ESPNNEWS is reporting that San Diego will deal Phil Nevin to Baltimore for Sidney Ponson. My snap judgment is that Baltimore must have decided to accept the proposed Julio/Bigbie/Penn for Burnett/Lowell trade since they acquired the extra OF bat and gave up their 5th starter. That leaves them with a pretty potent lineup that could look as good as this:
1. Mora 3B
2. Roberts 2B
3. Tejada SS
4. Nevin LF
5. Palmeiro (the RESURGENT Raffy Palmeiro) 1B
6. Lopez C
7. Gibbons DH
8. Sosa RF
9. Matos CF

Sub in Lowell for Gibbons, and that's pretty dangerous.

I'm now scratching my head for the second time in an hour regarding a Kevin Towers trade. Nevin was almost traded for Griffey a year and a half ago; has he fallen this far? Ponson is a 5th starter or a swingman at this point in his career, not the market setter he was a couple years ago when he was dealt to SF at the deadline. My only guess is that Adam Eaton's injury is worse than anyone knew, and they became desparate for starting pitching while remaining confident in Xavier Nady's bat to replace Nevin.