The Hot Stove

The Red Sox trade for Josh Beckett even though they don't have a GM. The Mets trade for Carlos Delgado. The White Sox are replacing the Big Hurt with the big guy that gets hurt a lot. And in Pittsburgh we fan the flames of the Hot Stove by signing the one, the only Scott Strickland to a minor league deal. He's not exactly an old, washed up right handed reliever like Terry Adams because he's only 29, but he's only pitched 5 games in the last two years after reconstructive elbow surgery. He didn't have terrible numbers before the injury though, so if he's healthy he'll probably be useful in the bullpen.