Reds, Athletics Swap Crappy Players

The Cincinnati Reds have traded Willy Taveras along with infielder Adam Rosales to the Oakland Athletics for infielder Aaron Miles and some other guy they'll decide on in the near future.

Things could have gone a whole lot better for Taveras in Cincinnati last season, after he hit just .240 with a shoddy .275 on-base percentage as the team's leadoff hitter. The oft-injured center fielder did, however, steal 25 bases. I guess that counts for something. Maybe a change of scenery will help him get back into the swing of things, and possibly even reanimate his numbers from 2007, where he batted .320 over 92 games.

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1,082 Sheets to the Wind

Ben Sheets has just become the Milwaukee Brewers all-time strikeouts leader, after fanning Albert Pujols during the first inning of Saturday afternoon's game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The 29-year-old righty surpassed Brewers great Ted Higuera with his 1,082nd career strikeout in his eighth season with the club, striking out Aaron Miles before getting Pujols to swing and miss. Rather retributive, as Prince Albert has a career .403 batting average when facing Sheets.

Aaron Miles Forgot How To Field... and Throw

Seriously. Who commits three errors in a game, let alone a single inning?

Aaron Miles, replacement to bellicose World Series MVP David Eckstein, does.

The switch-hitting shortstop, no bigger than 5'8" and 185 pounds soaking wet, made two throwing errors and screwed up an easy fielding play in the seventh inning Saturday as the St. Louis Cardinals lost a 7-6 heart-breaker to the San Francisco Giants.