Joe Mauer is playing baseball like someone left RBI Baseball on easy. Here's an article that explains just how great Mauer is right now.

Peavy still needs to approve the deal, as he has a no-trade clause, but The AL Central just got tougher. The Sox and Padres have agreed to a deal for Peavy which right now looks like Aaron Poreda, Clayton Richard, and two other yet to be named minor leaguers from the White Sox are going to the Padres. John Sickels had Poreda the #2 and Richard the #5 prospect in the Sox system; Baseball America had them at #2 and #3. Your thoughts?

Good news for the Cards, who get one of the better situational lefties still on the market, the Twins, who will now receive an extra draft pick in the supplemental round this year, and Reyes, who continues to get payed obscene amounts of money to throw a ball around.