Dejan's chat

There's some very interesting stuff from Dejan's chat today. First off, he makes it sound as if John Grabow will bring Shealy from Colorado:
If they were to offer a young, ready-to-step-in reliever, from what I understand, they could have Shealy. If that were to be someone left-handed -- who does not necessarily have to be Mike Gonzalez -- that might be welcome, too, especially if Colorado moves forward in trading Ray King. Not to name names or anything.
I've cooled in Shealy a bit because part of the reason I felt like the trade had to be made was to strengthen the market for Casey, especially where the Giants were concerned. This is likely no longer the case, though there have been rumblings that Oakland would be interested in him. Still, Shealy represents an upgrade over Sean Casey, who would seem at the moment to be the most likely candidate to play first next season. If it's true that Grabow will get the deal done, we'd be absolutely stupid not to do it.

Dejan also mentions that he doesn't expect anything to come of the previous Jack Wilson trade talk, which is kind of a shame. That doesn't exactly mesh with the reports that the Pirates were interested in Cesar Izturis from the Dodgers as one would logically (emphasis on that word) think the only reason we'd be interested in Izturis was if Jack was on his way out the door. Of course, Izturis is likely one of Tracy's favorite guys from LA, so that might explain the whole thing.

There's also this:

JPeezy: Do you expect any of the "old guys" to be traded sometime in the next week?

Dejan Kovacevic: If the Pirates have their way, that might be everyone except Salomon Torres. But they might not have their way.

First off, I don't know why Torres would be off limits. If not wanting to trade Capps is stupid, not wanting to trade Torres is... I can't even think of a word to describe how stupid it is. Secondly, I think it goes unsaid here that Littlefield has never once had his way at the trade deadline. The one good deal he's pulled off, he settled for Jason Bay when he really wanted Xavier Nady (well, kind of at the deadline since that one was at the waiver deadline). Littlefield will trade some guys in the next week, but only because he has to, I doubt he'll actually be getting much of what he's asking for right now.

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