Baltimore trades catcher Ramon Hernandez and cash to Cincinnati for Ryan Freel and two prospects.
Not a huge deal nationally, but there's a lot of psyched Orioles fans out there right now. Hernandez isn't the most popular guy, and Matt Wieters will be the Rookie of the Year anyway.
Now...just need to get Teixeira signed. And rumors are that Burnett wants, and his wife is trying to influence him, to pitch as close to his off-season home as possible (that would be just north of...you guessed it
)
Man, I have no idea why I get so damn optimistic this time of year
