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Latest On Shin-Soo Choo

The Indians think it's unlikely they'll trade right fielder Shin-Soo Choo, tweeted ESPN's Buster Olney this morning.  Olney says a Choo trade would require the perfect offer, which fits with yesterday's report from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports that the Tribe would need a good Major Leaguer with less than three years of service.  Yesterday we heard that the Pirates, Rangers, and Reds have interest in Choo, but a deal with the Rangers isn't happening.  The latest on Choo:

• The Phillies are interested in Choo, write Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.  The Phillies appear open to subtracting certain veterans but also adding to their core with players like Choo or Padres third baseman Chase Headley, in whom their interest had been previously reported.
• The Pirates are very reluctant to include 23-year-old outfield prospect Starling Marte in a Choo deal, writes Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.  Marte is the 36th-best prospect in baseball, according to Baseball America's midseason top 50.
• The Indians would be wiser to part with closer Chris Perez than Choo, writes MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince.
• Count the Dodgers among the interested teams, tweets Yahoo's Tim Brown.
• Choo badly wants to win, but considers the Indians like his family and has not and will not request a trade, he told reporters including MLB.com's Jordan Bastian yesterday.  Regarding his contract status, Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes Choo saying, "That's why I have an agent. My agent and the Indians talk about it. I don't want to worry about it. It's a big headache.  Scott [Boras] has done this a long time. He knows more than me."  Choo is under team control through 2013, a season for which MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projects a $7.6MM salary. 

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