Every day I check the baseball transactions with the hopes of seeing something interesting. For the first two weeks of the offseason, the only things I saw were such mundane signings such as Pete Orr to the Phillies, Taylor Buchholz to the Red Sox.

No offense to those guys, but those are not exactly the names I am looking for. So each day I sit back and wait, read some rumors and hope for an interesting move.

While I know there are interesting moves to come in free agency and trades, without games to disect and analyze, all the rumors can become quite a bore.

So that is why today's news is a welcome respite from the smaller signings and rumors of things to come. That is why I was thrilled to see the Marlins-Braves engage in a trade. It's not a trade in the sense of the old Joe Carter-Roberto Alomar deal, but nonetheless it's a trade involving major leaguers.

The Braves obtained Dan Uggla, the second baseman who recently rejected a contract extension. Uggla is a Silver Slugger Award winner and has averaged 31 home runs and over 90 RBI since becoming a major leaguer as a Rule Five pick in 2006.

To obtain Uggla, the Braves gave up utlity man Omar Infante and former Yankee relief pitcher Mike Dunn, who in the last year has been acquired for Uggla, Javier Vazquez and Boone Logan.

Here are some comments on what each team said about the deal:

"I’m really exited, I already made out about five lineups today. This is a big bat in our lineup, and he’s a tremendous clubhouse guy. As blue-collar as they come. Our fans are going to absolutely fall in love with him. He’s a great teammate, and he plays the game one way — he tries to beat you." - manager Fredi Gonzalez to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

For the Marlins, the reasons were more financially-driven, which has been the case throughout their history for several trades.

"We weren't able to come to an agreement, which really left us with two choices: Recognizing that he can walk after the 2011 season, we could either bring him back for the 2011 season and then have him leave via free agency, or we could trade him, try to get value now, and also respend his allocation in our budget either through trade or free agency. So we took the latter and decided to trade him today to the Braves. [We have] nothing but great things to say about Dan, and we wish he was a Marlin. But he's a Brave now." - Larry Beinfest to MLB.com

Whatever the reasons, this is music to my ears - we have a trade. It's the same excitement when the comissioners of other sports utter those words at the podium on draft day.

So to the general managers of major league baseball, keep the trades coming.