Sick days were all used up.

I realized I haven't been on here as often as I first wanted to be. I've been pretty sick the last couple day and besides that, just wanted some signings to occur before I wrote again. So, I gave it a week or so and here I am again.

Probably the biggest transaction since my last piece was Roy Halladay- Cliff Lee trade. The Phillies figured Lee was going to test the free agent waters after next season and had the opportunity to acquire "Doc" and extend him for at least three years. Lee was traded to the Mariners for Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies and Juan Ramirez and Kyle Drabek, outfielder Michael Taylor and catcher Travis D'Arnaud were sent to Toronto. Apparently, this was a disappointing haul for Roy Halladay and Toronto.

The Athletics' got involved on the back end of this trade acquiring Micheal Taylor for Brett Wallace.

The Red Sox signed both John Lackey and Mike Cameron. Cameron has great defense and 25-30 home run power. Lackey will certainly serve as a third ace probably fitting into the second slot of the rotation. Personally, I didn't see either of these coming. Jason Bay seemed to have priced himself out of Boston due to his need of a fifth year on contract, so Boston moved on. And for Lackey, maybe a precursor of expecting not to be able to sign Josh Beckett after this year. I don't really see Beckett moving out of Boston unless one of the Texas teams (his home state) open their wallets for him.

South Chicago made a trade for Juan Pierre for John Ely and Jon Link. Pierre will likely serve as the Sox' new lead-off man, he has detrimental speed and no opportunity to use it in LA anymore. LA will also send a lot of cash, almost $10m, to Chicago as part of the trade.

Baltimore made a couple of moves signing new closer Mike Gonzalez to a two-year deal worth $12m and $4m more in incentives. The other move coming in the name of Garrett Atkins who was non-tendered by the Rockies recently. The deal is one-year worth $4.5m and has a team option worth $8.5m for 2011.

The Yankees sign oft-injured Nick Johnson to a one-year $5.5m deal with a mutual option for 2011 worth the same. Johnson will serve as the Yankees' DH and will back up Mark Texiera at first base. He should be able to stay healthy as a DH.

The Cubs finally got rid of Milton Bradley as he goes to Seattle for a bad contract swap of pitcher Carlos Silva. Seattle is hoping the presence of Ken Griffey Jr. will have a good impact on Bradley as his second chances are running out.

That's it for now as my head is still so stuffy I can barely see the screen anymore. I hope y'all are feeling better than I am.

"The Fanatic"