[sharknut]

As we approached the ASG, we were still taking on water, but we won our last 5 games to give a glimmer of hope. 42-52 in last place 10 games out is not where we wanted to be, but I have hope. The chemistry has gotten back up to happy, though Matthews still wants a trade.

Ken Landreaux has been a great pickup, 8 HR and 27 RBI in the 32 games since we traded for him and was just named player of the week. Since trading for John Glass, he's gone 7-0 with a 1.91 ERA, I am making good deals to try to get ourselves back in this,

I shopped around our former 2nd round pick Alfredo Edmead who is stuck at AAA and I was offered All-Star pitcher 36 year old Jim Rooker, who I lost in the Rule 5 draft to Seattle so I had to do that.

2 weeks until the deadline and we start with 7 games on the east coast. If we can't make progress in the 10 games before then, I will try to get some younger players for vets. But I have a feeling we may make a little run here.