Colorado's trade price for Fuentes may be too high - The Denver Post

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Wednesday Morning Rockpile:
Published 7/23/2008 by Russ at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... .One of those 10 players is Brian Fuentes, who's asking price has made teams shy away. Apparently, the Rockies are asking for Wade Hellickson from the Rays. I guess the Rockies are asking the Rays to do some surgery on Wade Davis and Jeremy Hellickson in order to combine them into one player. ...

Hump Day Rumors - 7/23 Edition
Published 7/23/2008 by Mantlemurcer (noreply@blogger.com) at My Pinstripes
Things are starting to heat up as we get closer to the July 31st trade deadline. Locally the Yankees are taking a look at Seattle's Jarrod Washburn, Pirates' lefties Damaso Marte and John Grabow, the Reds' Bronson Arroyo (yech), and the Rockies' Brian Fuentes. The Denver Post reports that a team source said the Rockies have asked for Rays Double-A starter Wade Hendrickson, the Yankees' Ian Kennedy, the Red Sox's Clay Buchholz or ...

They want Niese for Fuentes......
Published 7/23/2008 by Ed Ryan (noreply@blogger.com) at Mets Fever
... Brian Fuentes. The price is high, causing most interested teams — the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees and Mets, the Boston Red Sox and the Florida Marlins — to consider other options. Colorado wants a premium starting pitcher, a fair demand save for the fact the teams interested in Fuentes see him as a two-month rental, not a long-term solution. All already have closers, and Fuentes is determined to test the market before considering signing somewhere as a setup man. source Denver post ...

Rumor Mill Roundup: July 23
Published 7/24/2008 at FanHouse
... GM Walt Jocketty certainly can't consider his team a contender, but there is reason to think it can make a run as soon as next season, and Street isn't eligible to be a free agent for another three years. He also has two players with uncertain futures -- Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr. Dunn is the type of player you'd figure A's GM Billy Beane would covet, but he might have to send more than Street to land the slugger. - The Rockies continue to ask quite a bit for closer Brian Fuentes, demanding a premium starting pitching prospect from ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, July 24
Published 7/24/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (si.com) . . . The Rockies may have to do the same with Brian Fuentes, as the Denver Post reports teams -- including the Red Sox -- are backing off because they're demanding too much in return . . . Foxsports.com's Ken Rosenthal says the White Sox ...