Thursday’s MLB Trade Rumors: Edwin Jackson In Play, Targeted By Nationals And White Sox

With Corey Hart’s recent injury, the odds of his getting traded were incredibly low. And though teams have been talking about Prince Fielder, his cost was always higher than most any team would be willing to pay. So, already, it didn’t look like Fielder or Hart were going to get moved before the trade deadline. And via Keith Law, we get additional confirmation, albeit for a different reason than expected:

The Brewers, right now, are nine back in the division and ten back in the Wild Card, so they’re not going to be going to the playoffs. That said, both Hart and Fielder remain under team control next season, so it’s possible the Brewers think they can gear up to make a real run in 2011.

For those teams looking for a starter or a catcher, the Diamondbacks are here to help:

Jackson has posted a 5.16 ERA and decent strikeout rate through 21 starts, while Snyder has recently been supplanted by the younger, cheaper Miguel Montero.

The Twins have been active in the trade market for weeks, now, placing a lot of calls and for a while looking like favorites to land Cliff Lee. They’ve been looking for arms to both start and relieve, and Thursday brought some new developments. For one:

For two:

That’s the suspicion of the Baltimore Sun’s Dan Connolly:

The Padres have been searching for infield help and have been linked to Tejada recently, so this trade would make a lot of sense. Tejada has hit just .269/.308/.362 on the season, but he’s an experienced veteran who can handle the left side of the diamond, so he could be of some use to a Padres team that’s presently without David Eckstein.

Roy Oswalt may have been Houston’s biggest piece to deal, but he wasn’t the only one, and Ken Rosenthal reports on another:

Berkman is in the final year of a six-year contract, with a $2m 2011 buyout. His numbers this season are well below his usual standard, an .808 OPS being 151 points below his career average and 99 points below where he was last year, but he still draws a ton of walks and gets on base, and he’s slugged .521 in the month of July. He isn’t the sort to come at a monumental cost, which could make him appealing as a riskier but cheaper option than an Adam Dunn, Prince Fielder, or Josh Willingham to a team like the White Sox or Rays who are looking for a bat-first player.

The Yankees have reportedly expressed interest in Adam Dunn, but Posada’s issues may throw a wrench into that plan -- Dunn would only make sense as a designated hitter, and they’d have to pull Posada and his .834 OPS to make room for him.

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