Saw an interesting link tonight which was a summary of stories about the possibility of Gerald Laird finally being dealt, now that Saltamacchia is back, and by all accounts will a) not be playing first, and b) is not going back to AAA. Laird’s been doing fairly decently this year, and could bring something back, but it seems a bit early in the season to push that button.
I suspect he’ll be dealt eventually, but my gut feeling is not this early. I didn’t expect to see that happen until June somewhere. I still think he’ll end up in Boston, but I don’t have any hard facts on that – just a gut feeling.
The Yankees could probably use him too, but what do they have that they’d be willing to give up that we need? Unless a trade is expanded beyond 1×1, I don’t see that happening, either.