Baseball Trade Deadline - (S)

Today is Major League Baseball's trade deadline and there has been a flurry of activity in the last twenty-four hours.

There are a number of big names on the move (or potentially on the move), inclduing Ken Griffey Jr. who is on his way back to the American League and the Chicago White Sox. Griffey has never played in a World Series and will have a realistic chance this season.

Although, with the acquisition of Mark Texiera the Angels look like clear cut favorite to win the American League championship, especially after a second sweep of the Red Sox this month, this time at Fenway Park.

With the news that Jorge Posada is lost for the season, the Yankees traded reliever Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers for Ivan Rodriquez. Rodriguez provides much better offense than Jose Molina and is still strong defensively, but losing Farnsworth is a blow to the Yankees' bullpen which has been outstanding the past two months. Farnsworth went more than a month and nine innings without giving up a hit before faltering in his last two outings before the trade. The Yankees' bullpen is still in okay shape; however, with Dave Robertson, Jose Veras, Edwar Ramirez and newly acquired Damaso Marte supporting Mariano Rivera.

The biggest name who could be traded today is Manny Ramirez. If he doesn't get traded, it will be interesting to see how Manny "bes" Manny during the next two months.