I wrote about two trades this week over at RotoSavants.com.

First was the Pirates trading Jesse Chavez to the Rays for Akinori Iwamura. For the Pirates I thought this was important:

• It probably means Delwyn Young will be pushed back into the outfield mix.
• Brandon Moss is not a part of the future as a starter.
• Their commitment to Andy LaRoche will waver as long as Pedro Alvarez can give them confidence in him next year.

Then was the White Sox and Royals mysterious trade of Chris Getz and Josh Fields for Mark Teahen. This is a weird trade and I don’t buy it:

… the White Sox skew very old as it is. If this team stays in tact as is or close to it, I think we’re looking at a team similar to the Giants for part of this decade: old players, very slow runners (minus maybe one or two players) and ok pitching. That might win the Central but I wouldn’t bank on it.