels 5
What a day to be a Yankees fan. Seriously, this may be one of the few times that I’m jealous to be a Yankees fan. My buddy Pat (Hey buddy) went to the game today and he got to see some pretty cool things…
First off, the ring ceremony. For some people, that’s a once in a lifetime event. Well, not if you’re a Yankees fan though. Also, Bernie Williams threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and he couldn’t even reach home plate. Umm, I thought he hadn’t …

Red Sox 9, Yankees 7
Heading into Opening Night 2010, I was skeptical in the Yankees/Red Sox matchup being exciting. I mean this rivalry really doesn’t do it for me anymore, mostly because I live in the NY area and I’m pretty tired of it. But you know what, it was your typical Yankees/Red Sox game, and that was a good thing on Easter Sunday.

Before the game started, former Red Sox SP Pedro Martinez came out to throw the first pitch, and you know he did everything he could to enjoy …

The Mets traded Brian Stokes, a middle reliever, for washed up OF Gary Matthews Jr.  Matthews had a decent year in Texas in 2006, ironically a contract year, and has been terrible ever since signing a 5-year/$50 million deal with the Angels before the 2007 season.  It was by far the worst contract in Angels history.  Matthews Jr. is an above average fielder but is now 35 and possess zero offensive skills.  I am bashing the crap out of him right now because I knew he wasn’t going to be …