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Jeff Blair of The Globe And Mail passes along a note that the Yankees are looking at Blue Jays closer Scott Downs. In today's massive Roy Halladay thread we learned that the Yanks had scouts in Toronto tonight, and we've known that they're on the look out for arms.
Downs has been tremendous again this year, pitching to a 2.08 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP in 30.1 IP. A case could be made that he's been the most underappreciated reliever in the American League over the last few seasons.
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Some links to check out on the night Derek Jeter tied Ted Williams on the career hits list with 2,654…
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7:46pm: Bob Elliot of The Toronto Sun reports that only the Phillies and Yankees have scouts watching Halladay tonight.
6:47pm: Speaking on Sirius XM, commissioner Bud Selig said "I was told by somebody with pretty good inside knowledge that they won’t get rid of him," referring of course to Halladay. He followed that up by saying "Now, whether that’s true or not, I don’t know. And, you know, clubs are going to start bidding it up."
6:39pm: Tom Haudricourt tweets that GM Doug Melvin said "it's not true that the Brewers have withdrawn from the bidding for Halladay."
6:07pm: Andy Martino of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the Blue Jays have asked for Kyle Drabek, J.A. Happ and outfielder Dominic Brown.
5:31pm: MLB.com's Jordan Bastian hears from a source that reports of Halladay being traded to Philly within the next 24 hours are inaccurate.
4:50pm: Ed Price of AOL FanHouse hears that the Jays are considering trading Halladay to the Phillies for Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, Jason Donald and Lou Marson. However, no deal appears to be close.
4:20pm: The Phillies are "fully determined" to acquire Halladay, while the Dodgers still have a small chance of acquiring him, according to Knobler. As for the Jays, one person involved says "it's obvious that they have to move him now."
4:05pm: The Jays could obtain a stronger supporting group if they were to accept J.A. Happ in place of Kyle Drabek in a possible trade, according to Heyman.
3:59pm: Knobler says the Brewers are "basically out" of the Halladay talks because they don't want to give up Alcides Escobar or Mat Gamel. Boston's representatives also left Toronto today.
3:28pm: Danny Knobler of CBS Sports says the Phillies remain the favorites to acquire Halladay, but the teams don't appear to be close to completing a deal.
2:04pm: MLB.com's Ken Gurnick passes on comments Dodgers GM Ned Colletti made this morning on KABC Radio. Colletti says the Jays want two or three current Dodgers, including a young pitcher, or five or six prospects.
2:00pm: Jon Heyman of SI.com says the Phils are "trying hard" to obtain Halladay. He'd be surprised if they don't acquire him.
11:45am: Ed Price of AOL FanHouse says Cincinnati has interest in Halladay. Presumably, Halladay wouldn't accept a trade to the 44-50 Reds.
10:00am: With a week to go before the trade deadline, here's a recap of what we found out about Roy Halladay yesterday: the Jays could expand a deal to include other players; Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said Halladay wants to test the free agent market after next season; Halladay has given Ricciardi a list of teams he'd accept trades to; Kyle Drabek is not untouchable; the Angels and Dodgers are still in the mix. And here's what we've heard so far today:
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The Tigers, who we know are looking for a bat, are interested in Nationals' outfielders Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham according to MLB.com's Bill Ladson. The Nats want young pitching in return, and have been scouting players with Detroit's Double-A affiliate in Erie according to an industry source.
Ladson also writes that the Rangers have been scouting the Nats lately, and are believed to be interested in Willingham.
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According to Steve Foster of Inside the Rockies, the team has designated reliever Ryan Speier for assignment. The 29-yr old righthander has spend most of the season in the minors, but has a 3.99 career ERA in 99.1 big league innings.
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Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times tweets that righty reliever Roy Corcoran has been designated for assignment by the Mariners. Corcoran had a 6.16 ERA in 19 IP this year, sporting an unfathomable 6-17 K/BB ratio.
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When speaking with Chris Iott of Mlive.com, team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said that he's looking to add a bat to the Tigers' lineup.
"We're looking for a bat. As you start talking to clubs about trades, which we've been doing a lot of, a lot of the players that are available are DHs, in our mindset. And we think we might have as good a one as anybody."
While Marcus Thames has done the lion's share of the work at DH, Dombrowski is referring to Carlos Guillen, who came of the DL today. The Tigers were rumored to have some interest in Matt Holliday, but that ship has obviously sailed. The club designated the speedy Josh Anderson for assignment earlier today to make room for Guillen.
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On this date 45 years ago Barry Bonds was born. And even though he hasn't played in a game since September 26, 2007, Bonds has not yet retired. We are one week from the trade deadline, let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere…
Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and followed on Twitter here.
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Another round of odds and ends for the afternoon…
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By now you know that the A's sent Matt Holliday to the Cardinals for three prospects, including the highly-touted Brett Wallace. Since everybody's talking about it, let's take a look at what they're saying.
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