Marlins, Athletics Pull Off Blockbuster

Twins and Indians, Senators and Mariners also Strike Deals

The Oakland Athletics earlier this week traded RF Jermaine Dye and C Rod Barajas to the Florida Marlins for the rights to SS Hanley Ramirez and 2B Dan Uggla. Dye, Oakland's 2006 MVP, became the odd man out in a crowded Athletics outfield and should start right away for the retooling Marlins.

"The future is now," Marlins owner David Conner told The Home Plate Press.

In Oakland, Ramirez is expected to solidify a position that has plagued the franchise since Barry Larkin was auctioned in the Great Cincinnati Sell Off of 2000.

Other Deals

• In Minneapolis, Minnesota announced it has sent Geoff Jenkins to the World Champion Cleveland Indians in exchange for pitchers Bartolo Colon and Danys Baez.
• The rival Seattle Mariners and Washington Senators also reached a deal with Washington sending Olmedo Saenz to the Pacific Northwest for Seattle's fifth-round selection.
• The Detroit Tigers traded their sixth pick to Florida for Mike Piazza.