baseball: December 2008 Archives

It's a funny thing when two guys that were traded for each other at one time both end up being free agents at the same time.

That's the case right now as Juan Uribe and Aaron Miles are both free to shop their services around to any baseball team willing to write them paychecks.

Analysis of a baseball trade generally centers around assessing the winner and loser in a particular swap. But with the White Sox shipping Javier Vazquez and Boone Logan to the Braves for prospects, both teams look like they'll come out ahead.

With baseball's winter meetings starting next week and the arbitration deadline here and gone, action on the free-agent market should pick up soon.

Is it time to panic if the Cubs or White Sox miss out on their top free agent targets? Hardly.