Trade Possibilites Disappearing

Well, Snachez went to San Fran. That's disappointing. Apparently we were in the running, but Pittsburgh wanted a top notch starting pitching prospect and we didn't have anyone to match the Giants in that regard. Certainly there were people out there we could have given up to top the Giants offer, but the Pirates have picked up a lot of quantity and were probably looking for quality.

Scutaro, who I hadn't realized is already 34, isn't going anywhere since the Jays can't unload Halladay.

There's some talk about prying Orlando Cabrera from the A's, but as LaVelle Neal noted yesterday, his OPS is the same as Harris', so I don't know what the point of that would be.

So, we're left dreaming of a Jarrod Washburn pseudo-blockbuster, and more reasonably hoping to pick up another bullpen arm before the deadline.

Yuck.

After sweeping the Sox, and sitting on the easiest schedule in all of baseball between now and the end of the season, there's no reason to not make a splash. I keep seeing names like Ben Revene and Kevin Mulvey in our trade rumors, but why aren't names like Glen Perkins and Delmon Young and Michael Cuddyer being thrown around? We could satisfy two of our three needs (2B, add'l SP, insurance bullpen arm) with a big trade including big leaguers. You have to give something to get something.