Monday, July 18, 2005

O's Marlins deal

The hottest rumor has Baltimore acquiring Mike Lowell and AJ Burnett from the Marlins in exchange for Jorge Julio, Larry Bigbie and Hayden Penn.

Burnett and Lowell are legit FAAB candidates. Lowell's problems necessitate caution as does Burnett's change from the super-pitcher friendly NL to the AL East deathtrap. (see Carl Pavano.)

With that, if you are this close in Ws or HR/RBI, then you have to try.

On the NL side, Julio would garner some interest as a potentila closer and would be worth a few dollars as would Bigbie, whose production is half what I would have thought.

Florida is reportedly going to move Cabrera to 3B. This frees-up OF ABs for Bigbie to share with Conine. I would not discount Jeremy Hermida making the jump from AA. Look how well Jeff Francouer has done in ATL so far.





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