Who needs Teixeira?

Adam Dunn is one happy dude because he is now in a pennant race. The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to trade him to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a minor league pitcher, and two players to be named later. After the Dodgers pulled the trigger on Manny, I remarked that the D'backs must be kicking themselves for not trading for Mark Teixeira. You all know my opinions by now regarding Arizona's pitching staff, (btw, Webb picked up win #17 last night) but Dunn will provide some desperately needed offense to a team that currently ranks 20th in MLB in runs. I know he strikes out a ton but that .901 OPS and 32 home runs are leaps and bounds above anything on their current roster. And this is also coming off the season ending injury to Orlando Hudson, one of the few guys doing anything remotely resembling production at the plate. The playoff race thickens...

Griffey to the South Side?!?!

The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to trade Ken Griffey Jr. to the Chicago White Sox according to foxsports.com. No other players have been announced in the deal yet but I think Orlando Cabrera could be involved. Ken Williams has been shopping Cabrera (who he just traded for this past offseason) around in search of pitching. But the Reds only have Jeff Keppinger at short right now although Cabrera I'm not sure if they would want to take on his $10 million contract.

Griffey can block any trade because he's been in the league for more than ten years and has played five with the Reds. He's only hitting .245 with 15 homers and has an OPS of .787 which would rank sixth on the White Sox. He's obviously not getting any younger but I think he'd be able to contribute enough to make the deal worth it assuming the White Sox don't give up too much. The trade leads me to believe that Nick Swisher will move to first base permanently and Paul Konerko is on his way out. That way, Griffey could play a few games at DH if Thome or Swisher get an off day.

I realize it's not 1994, but an outfield of Carlos Quentin, Griffey and Jermaine Dye for a couple months certainly won't hurt Chicago's chances of holding onto the AL Central lead. Did I mention he hit his 608th career home run last night? Because he did.

UPDATE - Griffey approved the trade, now it goes to the MLB offices for the final go ahead. ESPN.com is reporting reliever Nick Massett and AAA infielder Danny Richar will be packing their bags for Cincy.