Jeff Nelson said it, the Mariners obviously listened. The veteran reliever was publically upset with “Stand Pat” Gillick when the Seattle GM didn’t make any deals at the trading deadline last Thursday.

Gillick took care of that on Wednesday when he dealt Nelson to the Yankees for reliever Armando Benitez.

It was obvious that the Yankees had no confidence in Benitez, not using him during the weekend series in Oakland, instead choosing to over work closer Mariano Rivera.

So, tell me what you think of the deal, will it help Seattle down the stretch, will it take the heat off the Seattle bullpen, will the Yankees be stronger in the eighth inning, will they bring Mike Stanton back next as the lefty set up man?

I’m interested in your thoughts. Never a dull moment in baseball.

More tomorrow on the over worked White Sox bull pen as they get Thursday off, in prepartion for the A’s this weekend.