If any of you baseball fans out there didn't already know, the Cards traded first baseman Tino Martinez to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays this week. It was a move I fully expected to happen. In return we picked up 25 year old right handed pitcher Evan Rust and a player to be named later. Rust has shown pretty decent numbers for being on a team that is pretty much a good minor league team (as Liam said). It would have been nice to pick up a lefty though. I assume Pujols will move to first, or maybe even Eduardo Perez which would put a little more power in the lineup. This move also frees up a bit more salary for the team to utilize to get a good starter. Hopefully enough that they can keep Jim Edmonds here. I liked Tino a lot as a Cardinal. The bottom line though is that he just wasn't doing his job.

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 12:28 PM