Juan Pierre.. goes to Cubs!

It turns out Bavasi had more interest in Florida players than we thought, it just seems like the wrong one. The PI is reporting the M's tried to get Pierre, but came up short. They also throw out names like Reed and Lopez.

Why in the world Bavasi would even consider trading three of our better prospects/youngsters for Pierre is unsettling. It creates more holes then it solves. I can only hope Bavasis was thinking of flipping Pierre, because otherwise it doesn't make sense.

We also are told the M's have shopped Meche, but have little to show for it.

Big surprise.

As for the Moyer signing, the M's did pretty well. In all likelihood Moyer will make less this year then he did last. That doesn't happen very often in baseball, where a player agrees to take a decent paycut (esp. when they lead the team in wins). Even with incentives the M's will pay at least a million less than in '05. That's a pretty good deal.

The fact the M's might have planned on paying much less should just be explained as bad planning on their part. We all knew the market would be crazy this year, with new money coming into the owners pockets and attendance up, so to get Moyer on a "deal" was unlikely.

Remember Moyer wouldn't go to a contender last summer even though it would have helped the team, and possibly his value. This deal was all what was good for Moyer, and the team having little leverage given their inability to bring in other pitchers.

It sounds like Bavasi is disappointed he wasn't able to address many needs this week.

Sounds like many fans are equally disappointed.