Most likely just a procedural move. I highly doubt that Manny is going anywhere.

For the sixth year in a row, I am once again asking for hardcore baseball fans to participate in the annual Scouting Report project, in which you evaluate the fielding characteristics of players on your team. If you have a few minutes, please drop by and evaluate your team:

Hey, guys, just visiting from over at LetsGoTribe. Seeing as how our big-league club more or less sucks and we have several good prospects playing in the Olympics, we've been Game Threading the Olympics for a few nights now.

With the Rockies in a similar situation, I thought y'all might like to join us. I'm also inviting A's fans over at Athletics Nation. You can watch a live online broadcast of the game, so tune in and feel free to come on over to discuss, the game is just getting started ...

Rox give up nothing and will pay remainder of his salary for year. So sure, what the hell. Let’s see what he’s got left.

This fascinating article by Baseball Analyst's Rich Lederer analyzes Ubaldo Jimenez and compares him to yes, Felix Hernandez.

In my opinion, if Ubaldo cuts down on his walks, he becomes the best pitcher on the squad, easily. We can only hope!

While I have see no announcement from the team, the official website has Hirsh listed as tomorrow's probable pitcher. He has gotta do better than Kip Wells, right?

Who next????