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According to Jayson Stark:

"The Yankees are making a last minute run at Craig Wilson and are also talking to Pittsburgh about Salomon Torres."

UPDATE: ESPN reports that Shawn Chacon goes to Pittsburgh for Wilson.

In recent years, July 29th has been the calm before the storm for deadline deals.

Last year, not a single trade was made on this date.  Same goes for 2004 and 2001.

We have to go back to 2003 to find a July 29th with significant trading.  The Yanks picked up Raul Mondesi for David Dellucci and some bums.  The Red Sox snagged Scott Williamson. And a few other relievers changed hands.

2002 featured a blockbuster that is still reverberating: the Phillies sent Scott Rolen to the Cardinals for Placido Polanco, Mike Timlin, and Bud Smith.

Here’s the latest Trade Rumor Roundup.

Word is that TV broadcasts picked up Jerry Krause working the radar gun in Wednesday night’s Royals-Orioles game.  The former Chicago Bulls GM currently works for the Mets.  That particular ballgame included work by LaTroy Hawkins, Andy Sisco, and Jeremy Affeldt, all of whom could interest New York.

Buster Olney mentions in his blog today that Greg Maddux could go to the Brewers, Dodgers, or Padres.  The Chicago Tribune says the Mets are an option as well.  The Daily Southtown adds the Giants to the list.

Olney also indicated that the D-Rays and Blue Jays have been struggling to come to an agreement for Julio Lugo.

According to the Globe and Mail, the Blue Jays may have some interest in Rodrigo Lopez and Tony Armas, Jr.  J.P. Ricciardi inquired about Mark Redman, but didn’t get a callback.

Capitol Punishment: not big fans of Jim Bowden.  Blogger Chris Needham’s thoughts on Soriano:  "Man, we’re going to miss him. Trading him is like being grounded by your parents. It sucks at the time, but a few years later, you realize that, gee, maybe your parents were right."

AllCubs discusses Five Reasons to Get A-Rod…and Five Reasons Not To.

A Phillies fan says goodbye to Sal Fasano.

With the trade deadline nearing and rumors flying all over the Internet, I’m sure many of you are finding MLB Trade Rumors for the first time.  Welcome!

My name is Tim, and I comment on this site as RotoAuthority and occasionally RumorMonger.  Here you’ll find all variety of baseball trade rumors that I find interesting and worthy of a look.  The rumors may originate from other websites or blogs, newspapers, radio reports, or my own sources (the source will always be clearly labeled).  I’ll also provide trade analysis and suggestions, free agent info, and useful links.  Also, if you scroll down the left-hand sidebar, you’ll see a Browse All Rumors section.  Here you can easily find certain players or teams and everything I’ve posted on them.  I try to write something daily on MLB Trade Rumors, so bookmark www.mlbtraderumors.com and come back every day.

Also, if you’re interested in fantasy baseball, check out one of our partner sites, RotoAuthority.  RotoAuthority is a fantasy baseball blog with a helpful community and daily fresh content for most types of fantasy baseball leagues.  I do all the writing for RotoAuthority currently, though we’ve got an advice guy behind the scenes and a guest writer on the way.

Finally, I’ve got a team of writers contributing to a blog aptly named AllCubs.  If you’re a fan of Chicago’s National League ballclub you should definitely take a look.

According to RotoWorld, you can get a sneak peek at this year’s All-Star roster before the names are officially released.  Just check out the available players for the customized jerseys at MLB.com’s merchandise shop.  It looks like Derrick Turnbow snuck in there somehow. 

UPDATE: Turnbow did indeed make the cut.  Official rosters available here.  Pretty cool to see guys like Jose Lopez, Alex Rios, Gary Matthews Jr., Bronson Arroyo, Dan Uggla, and Freddy Sanchez earning berths.  Who could’ve seen that coming?  Pretty uncool to see Mark Redman on the squad.  He has a 5.59 ERA in 13 starts.  Somebody’s gotta do it though.

If you live in the St. Louis area, I will be making an appearance on 1380AM around 10:30pm.  We’ll discuss the Cardinals’ left field situation and possible upcoming trades this summer.  Check it out!

A few months ago, I joined SportsBlah’s fantasy baseball league.  It’s generally been good times, though it could use more trash talk.  I figured I was pretty much playing against people I didn’t know, aside from exchanging the occasional email with CubDumb or the Blah or GameFour.  Then yesterday I came to realize that one of the league members I hadn’t talked to before, Baseball Mike, works at the same company as me in Chicago.  Not only that, but on the same floor as me.  Not only that, but on the same side of said floor, like thirty feet away.  I find this to be a bizarre coincidence.  Anyway, check out Mike’s site.

Another one to check out is BookWorm Baseball.  Run by a 23 year-old stathead?  Hmmm, sounds vaguely familiar.  Actually I turned 24 recently.

I know Braves fans are desperate for an encouraging trade rumor, so here’s one that landed in my inbox.  You be the judge.

Does anyone know what the deal is with Kyle Drabek?  Seems like everyone knows about his big, bad "makeup issues" besides me.  Does this kid have the Mark of the Beast or something?  I tried asking Jeeves what Drabek did but all I got was a bunch of scouting reports. 

The Baseball Card Blog is counting down the best sets ever in their usual amusing style.  I’d like to throw my vote in for Pinnacle’s Cards in a Can.  A truly odd innovation.  What’s this?  Andy?  Hideo?  MO???  They’re all here!  For only 99 cents! 

Barry Zito makes a peculiar trade demand.

Sign a petition to put an end to the new Mets song…

23 year-old Cubs prospect Carlos Marmol has the best ERA in the Southern League (0.52 through 17 innings).  Perhaps that’s why no one discusses his past transgressions.

I think it would be awesome if an MLBTradeRumors reader could come up with the new name for Dan Haren’s new blog.  Right now it’s called Haren’s Heat…c’mon now, that’s even lamer than "Roto Authority."  I know there a few clever readers out there.  If we can name Danny’s blog, maybe he’ll pass us some sweet Zito rumors or at least some LOST rumors.

UPDATE:  So far the best submission to rename the blog:  Haren’s Harem, by my friend Jonathan.  Danny probably has a harem, right?  I know I do.

What’s with this new trend of calling Travis Hafner Papi’s equal this year?  Any forecaster worth his salt would’ve busted out that declaration before the season.

I told you the Sox were pissed about this… 

SportsBlah makes a plea to managers.

Ugly Ex-Cubs…a history lesson.

A blog dedicated entirely to Dodgers pitcher Yhency Brazoban.  With Yhency on the shelf for the season, I’m not sure if this guy has a reason to get up in the morning.

I highly recommend GameFour, a sports blog written by a friend of mine, Conor.  Several other fine writers contribute over there as well.  Conor is currently beating me in our SportsBloggers fantasy league.  I have only myself to blame for having Emil Brown in my outfield.

Conor recently interviewed me, so check that out if you’re so inclined. 

How about a little something different?  Check out this amusing article over at Batter’s Box courtesy of Leigh Sprague. 

In my personal experience, I’ve been able to lure my fiance to baseball games with the promise of ballpark hot dogs and proximity to Michael Barrett.  Plus, thanks to me, she can slip right into a baseball conversation at the office and casually flex more knowledge than any of her coworkers.