Mark Hale of the New York Post mentions some available relievers in today’s column. The Mets, like many teams, may be looking to acquire bullpen help. Here are Hale’s trade candidates:
Chad Cordero
Jon Rauch
Eric Gagne
Akinori Otsuka
Salomon Torres
Hale’s source believes the Rangers would only trade one of Otsuka/Gagne, and not both. Some other "name" relievers who may be available leading up to the July 31st deadline, in my estimation:
Al Reyes
Octavio Dotel
David Riske
Mike MacDougal
Mike Stanton
Dave Weathers
Eddie Guardado
The Royals, Devil Rays, Rangers, Nationals, and Reds are shaping up as the clear sellers in the market so far. The White Sox may be approaching that point. The NL Central is so shaky that a lot of lousy under-.500 clubs will not be packing it in. Hence the lack of Brad Lidge on this list.
