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First of all, anyone else remember when he was Alexis Rios?  You know, back when he was good? 

Anyway, what kind message does this send to the Blue Jays players and fans.  First, the team drools over the thought of unloading their best pitcher, then dump a suprisingly productive Scott Rolen, now give away Rios for nothing.  Absolutly nothing.   This is a team that was the surprise of the league for the first two months of the season.  Maybe we are spoiled as Yankee fans, but the thought of giving away a good player (14 hrs, 62 Rbi) does not seem like good business.  Sure he was overpaid, but don’t you owe it to the league to at least get something in return?  Now the White Sox get a free player to stick in the middle of their lineup, without having to give up anything.  You can’t fault the White Sox, fault the rules.  

What a sad time to be a Blue Jays, Pirates, or Indians fan.

Finally, the huge trade we have been waiting for! Forget Roy Halladay, the Yankees have acquired 4-10 Chad Gaudin from the Padres. Well, I guess he can’t be any worse than Meat-tray, whom we will probably never hear from again.

Actually, this is a decent move for the Yankees. They only give up a PTBN, and get a 26-year old starter with 105 K’s in 105 innings, and a decent track record, most notably his 3 years in Oakland. The downside? A 26-year old who is now on his sixth big-league team means he’s doing something to piss off someone.

In other trade news, the Mets re-acquired Anderson Hernandez from the Nationals for a minor leaguer, and the Nationals acquired both Daryle Ward and Norris Hopper from the White Sox. In even more news, zzzzzzzzzzz.

A sad day all around for the Cincinnati Reds, as hall-of-fame writer Hal McCoy has announced he will retire from the Dayton Daily News, while Reds management has given Dusty Baker a vote of confidence for 2010 and beyond. I’ll let you decide which one of those is worse news for baseball.

Back now to the yankees/sox, I’ll check back in another 4-5 hours when it’s over.