CNNSI.com's Trade Analysis
Expos acquire Floyd from Marlins
	EXPOS GET: Cliff Floyd - OF Wilton Guerrero - IF Claudio Vargas - RHP Cash		MARLINS GET: Graeme Lloyd - LHP Mike Mordecai - IF Carl Pavano  - RHP Justin Wayne  - RHP Player to be Named
'02 Stats  AVG   HR  RBI  G  SB  BB K Floyd .287 18  57 84 10 58  68 Guerrero .244 0 4 59 2 6 13 '02 Stats W  L  ERA  G  IP  K  BB  Vargas  4 10 7.11 15 68.1 56 33		'02 Stats W L ERA G IP K  BB  Lloyd 2 3  5.87 16 30.2 17 8 Pavano 3 8  6.30 15 74.1 51 31 Wayne 4 1  2.34 14 80.2 45 24 '02 Stats  AVG   HR  RBI  G  SB   BB  K  Mordecai .203 0 4 55 1 8 14

How it helps the Expos:		How it helps the Marlins:
Montreal isn't about to go quietly if this is its last season. After landing an ace in Bartolo Colon two weeks ago, the Expos have added a premier bat to boot at a minimal short-term price. The acquisition of Cliff Floyd gives the Expos a formidable middle of the lineup, following All-Stars Jose Vidro and Vladimir Guerrero. Floyd will move to left field in Montreal, with Guerrero in right and rookie Brad Wilkerson in center. And by adding utility infielder Wilton Guerrero, Vlad's older brother, the Expos now lead the majors in Guerreros.		The Marlins weren't willing to grant a long-term contract to Cliff Floyd, an impending free agent with a history or injury woes. So they got what they could: a top prospect in right-hander Justin Wayne and another as the player to be named later, possibly Josh Karp or Don Levinski. Plus, Carl Pavano has tremendous upside and could more than make up for the loss of Ryan Dempster, who went to the Reds in a separate deal for Juan Encarnacion. Graeme Lloyd has plenty of trade value as a lefty reliever.

THE BOTTOM LINE by CNNSI.com's John Donovan

The Expos get stronger, the Marlins get leaner. It's a win-win transaction. It's just that each team defines winning differently. The Expos needed some power and run production in the lineup other than Vladimir Guerrero. They get it in Floyd (31 homers, 103 RBIs in 2001), who will play out the year on Montreal's ouchy turf before going for the big money in the free-agent market. In order to get Floyd, the Expos had to give up one-time starter Pavano and a rare commodity in lefty reliever Lloyd. But both were struggling anyway. No biggie. The Marlins were trying to get something for Floyd -- they wouldn't have been able to re-sign him for what he would command after the season -- so they traded him to get some help this year and some prospects for next season and beyond. If only they could have traded for a roof for that bathtub they play in.

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