" outcome of this weekend's games could very well determine. -- team Brad Penny signs it. The Giants and Marlins -- heavy pursuit and the Giants currently are in a stronger position in the wildcard standings. Yankees twins and a's also are showing interest in penny but c'mon. What pitcher in his right mind would want to -- in the American League. -- is in Padres have even floated the idea of signing penny beyond this season. But if -- penny. Your best bet is to go to a team like the Giants reestablish yourself in the pennant race too well for maybe five or six starts. In and reenter the free agent market. I know. The Cubs are more open to trading Rich Harden to the twins that you might think. Yes the Cubs would get you high draft picks if they offer important salary arbitration. Any left as a free agent. Still there is in that stretch. Considering -- injury history the Cubs might not want to take the ten million dollar hit on Harden even though would only be for one year. Maybe the bigger question here is how aggressive or the twins going to -- They've already added Carl Pavano Orlando Cabrera and yesterday they picked up two relievers. But remember the talk from Justin Morneau and even Joe Nathan about this team needing more to contend. And remember more -- comments about needing to impress Joe Mauer as his one year away from free agency. The twins aren't exactly in a commanding position is still trailed Tigers in the AL central but he picked up Rich -- imagine the impact. The Yankees were messing with the Red Sox when they claimed Cris Carter on waivers. Sox had to pull back Carter and keep him on their forty man roster for the rest of the season rather than incentive to the met in the the in the Billy Wagner trade. The move however did not put the Sox in a forty man roster behind. The teams currently is at 38. Daisuke Matsuzaka will assume one of those spots when he comes off the sixty day DL. The other is reserved for Paul Byrd. For everyone to calm down about Brad Lidge. It's the 123 ninth for the Phillies on Friday night. It is the pick up against the Pirates might have been more due to -- Than anything else. Pitching for a fourth straight game something -- don't think twice before this season. Any day three of that four game stretch. Of the game with a four run lead. Not exactly at this. That."