Blogging hurts the trade market

**IRONY ALERT**

It's official. Blogging has ruined the baseball trade market.
Here's the events of yesterday, according to www.mlbtraderumors.com

12:01pm: According to ESPN's Jayson Stark, the Phillies have been having extensive conversations with the Royals about lefty Ron Mahay. The Royals would receive 23 year-old Double A shortstop prospect Jason Donald in return.
12:47pm: Ken Rosenthal says the Phils are not the frontrunner for Mahay. Other teams may be willing to give up more. The Red Sox are known to have Mahay in their sights.
12:56pm: Stark is now saying the Phillies are not close on Mahay.

So apparently, several MLB general managers saw the report that the Phillies were only giving up an average Double-A shortstop for one of the top available relievers, and then, within 45 minutes, the Red Sox were in on the trade talks, along with several other teams who had topped the Phillies offer.

So the question is, did a Phillies source open his mouth and blow the deal, or did a Royals source open up to drive up the asking price for Mahay?

Either way. This blogging thing is great to keep you up-to-date on rumors about your favorite team, but in the end, it winds up costing your team more prospects for mediocre trade rentals.