Arizona Diamondbacks - Brad Ziegler P

This trade allowed Paul Goldschmidt to be called up from Double-A.  Concerning Goldschmidt,  N.L only owners – feel free to take a chance. For mixed leaguers – monitor.

Arizona Diamondbacks - Jason Marquis P

He's a Giant-killer and can easily provide the staff with some much-needed depth.  Fantasy value is about the same - ho-hum.

Atlanta Braves - Michael Bourn OF

An absolute steal – literally.  Bourn should fair well on a team in playoff contention.

Boston Red Sox - Erik Bedard P

Kind of a high price for a competent, yet often-injured pitcher, but that's what Andrew Miller will make you do.

Boston Red Sox - Mike Aviles 3B

A backup with two .300 seasons, not too shabby for the Evil Empire #2.

Cleveland Indians - Ubaldo Jimenez P

The Tribe gave up a boatload of prospects, but Jimenez is relatively cheap if he regains #1-2 starter type of material.

St. Louis Cardinals - Rafael Furcal SS

Furcal gets rejuvenated and hopefully a boost in value (couldn’t get much worse).  Dee Gordon will get a shot (especially for N.L. only owners) and Ryan Theriot takes a hit.

Pittsburgh Pirates - Ryan Ludwick OF / Derrek Lee 1B

At least Ludwick is out of Petco and a return to the N.L. Central will do Lee some good.

Detroit Tigers - Doug Fister P & David Pauley P

We're fond of Detroit's move to acquire a couple of arms.  They might have some growing pains out of Safeco, but they should be well supported by the offense.

Milwaukee Brewers - Jerry Hairston Jr. 3B / Felipe Lopez 3B

With Rickie Weeks on the shelf and virtually zero production from the hot corner, the Brewers made some minor moves to increase depth.  Mixed leaguers should be understandably skeptical.

Texas Rangers - Koji Uehara P & Mike Adams P

Both will shorten the game and Adams will be ready if called upon to close (although that's not supposed to happen - at least right away).

Philadelphia Phillies - Hunter Pence OF

After missing out on Beltran, Pence provides a nice consolation prize.  The Phillies needed this year’s version of Jayson Werth and they did a pretty good job of getting it.

San Francisco Giants - Orlando Cabrera 2B

How bad do you have to be to get Wally Pipp'ed by the 2011 version of Orlando Cabrera? - Miguel Tejada bad.

San Francisco Giants - Carlos Beltran OF

Without Buster Posey, the Giants had a gigantic (pardon the pun) hole in the middle of their lineup.  He's not a cure-all, but he helps.

St. Louis Cardinals - Edwin Jackson P

Jackson should find the N.L. Central to be quite a bit easier than its American League counterpart - he's now in mixed league discussions.

Toronto Blue Jays - Colby Rasmus OF

He needed a change - simple as that.  No one ever questioned his talent, just his attitude.  The ultra-pleasant Canadian population will do him some good – so will batting 2^nd in a potent Toronto lineup.