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Erickson Shipped To Texas

ESPN News is reporting that the Mets have traded recently-DFA'd righthander Scott Erickson to the Texas Rangers. There's no mention of who is coming back to the Mets, but I have my fingers crossed for Hank Blalock. Stay tuned.

In non-Mets news, the Yankees have apparently acquired Esteban Loaiza from the White Sox in exchange for Jose Contreras and cash. This sounds like a huge win for the Yankees, as Loaiza is the Sox best pitcher(though not nearly as good as he was last year) and Contreras is a bum.

The Red Sox have also reportedly sent Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs in a four-team trade. I'm not sure of the specifics, but I've heard that the Expos are involved, and some names being mentioned are Orlando Cabrera, Matt Clement, and Alex Gonzalez.

UPDATE: The Red Sox get Orlando Cabrera from the Expos and Doug Mientkiewicz from the Twins. The Cubs don't give up Clement or anyone else from their starting rotation. More as it develops.

UPDATE: The trade breaks down like this:

Red Sox get Orlando Cabrera from the Expos.
Red Sox get Doug Mientkiewicz from the Twins.
Cubs get Nomar Garciaparra from the Red Sox.
Expos get Alex Gonzalez from the Cubs.
Expos get P Francis Beltran from the Cubs.
Expos get IF Brendan Harris from the Cubs.
Twins get P Justin Jones from the Cubs.

In a separate trade, the Red Sox acquired OF Dave Roberts from the Dodgers for a minor leaguer.

UPDATE: Vinny from Yankees, Mets, and the Rest points out that the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the Mets received a PTBNL from Texas for Scott Erickson.