Just to give you a quick rundown of Wednesday’s crazy happenings:
Alfonso Soriano was traded to the Nationals for Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge and a PTBN.
The Padres and Red Sox swapped Mark Loretta and Doug Mirabelli.
The Astros elected to not offer arbitration to Roger Clemens, preventing the future Hall of Famer from re-signing with the Astros until at least May 1.
The Cubs picked up Juan Pierre for a trio of minor league pitchers.
Trevor Hoffman turned down more money from the Indians to re-sign with the Padres, so Cleveland turned around and inked Bob Wickman to a one-year deal.
The Blue Jays dealt three minor leaguers to the Brewers for Lyle Overbay.
The Pirates traded Mark Redman to the Royals for a minor league reliever and a PTBN.
The Devil Rays got Sean Burroughs from the Padres for Dewon Brazelton.
There are also trade rumors swirling around Edgar Renteria, Bobby Abreu, Barry Zito, Hank Blalock, Javier Vazquez, David Wells and, yes, Manny Ramirez, while free agents like Johnny Damon, Nomar Garciaparra, Matt Morris, Frank Thomas and Kevin Millwood remain unsigned.
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