Happy with no moves?

I really expected Bavasi to pull the trigger on at least one more move. They certainly had options, but the front office felt like most of them were simply lateral moves, and didn't strengthen the team enough in the short term to make them worthwhile.

We'll need to readdress these non-moves next winter, when we see what happens with Pineiro and Meche. If they do spin them in to comp picks, we might be okay with them both being in a Mariner uniform for the remainder. But as of right now, I really wanted to see Piniero jettisoned, and if they couldn't get anything of value for him (no surprise- he stinks) then Meche.

Even more surprising was watching Beane stand pat. He made some inquiries, but ended up on the sidelines as well. Maybye this was simply a bad year to make a trade, with too many teams inflating the value of their players.

As of right now, the M's stack up pretty well with every team in the AL West. As long as Anaheim returns to earth, and we have plenty of reasons why they should, the M's will be in contention the rest of the summer.

Oakland will not go on a tear as in years past- the A's are flawed, and for once Beane couldn't do anything about it.