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 Trade involving Fuentes likely - The Denver Post
MILWAUKEE With the market for starters thin, there's growing buzz that Rockies closer Brian Fuentes will be the next pitcher traded this month. Sitting in the visitors dugout Wednesday at Miller Park, general manager Dan O'Dowd said there was nothing brewing, if you will, at the moment. Tampa Bay has been the most aggressive team pursuing Fuentes, followed by the Yankees, Mets, Cardinals and ... [link]

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Fuentes is going somewhere, but no time soon!
Published 7/10/2008 by Dom DiFucci (noreply@blogger.com) at Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
Brian Fuentes is a name that has been mentioned by a lot of clubs. In the Denver Post, Dan O'Dowd (Rockies GM) has said there was nothing brewing, if you will, at the moment. Tampa Bay has been the most aggressive team pursuing Fuentes, followed by the Yankees, Mets, Cardinals and Marlins. ...

MLB Trade Rumors: Matt Holliday To Tampa Bay?
Published 7/10/2008 by faketeams at FakeTeams: Front Page Posts
... The next pitcher to be dealt?  Colorado Rockies' LHP Brian Fuentes is a good guess.  With Manny Corpas seemingly back on track, the Rockies can deal their closer and replace him with Corpas.  Rockies' GM Dan O'Dowd said exactly that according to the Denver Post. ...

Thursday Morning Rockpile:
Published 7/10/2008 by Rox Girl at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... the game. While no further ground was made up, unless you count the Giants, which I still don't, none was lost either, so the hope that we can wind up being the best of the worst seems to have remained in place. Today we rely on the arm of another former Brewer in Jorge de la Rosa to follow Glendon Rusch's lead in beating his former teammates. Several draft picks tied up with the CWS have signed, including Kiel Roling, Stephen Dodson and Eric Wetzel. Brian Fuentes remains the one Rockie most likely to be moved, but the words of Cardinals general manager ...

Yanks Take Two Game Set From Offense-Less Rays
Published 7/10/2008 by Tommy Rancel at Outs Per Swing
... From Denverpost.com, in a case of a home town writer over evaluating his player, Troy Renck talks about the possibility of Brian Fuentes moving to the Rays: “So any trade proposal has to be better than what the Rockies believe they could get in the draft. The Rockies like Tampa Bay Double-A starters Wade Davis and Jeremy Hellickson. They would love to pry away former No. 1 overall pick David Price, a starter, but the Rays would only talk about him in a deal involving Matt Holliday.”  No way ...

Baseball Today: Friday, July 11
Published 7/11/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... some concerns about him (Philadelphia Daily News) . . . The Brewers' acquisition of CC Sabathia and the Cubs' pickup of Rich Harden has alarmed Tony La Russa, who wants the Cardinals to get him some pitching sooner rather than later (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) . . . The Indians' Casey Blake is available (mlb.com) . . . Put the Erik Bedard trade talk in hold; he's been placed on the DL by the Mariners (Seattle Times) . . . The Denver Post reports the Rockies are likely to trade Brian Fuentes before July 31 . . . The Tigers say they won't do anything ...

Closing Time: Tigers' Joyce has a future with PETA, mixed leagues
Published 7/13/2008 by Big Noise at Roto Arcade
... • Rockies GM Dan O'Down confirmed to the Denver Post that former stopper Manny Corpas will be given another crack at the closer's job in the event Brian Fuentes is traded. Ardent Taylor Buchholz suppoter  ...

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