Xady Watch - Week of July 31 - Finale

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Who just got traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In his breakout season for the Mets, Who batted .264 and hit 14 home runs.

Why trade Who? Well, reliable setup man Duaner Sanchez had a taxi driver that decided to run into something that didn't give. Instead it was Duaner's shoulder that gave. The dislocation is likely to put him out for the season.

To replace Duaner, the Mets traded Who for Roberto Hernandez (who was the Mets' mostly reliable set-up man last season). Roberto is 41, and he's no Sanchez. But he could just do the trick.

The Mets also picked up Oliver Perez. Whatever.

So who'll play right field? Not Who. So will it be Endy Chavez, the off-the-bench heroics-maker? Or rookie not-quite-but-almost phenom Lastings Milledge?

I don't know, but that Duaner Sanchez loss hurts. And all of us here at B&E have appreciated Xavier Nady for inspiring Xady Watch, even if I happen to know that many B&E readers bleep right over the baseball shit I write.

Oh, Who... We hardly knew ye.

And now they'll hardly know ye in Pittsburgh.