The National League East refurbishes as the trade deadline (4 PM Tuesday) approaches.
The Braves are about to get Mark Teixeira from Texas for Jerrod Jarrod Saltalamacchia and prospects.
The Phillies have picked up Kyle Lohse from Cincinnati.
And your New York Mets will reportedly acquire [1] 2B Luis Castillo from the Twins for non-prospects Drew Butera and Dustin Martin.
The Braves should be improved.
The Phillies might be helped.
The Mets? Castillo's in that realm of players I've always been convinced bats .490 against us, particularly as a visitor. His Shea average is .293, actually. Close enough. Three Gold Gloves are in his cabinet, from the relatively recent past.
Did I mention he's a proven second baseman? He's not dream-date Brandon Phillips, but he's not bad as available alternatives go.
Unless he morphs into Robbie Alomar, he couldn't hurt.
Now if only we could find the 2006 versions of Beltran, Reyes, Wright, Delgado and Lo Duca, we'd be pulling away from the rest of the division in no time at all.