Thursday's Rumors

Victor Martinez, Cliff Lee, Matt Holliday chief among names tossed around.

Just a mere 8 days until the July 31st MLB trade deadline and so far nothing major has gone. A lot of the talking heads don't feel there will be either, but you never know.

Among the biggest names is of course, Victor Martinez, who is reportedly being pursued/scouted/coveted by the Boston Red Sox. From Jon Heyman:

While Boston may be disinclined to trade top pitching prospect Clay Buchholz, they also have Junichi Tazawa, Casey Kelly, Michael Bowden and closer-of-the-future Daniel Bard. While Boston acquired Adam LaRoche on Wednesday, it hasn't ruled out V-Mart.

If Cleveland does send V-Mart to Boston, Indians' GM Mark Shapiro better make it hurt, or I am going to hurt him.

V-Mart Update - Via his Twitter account, Jon Heyman has reported that the Rays are also looking into acquiring Victor Martinez.

With Joe Crede's back acting up again, the Twins are looking for an infielder. Cody Ransom?

The Rays are looking into acquiring Martinez' teammate, Cliff Lee. The Rays have plenty of young talent to meet just about any trade demands. Rays prospect Wade Davis would be chief among them.

Matt Holliday hasn't had the best offensive production in Oakland, but the Cardinals would like to bring him back to the National League. The Cards, at first, balked at the A's asking price - 3rd base prospect Brett Wallace- but may be willing to meet the A's demands. The Tigers already failed in coming up with a package suitable to Oakland.

The Angels are still trying to fix their bullpen and have discussions about George Sherrill, Rafael Betancourt, and Mark Hendrickson.