Trade deadline watch...

Well, things are heating up

The A's apparently have gotten things started, trading Matt Holliday for a top flight third base prospect.

This shouldn't be the end for the A's - they still have some valuable trading chips. I mean, face it A's fans - the A's are atrocious - why hold out hope that Jack Cust will turn this team into a winner?

I say they slang Cust, Orlando Cabrera, maybe even Adam Kennedy or Jason Giambi, and try to restock the farm system as much as possible. With the current Economics the A's have, they should trim their major league payroll as much as possible - then add payroll when they think they just need to add a few pieces to their core.. OR, shocker, actually keep a young player they develop, for a nice change of pace.

Keith Law seems to think the A's made a good deal...

The Giants on the other hand - seems like alls quiet on the western front. The only recent news is that the Nationals (aka Nubinals) are scouting the Giants AA team, according to Henry Schulman...

Found it interesting the Giants never called on Holliday, according to Susan Slusser. Perhaps they watched him play against the Giants and look almost as bad as Jack Cust in the field.

But Schulman is pretty sure the Giants will make a deal before the deadline. Right now, the question is who? As long as it improves the team and doesn't donk off one of their top prospects, I'm all for it.

Only time will tell - I'll try and monitor the rumor mill as best I can until then...