I don’t know about any other baseball fans, but I’m getting a bit tired of the all talk - no action trading season we’ve had this year. And realistically there’s no reason why I should really expect any more than that; well except of course for the fact that Mark Teixeira’s name pops up 8 times a day in trade rumors. But the reality is that we are not likely to see a blockbuster deal and the best first baseman traded this year could be Ty Wigginton.

I think one of the reasons are that the typical teams who sell out their farm system for rent-a-players (namely San Francisco and New York) aren’t in the position to make such a trade this year and honestly, do you even think Brian Sabean can go against every fiber in his being by trading FOR a prospect?

And maybe this is because with the massive amounts of information out there teams are much better and more diligent at drafting and protecting their prospects. You look at recent drafts and in my mind, an unusual number of picks make it to the Show sooner than it typically has. I really don’t recall so many consecutive seasons with projected aces have made their debuts.

This is also a bit of the bug that has caught on with other pro sports like basketball and hockey and that’s that GM’s no longer put together teams to win titles: they put together teams to be competitive over a period of time. Increasing player salaries are probably the biggest factor in this when it’s infinitely cheaper to hold out for a guy like Phil Hughes than sign or trade for a guy like Javier Vazquez or Dontrelle Willis.

So to sum it up, it’s not that I don’t understand, but it’s more that as a fan, I like to see a busier trading market; especially since that’s the only way my Oakland A’s are going to and have been able to be successful.

It’s funny what money has done to our sports, and the mentality of the teams.