While we were busy

While we were busy negotiating with Bill Mueller and how much to overpay him by, the A's traded for Milton Bradley (as with just about everything else this time of year, via Rotoworld). According to the article, they are giving up an unnamed top-prospect for him. Would Grabow or Marte have been enough? Looks like they weren't, if that was the offer actually made.

Also, on the same Rotoworld page, the reason we haven't heard that the Pirates trying to sign Nomar becomes evident. The Yankees want him to play first base and finally realize Georgie's dream of an infield made up almost entirely of the "Holy Trinity" of shortstops from the late 90s. I'm guessing the Yanks jumping into the bidding is going to pump up Nomar's asking price beyond what an injury prone 30-something utility man should make. Then again, I'm not sure how that concerns a team that has already paid $2.75 million for a year of Roberto Hernandez and is looking more and more like they are going to pay $13.5 million for Bill Mueller's 35, 36, and 37 year old seasons.