1.   For Taylor, they got relievers Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael from the Mets.

2.   Moreno, a situational lefty, is expendable if the Rangers can get a reliever who could pitch a lot of innings.

3.   Teams do not place the same emphasis on getting right-handed relievers as they do on left-handers.

4.   Their catcher could be Todd Hundley, because the Mets have proposed a trade in which they would get Orioles reliever Armando Benitez in return.

5.   Before manager Bobby Valentine could get reliever Turk Wendell warmed up, Andruw Jones lined a single to left.

6.   Earlier this month, the Mets got reliever Tom Martin from Cleveland.

7.   Los Angeles got All-Star reliever Jeff Shaw from Cincinnati last Saturday.

8.   San Francisco acquired starter Jason Schmidt and outfielder John Vander Wal from Pittsburgh, and the Chicago Cubs got reliever David Weathers from Milwaukee.

9.   The trade came a day after the NL Central-leading Cardinals got right-handed reliever Mike Timlin from Baltimore.

10.   There was talk, too, that the Red Sox could get reliever Robb Nen of the Marlins and that St. Louis Cardinals might acquire Florida pitcher Kevin Brown.