Transaction Time V 2.0

Week 2. Woo! I'm still going. Lots of moving this week, shall we take a look at some of the more interesting ones? Well, I'm going to, you can come along if you want.

1.) John Lackey for Derek Lee

Oooh! Our first Transaction Time trade!

The move filled voids for both clubs. JR has a log jam at first base with Justin Morneau and Alex Gordon deserving a spot, and Baron had an opportunity to acquire Yahoo's statistical number one for a pitcher on the DL. That and Ryan Garko shouldn't yet be a starting fantasy first baseman. Makes sense to me on both accounts.

2.) Joe Crede

Not only did no one in Major League Baseball want Joe Crede, neither did anyone in the VUFSA. Viano, though, decided to make a move on the White Sox 3rd baseman who has 4 HRs and 16 RBIs, which is good for 2nd and 1st among all third basemen, respectively. With no dominant force at third base (Kevin Youkilis is really good, but fails the "dominant force" test), Viano just snagged a needed piece for free.

3.) The quiet panic button

I am one of those ultra-patient owners. My transaction count is usually very low. I don't make a lot of waiver moves or small trades. Look at transaction numbers over the years in VUFSA:

2005: 32
2006: 26
2007: 19
2008: 9 (projected very roughly to be on pace for 90)

So far, I have overturned 60% of my starting outfield, my starting second baseman, and just under a third of my starting rotation. In an effort to not fall too far behind, The M.B.A.s have welcomed Cliff Lee, Gavin Floyd, Jose Lopez, and Xavier Nady to the fold. Whether these marginal players make much of an impact (probably not) remains to be seen.

4.) Delmon Young
Tomke scooped up the Twins' prospect from the waiver wire after a short stint with The M.B.A.s This kid is supposed to be really good. Injuries to Alfonso Soriano and Curtis Granderson force the young man into a starting spot right here and now. Will he snap out of an early season funk to help for 15 days?

5.) Nate McLouth
Stem picks up the hot hitting Pittsburgh outfielder. ESPN had some fun projections worth seeing,

"Nate McLouth, Pirates -- projected pace: .391 average, 289 hits, 104 doubles, 23 HR, 12 triples, 23 SB, 162 RBIs out of the leadoff hole!"

6.) Joe Borowski
Gasp! He's cut! Who'd have thunk it? The biggest piece of poo has a case of Borowskisucks-itis and probably will never close another Major League Baseball game again. For this, he now floats the lonely realm of Waiver Land.

Fun fact - when doing a Google image search for Mr. Borowski for this post, my own blog came up on the first page with a pitcher of an elephant's ass. That made me giggle. Oh, and the attach picture thingy was down, so we are all spared looking at Borowski or an elephant's rear end.