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Trades taking on added importance as teams remake rosters

"It's been a very active week, and obviously the prices have been fairly high on the [free-agent] market so, probably more than most offseasons, there has

Joe Lemire

Trades taking on added importance as teams remake rosters
Trades taking on added importance as teams remake rosters /
Craig Gentry is on his way from Texas to Oakland as part of another trade involving established players.
Craig Gentry is on his way from Texas to Oakland as part of another trade involving established players :: Jim Mone/AP

"It's been a very active week, and obviously the prices have been fairly high on the [free-agent] market so, probably more than most offseasons, there has been a pretty good balance of free agency and trades," Byrnes said. "It's hard to tell which type of transaction will lead the way in the next week or so."

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Joe Lemire
JOE LEMIRE

Staff Writer, Sports Illustrated Staff writer Joe Lemire is in his seventh year at Sports Illustrated and his fourth season covering baseball full time. Lemire writes features and analysis for SI and SI.com and is responsible for the website's weekly MLB Power Rankings. He has profiled Pirates star Andrew McCutchen and Braves rookie sensation Evan Gattis for the magazine. Lemire's penchant for covering America's pastime is to be expected considering his inspirations, Tom Verducci and Peter Gammons, are among the most well-known writers in the sport. Before his current role, Lemire spent his first three years with SI oscillating between baseball, college basketball, high school football and sports business. This came on the heels of a summer internship with the magazine in 2004 and a tenure as a stringer with SI: On Campus. Born in Richmond, Va., and raised in Lowell, Mass., Lemire graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with a B.A. in government and a minor in economics. Before joining SI he covered high school and college sports for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va. He earned two Virginia Press Association awards for his work, one while a student writing at University of Virginia's Cavalier Daily and one at the Daily News-Record.

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