Buzz: Rockies may Sit on Brian Fuentes
According to Ken Rosenthal, in his most recent report for FoxSports.com, the Rockies will trade LHP Brian Fuentes for a young, major-league ready starting pitcher.
Yesterday, according to a report from Jon Heyman for SI.com, 
Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd says it is unlikely he will trade Fuentes or OF Matt Holliday.
…the Rockies are in a tough spot, which would probably explain the consistently mixed messages…they built up so much goodwill with their fans last season, and a firesale would erase it…plus, last year, they came back from a poor start to make it to the World Series…this season, despite being 10 games below .500, they are 28–20 in their last 48 games and are just six games out of first place in a weak NL West…so, it’s understandable that recent buzz from colorado is suggesting they may keep fuentes and holliday and actually look to acquire a back-end starting pitcher instead…
According to a recent report in the Denver Post, the Rockies had asked the Mets for LHP Jon Niese in a deal for Fuentes.
Similarly, the Rockies recently asked the Marlins to give up RHP Anibel Sanchez in a deal for Fuentes, which they rejected, according to Jason Stark in a post to ESPN.com.
…basically, the Rockies are asking all interested parties for the top pitching prospect, like rosenthal suggested, be it Phil Hughes or Ian Kennedy from the Yankees, Clay Buccholz from the Red Sox, Nick Adenhart from the Angels, and so on…
The Rays, Cardinals, Angels, Red Sox, Mets, Tigers, Yankees, Marlins, D’Backs and Phillies have all been linked to Fuentes in published reports.
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