The hardest part

Is it time to trade people yet? Not according to Neal Huntington.

"As we've said for months, we are always going to pick up the phone when someone calls. And we are constantly talking internally about how we can improve the club for 2008, as well as going forward."

"If we make that type of trade now, a veteran for prospects, it just means we had an opportunity we couldn't pass up," Huntington said.

So, we're waiting on other teams to make offers to us for Bay, Nady, etc.? And maybe we'll start making offers when the time suits us? As much as it's going to be painful to see these guys traded, we all just watched the Reds. Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr. are going to be on the trade market very soon and the longer we wait and the more diluted the market becomes, the less valuable our players are going to be.