Based on the standings, Tampa Bay still has a shot at the Wild Card, they are 3.5 games behind the Yankees. Teams further back are neck and neck in their divisions. The Rays could conceivably get hot and be leading the Wild Card scramble before the trade deadline, ELEVEN days away from today. The Rays are on the "seller" bubble. Here are the teams that are more than 7 games back of their Wild Card and Division leaders, aka, the definite sellers between now and a week from Friday morning.
AL: Indians, Royals, Athletics, Orioles, Blue Jays
NL: Nationals, Padres, Diamondbacks, Pirates (and technically the Mets who will not suffer the sligs and arrows of dumping the season in public with two months left).
Go look at these rosters and aim the Angels in the right direction in your comments here on this Lunch Thread...
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RHP Andrew Bailey (OAK) was impressive yesterday, we could use him in the bullpen.
I still like Kouzmanoff of the Padres for a third baseman backup/bat, though he is not a necessity at all.
44FAN - July 20, 2009
The A's aren't trading Bailey
Who is a promising rookie. But there is bullpen help out there.
hk47 - July 20, 2009
Beane would trade his grandmother for a buck and a prospect.
44FAN - July 21, 2009
If only.
opiejeanne - July 20, 2009
trades
not sure if we really need Kouzmanoff when we have Wood waiting in the wings and riding the pine (unless he gets flipped for Halliday). I like Koumanoff but would much prefer to give Wood a shot (move Figgy to 2b).
A couple of relief pitchers in the NL would be Edward Mujica of San Diego who has done a nice job with 11 holds this year (ERA, 2.70, WHIP, 1.14). No news on whether the Padres would move him but for a relatively low-level prospect they might.
Another possibility would be Matt Capps of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Pirates’ closer and his ERA (5.81) and WHIP (1.68) is horrible this year but in the past he was an excellent set up guy and has been a decent closer (WHIP of 0,98 last year). The Pirates are shopping him, the last I heard the Marlins were interested.
Jon Rauch of Arizona (ERA. 4.20, WHIP, 1.35) would be another cheap possibility. He had some solid years with the Nats and had 33 holds in 2007.
tanana40 - July 20, 2009
STOP!
The Angels are not going to land Halladay (check your spelling). We don’t have the blue chip prospects they want in return. He will either be a Bluejay, Cardinal or Phillie by the end of the year.
marshgr - July 20, 2009
I'm certain that we have the blue chip prospects, but I'm less certain they we want to give them up for a 32 year pitcher, albeit an excellent one
tanana40 - July 21, 2009
Danys Baez
Good whip(1.16) pure vet, ERA is somewhat high(4.60) but I think he could be an upgrade over speier, which may not be saying much but I think he could be a good arm in the bullpen
JoseGuillenSux - July 20, 2009
Oh yeah
and the Rangers are looking at him and Matt Capps, as tanana40 mentioned. It would be great if we could take either one, or both, from the Rangers
JoseGuillenSux - July 20, 2009
I still like Cliff Lee
His record is a poor indicator of his pitching this year. He’s gotten practically zero run support from the Indians. And I think we don’t have enough lefties on the pitching staff.
linkbruin - July 20, 2009
Nick markakis
Is someone I would definitely sell the farm for, doesn’t really fill our needs exactly and they likely wouldn’t trade him anyway, but I can hope.
ponusbaum43 - July 20, 2009 via mobile
Markakis and Jones are untouchable
Moondoggy - July 20, 2009
Markakis
The only good post on this thread. We don’t have a specific need for him, but that would make Vladdy walking next year a lot easier to swallow. Now what do we do about Lackey?
marshgr - July 20, 2009
Markakis
The Orioles didn’t sign him to $66M/6 yrs earlier this year to buy out his arbitration and early free agent years because they were bored over a long weekend. They own him through 2014 with an option year for 2015.
Markakis is a part of the Orioles’ planning for its future. He isn’t going anywhere.
George Kaplan - July 21, 2009
you can’t stop me from hoping…
ponusbaum43 - July 21, 2009
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