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By Steve Adams [August 10, 2008 at 2:46pm CST]

John Perrotto over at Baseball Prospectus has his Every Given Sunday column up:

Perrotto lists off several people which he believes are the most likely to be made available if and when they clear waivers. While the list is comprised of a lot of the usual suspects this August (Greg Maddux, Jarrod Washburn, Paul Byrd, Randy Winn), Perrotto lists some other names that we haven't seen as much: Francisco Cordero, Tyler Walker, Todd Jones, Jose Bautista, and Doug Mientkiewicz. Perrotto also says that he feels Aubrey Huff has the best chance to be traded of any impact bat available.
Perrotto states that the Rockies would like to sign both Garrett Atkins and Matt Holliday long-term. If unsuccessful, they will both be on the trading block this offseason.
The Pirates would like to sign Nate McLouth and Ryan Doumit long-term as well, buying out their arbitration years.
Perrotto lists the Yankees as the front-runners to sign Freddy Garcia. The Mets and Rays are also suitors for Garcia, though I personally don't think Garcia makes sense for the Rays.
The Yankees have "little interest" in pursuing Manny Ramirez this offseason, despite possible reports that Manny would like to play for them.
The Twins would still like to add a late-inning reliever this season to boost their bullpen as the AL Central race winds down.
The Braves' top priority this offseason is pursuing a front-line starter, Perrotto says. He lists possible candidates as: C.C. Sabathia, Ben Sheets, Ryan Dempster, Derek Lowe, and Jon Garland. Seems a bit odd to consider the last three "front-line," though Dempster has certainly been impressive this season.

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I would be completely shocked if the Reds moved Cordero. Not because it'd be a bad move, if they could get out of that contract as well as land some quality young players that'd be ideal. I just doubt that the Reds would be so willing to move him so quickly after signing him. I realize that Krivsky is no longer there, and Jocketty is assuredly more willing to move him than Krivsky would've been, but it just seems like odd form.

Who would even be interested in him? The guy is a good reliever, but it's not like he's an elite closer. He's due $36M over the next three seasons, and his numbers this year haven't exactly been awesome (3.93 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 22/28 in saves, 55/31 K/BB ratio in 50 innings). There is no team that'd be willing to give up good prospects for the right to pay a solid closer elite closer money.

Posted by: scribbletone | August 10, 2008 at 03:23 PM

I could definately see the braves going after a Dempster or Lowe more than going after Sheets or Sabathia.

This is true for two reasons...
1. The braves really are not the biggest spendes for pitchers in recent history, we gave maddux a five year/57 milliond deal, we gave hudson a 4 year/47 million dollar deal. Therefore, I just do not see us going 20 mill for Sabathia per year over a 6-7 year perriod.

2.With all the injuries the braves have had to deal with, I just do not see us wanting to commit any type of big money over a long period time to Sheets. The braves have the best example of how a long term contract can go bad in Mike Hampton, and it would be an understatement to say that would be a consideration.

The Signing of Dempster would be awesome if we could get him at a contract to the level of Tim Hudsons contract. As far as garland and lowe go, they would be nice signings. However, I think a difference between Wren and JS is that Wren does not have a problem in going after the big name players with big free agent signings. If the Braves did make an offer to resign Teixera at 5-years and 100 million dollars, that just goes to show that Wren is ready to spend some money and take a long term big money risk that Schuerholz usually tried to avoid. I am one who really does not care to offer more to a pitcher than we did to Teixera. My hope is that we could perhaps go after Dempster, while maybe even signing Dempster and one of Garland/Lowe. It should be an exciting offseason. My main hope for the braves is that we sign a Dempster type pitcher in his prime and get a productive run producing OF at a cheap price, such as a juan rivera.

Posted by: bravesbeast | August 10, 2008 at 04:55 PM

I agree that Sabathia is not a realistic option for the Braves. He's going to want big time money (7/140?), and especially from a place like Atlanta, where he'll assuredly offer no discounts.

Sheets seems like a more realistic option considering how much cheaper he'll be, and he'll get a shorter contract.

Honestly though I think the Braves should look into Lowe or Dempster as well. Neither one will command massive money, but each of them can eat some innings and be a quality pitcher.

Another guy to throw out there: Oliver Perez.

I know he's one of the most inconsistent guys out there, but when he's on, he's a beast. His inconsistency will likely keep the costs on him lower.

Posted by: scribbletone | August 10, 2008 at 05:08 PM

I really expect Dempster to stay with the Cubs, he says he loves the clubhouse and the guys up on the North Side, maybe 3/$45M? I think if the Cubs fall short of expectations this year,like they did last year, there's no chance of Dempster leaving, same with Woody.

Posted by: Yuska | August 10, 2008 at 05:24 PM

Huff is on an 18 game hitting streak, hitting over .300 for the year, and today hit his 23rd HR. He is cheap for that kind of production.

What makes teams think twice over picking him up is because he's locked up for the 2009 season with a back-loaded 8.5M due to him. If he repeats this season then teams would have no problem adding him. The problem is that he's had the last 3 years with mixed production. It was due to nagging injuries not major enough to knock him out of lineups but just enough to reduce his effectiveness. Maybe if his glove played more solidly at a specific position it wouldn't scare off teams so much. He's not god-awful at LF. He's decent but probably should be a DH. Then again there are guys like, say, Uggla who gets daily starts at 2B as an error machine because there's power in his bat, so I wouldn't see it as much a liability.

Posted by: basemonkey | August 10, 2008 at 06:22 PM

I am a Cubs fan and I hope we do resign Dempster, but he is going to want a lot of money and the Cubs don't have a huge need for him with Zambrano, Harden, and Lilly as the top 3. They also could move Samardzija to the rotation to be the 4th and trade Marquis. Lou likes haveing 2 lefties in the rotation, so the 5th spot could be for Sean Marshall or Rich Hill. I think Dempster is going to have to get more than Carlos Silva. I think 4 years, 52MM as the starting point for him.

Posted by: Joe | August 10, 2008 at 09:57 PM

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