Deadline Passes, Halladay Not Traded

The trade deadline passed and although there were some moves, the big fish stayed put.  It was like going to a concert and there only being opening acts performing and no headliner. Roy Halladay, the biggest fish in baseball for the last several weeks, remains with the Blue Jays.  The deals we did see were Victor Martinez to Boston, Jake Peavy to the White Sox, and Jarrod Washburn to the Tigers among others.  There were a flurry of other trades, but no true pennant race changing trades were made.  Boston gets a nice player in Martinez, but he isn’t a superstar.  We may not be totally done because some players could be traded if they get through waivers.  Don’t count the Yankees out of still acquiring a pitcher sometime in August.