league prospects to both pitchers, but the teams wouldn't give up what Boston wanted. Boston ended up with some average every day players as a result instead of the hot minor league prospects.

I don't know how I feel about the Cards giving up Craig for a 35 year old pitcher. Reports from within the Cards organization from a few years ago said Craig was the best pure hitter on the team (this was when the Cards still had Pujols). Craig has been continuously injured though, and is in a slump this year, so I guess the Cards have come off of him a little bit. He could blow up and hit 40 HRs in Boston though