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Per the usual, Aurilia is being discussed by the Mets this time.

The reason I'm not very excited about this, other than just liking Richie but realizing the desire to free up more time for Bowker, is three-fold:

1) This kind of thing was talked about before; I spent probably 3-4 posts discussing trade rumors that didn't materialize, but spent no posts on Durham's trade until it was done.

2) Richie's departure would mean that the IF would consistently have Castillo at 3B; though, next year I am seriously hoping that we at least get Frandsen to expand his already-vast IF repetoire to replace OMS.

3) The reporter says it's "likely" that he's on waivers... not that he actually is on waivers. Of course he wouldn't necessarily know, because management doesn't even have to inform the player. But it would still help to have a basis for the use of "likely".

For those of us unfamiliar with the trading schedule, the deadline to just pass was the "non-waiver deadline"; that means that any player that gets put on waivers now is eligible to be (a) traded per the usual with a team that attempts to "claim" him, (b) released to the team that claims the player without a trade of any kind (teams sometimes do this just to clear salary and roster space), or (c) to be traded to any team at all after not being claimed by anyone. Here's a good synopsis in case my description needs clarification.

-MSH