Got a flight to catch in a few minutes (this is SFO, for those of you who don't travel much), but I wanted to check in now. I land at 6:21 a.m. Monday morning in Newark, and my hunch is that at the time, I won't be making much sense.
It certainly looks like we're going to have one big trade by Tuesday, with Mark Teixeira going to either Atlanta or Arizona. The Braves seemed like a certainty to get Teixeira, but as Kat O'Brien's mentor T.R. Sullivan reported Sunday night, Braves pitching prospect Matt Harrison _ one of the discussed pieces _ has shoulder problems.
UPDATE: The Braves are indeed getting Teixeira. Bold move by savvy Atlanta general manager John Schuerholz.
The Yankees and Mets are going hard after Eric Gagne, along with the Red Sox, and it's apparent that Texas GM Jon Daniels will have to decide whether he'll deal Gagne for second-tier talent _ he's not getting Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, or Lastings MIlledge, or Clay Buchholz _ or hold onto him and try to re-sign him or simply accept the compensatory draft picks if Gagne bolts over the winter.
Otherwise, it appears, we're talking about smaller pieces. And, as I wrote in my Sunday Insider, you can expect August to be busy, as well. In that column, I mentioned that more players should pass through waivers than in past years. I neglected a more obvious reason: More teams will fall out of contention and will be willing to deal with the future in mind.
All right, gonna get on the plane now, then land, take my son to day camp, maybe take a short nap and then hit the phones.
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he would have been great for the mets.they could have shipped out carlos (the real dr.k)delgado.
And we're not done yet: Braves are rumored to be the leading contender to get Dotel from the Royals. It's going to be a fun couple of months in the NL East.