just mentioned the Brewers and the White Sox scouting Huston Street. He isn’t sure either team will meet Beane’s asking price, even though he hasn’t looked good this season.

“Weekend Buzz: Add White Sox to growing arms race”

including George Sherrill. I think Kenny is looking for a righty reliever instead and maybe another starter.

Link:

The Cardinals are one of the best fits because they have blown a National League-high 23 save tries this season. The Brewers, who have already acquired starting pitcher CC Sabathia and second baseman Ray Durham, are still looking to upgrade the back end of their bullpen. Other teams that potentially could be interested are the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets and New York Yankees.

Also, the link says that the Orioles probably aren’t trading Brian Roberts.

but is anyone beginning to think that Kenny should be able to acquire a decent reliever by the deadline now? If a scrub prospect like Emilio Bonifacio can net the D-backs a nice back-end reliever like Jon Rauch (locked up for 3-years at $6.1 million total), Kenny might be able to grab a decent reliever for someone like Lance Broadway.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Dodgers “don’t appear to be interested” in Huston Street or Bobby Crosby.
The San Francisco Chronicle speculated Tuesday that the Dodgers had been scouting the A’s recently and could be interested in both players.

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8371098/Washburn-too-expensive,-even-for-Yanks

Earlier this month, the White Sox contacted the Dodgers to gauge their interest in Cabrera, explaining that their desire to move him hinged on whether they could complete a separate deal.

That deal, from all indications, was a trade for Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts. The White Sox then would have moved Alexei Ramirez from second base to shortstop, his original position.

The Sox’s plan went nowhere, but their general manager, Ken Williams, is always concocting new, grandiose ways to improve the club. Chances are, Williams will be quiet at the non-waiver deadline. But it’s hardly certain.

That’d be a pretty unprecedented move, wouldn’t it? I’d add any non-Fields prospect as a sweetener to what the Dodgers would be sending to Baltimore (presumably LaRoche). It’s a move that would certainly improve the offense a bunch and would only make the defense worse by a bit (I’m assuming - perhaps unfairly - that for the rest of the year Alexei would be right around average (probably a bit worse than average) defensively, but Roberts would be an improvement over Alexei at second).

Huston Street has been offered to the White Sox and two other teams. Apparently, Beane has an idea of what package of prospect(s) he would take in exchange for Street from each of the three teams.

Link:

Street stuff: With a week left before the trading deadline, rumors involving Huston Street have intensified, with the Dodgers, Brewers, Mets, White Sox, Rays and Reds all believed to have interest. Los Angeles had two scouts at the series against Tampa Bay, including Bill Lajoie, who is a special adviser to general manager Ned Coletti.