Benson To Baltimore

It appears that Kris Benson will join his 3rd team in 3 years as the Mets have traded him to the Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine. I wonder how Anna feels about leaving the Big Apple for the beautiful land o' the crabcake? Perhaps the Mets were sick of her act. I'm sure we'll hear from her in the coming days, if we're lucky.
The Orioles acquire a "legit" number one starter in Benson and the O's now have a somewhat decent rotation in Benson, Lopez, Bedard and Cabrera. With the loss of BJ Ryan to free agency and the Julio trade, who's going to be the Oriole closer?
The Mets bolster the bullpen with he addition of Julio. I'm not crazy about the guy. An ERA typically in the mid 4s and a WHIP near 1.5. It'll be interesting to see if Willie will use him as Billy's set-up guy. Maybe a move to the senior circuit will bring his numbers down? With the return of Steve Traschel, Benson became expendable. Possibly Aaron Heilman will round out the Mets rotation now that Kaz Ishii bolted. If Traschel can remain healthy, and father time doesn't catch up to Tom Glavine, Perdo and his crew pose a serious threat to the Braves' stranglehold on the division. It'll be interesting to see if Omar is done with the deals, or if he has anything else up his sleeve.
Just over 3 weeks to go until pitchers and catchers report......I live for this, I really do!!
J