11.   Rafael Palmeiro has returned after a five-year hiatus in Baltimore, while Royce Clayton and Todd Zeile are holdovers from midseason trades.

12.   Rogers, who was superb since returning to New York in a midseason trade, would need more help than that.

13.   Some midseason trades work out better than others.

14.   The Bruins sent their own first-round pick to Edmonton in the midseason trade for goaltender Bill Ranford.

15.   The Rockets were struggling when they acquired Drexler and Tracy Murray in a midseason trade with the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Otis Thorpe.

16.   The return of Magic is also better than any midseason trade the Lakers could make to specifically bolster themselves against the Chicago Bulls in a possible NBA Finals matchup.

17.   They made a major midseason trade, dealing their power forward, Otis Thorpe, to Portland to get Drexler.

18.   Hernandez, who came to the Braves in a midseason trade with the Chicago Cubs, said he was the DH once during spring training.

19.   The Braves also have Denny Neagle, acquired in a midseason trade with Pittsburgh.