JL's Trade Offer

H. Blalock (Tex - 3B) for F. Sánchez (Pit - 2B,3B,SS)

At first this seemed tempting; however, Blalock notoriously has a shitty second half - as if his season could get much worse than it has been, even playing for Texas. Sanchez, while he isn't much of a HR hitter, has one of the best batting averages in baseball. Do I think it will continue into the 2nd half, I don't know.

My main concern was losing a versatile player for one who plays only 3rd Base, where I already have A-Rod. Freddy is also my regular SS -- my only other (Hall) is situational only. [Actually, that was true until a few seconds ago when I picked up Lugo - lol.]

I may regret turning this down -- but in any event, I don't think I can give up such a hot player for one who batted .234 in June, and has hit only 3 HRs each the past 2 months. Not only that, I don't have room for him, even as my DH.