Those pesky David Wright-to-the-Phillies rumors made their way around Twitter again last night. In all honesty, the rumor is probably just that, a rumor. Unfortunately, rumors like these can get way out of hand fast.
The rumored deal had David Wright being shipped to Philly in exchange for stud-outfield prospect Domonic Brown, Gold Glove winner Placido Polanco, pitching prospect Phillippe Aumont, and shortstop prospect Freddy Galvis.
I doubt this is legit, and frankly, this is the third time that a Wright-to-Philly rumor has made its rounds this offseason. Still, I feel compelled to pass on the latest rumor since I had written about the original rumblings a few months back.
http://www.throughthefencebaseball.com/theyre-back-wright-to-phillies-rumors-heat-up-again/17063/
The rumor mill is awful these days. I remember years back where I tested how quickly a rumor could be spread simply by posting an intelligible sounding post. By doing so I got the blogosphere chirping wildly that the Mets were on the verge of trading for Gil Meche with the Royals getting some nominal return.
ReplyDeleteThat was you? Holy shit I remember that. I never knew it was just a rumor...I thought the Mets were actually interested.
ReplyDeleteWasn't it Frency for Meche? That's one of them I remember
Mets just signed Rick Santorum!!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was me but it happened prior to the Frenchy years. It was circa 07/08 when Meche was at his highest value. Pretty easy if you reference both GM's and make it sound official. Still can't quite remember who I had the Mets sending though. I can remember that it was a Met that had been talked about with other rumors at the time.
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