Barry Zito to texas

[jayC]

ESPN's Peter Gammons, proposing a handful of "trades that make sense," suggests that Oakland could trade lefthanders Barry Zito and Arthur Rhodes, righthander Mike Wood, first baseman Dan Johnson, and cash to Texas for Mark Teixeira and Francisco Cordero. That's too large for me to even think about, at least while Shaq is boxing out all other trade talk in my head. It's certainly not a deal that two teams in contention -- not to mention against one another -- even contemplate during the season.

Righthanders Ricardo Rodriguez and Josh Rupe returned from injuries and each surrendered a home run to the first batter he saw yesterday (Rodriguez to Astro second base prospect Chris Burke, and Rupe to San Francisco 2004 fourth-rounder Clay Timpner, who was the Rangers' 41st-rounder in 2001).