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Who were the best off-season acquistions?

The All-Star Game rosters, given the criteria of the selections, are not totally indicative of who is having a great season (just ask Jered Weaver and the Dodgers’ Juan Pierre).

But, over at mlbtraderumors.com, Eddie Schmid has a nice post listing the players who changed teams since last season, then made their respective All-Star team.

Brian Fuentes, who leads the majors with 24 saves, is on the list. And Angels fans will also recognize  free-agent defectors Francisco Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira.

The Cubs trading a 10-game winner Jason Marquis to the Rockies for a pitcher they released, and the so-far one-sided transaction that sent former Dodger Edwin Jackson to Detroit from Tampa Bay also stick out.

Chicago might have done better getting a bucket of balls for Marquis. The Cubs got reliever Luis Vizcaino, who made four scoreless appearance for Chicago before it strangely released him. Vizcaino has since been signed and released by Cleveland.

Other baseball posts:

Put the Angels in blue (or white) hats this weekend, and save Sarah Silverman

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