The Cubs are close to acquiring RHP Aaron Heilman from the M’s, in exchange for SS Ronny Cedeno and minor-league RHP Garrett Olsen, reports ESPN.com and FoxSports.com.
According to MLB Trade Rumors, ESPN Radio in Chicago first mention this trade earlier today.
…i cannot tell you the number of rumors from the last few seasons that connected heilman to [...]

Steve Kelley of The Seattle Times catches up with former Met Aaron Heilman to ask him about his role with the Mariners this year and his time in New York.
Heilman, as quoted by Kelley:
“Playing in New York is the only existence I’ve known and I think you get used to it. You learn to accept [...]

In an article for MLB.com, Marty Noble speaks with former Mets pitcher Aaron Heilman regarding his trade to the Mariners.
Heilman, as quoted by Noble:
“This is just the next chapter in the life of a baseball player. What do they say? ‘If you haven’t been traded, released, booed or aired out by your manager, you haven’t [...]

“The Mets were rebuffed in their attempt to trade Aaron Heilman to the Rockies for Huston Street,” reports Ken Rosenthal in his live blog for FoxSports.com.
According to Rosenthal, “Heilman has drawn interest from more than a dozen clubs.”
Rosenthal agrees with reports that suggest the Mets turned down trading Heilman to the Cubs for Jason Marquis.
“Street [...]

…i am re-posting this from last night, in case you missed it…
“I think we’re going to have to continue (to improve the bullpen),” Mets GM Omar Minaya said yesterday, according to Newsday.
“I don’t feel we should just tell ourselves the only thing we need is one guy.”
In the Bergen Record, Bob Klapisch explains, “K-Rod didn’t [...]

The Mets are still working with the Rockies on a deal that could bring Huston Street to Queens, according to people connected to the team, as Omar Minaya works to find a set-up man for Francisco Rodriguez.
Though they have not have substantive talks in Vegas, the Rockies and Mets have been in talks for nearly a [...]

“The Rockies continue to be interested in Aaron Heilman, even if it does not involve a Huston Street trade,” writes Joel Sherman at his blog for the New York Post.
Meanwhile, according to Jayson Stark at ESPN.com, “The Mets and Cubs have discussed a trade that would send pitcher Jason Marquis to New York for Heilman.  [...]

Jayson Stark of ESPN.com believes the Rays and Twins are discussing a deal that could send Delmon Young back to Tampa, with either Andy Sonnanstine or Edwin Jackson heading to Minnesota.
Last month, in a report for the New York Post, Joel Sherman said the Mets and Rays had been in talks regarding Sonnanstine and Jackson, since Tampa [...]

In a post to his blog for the New York Post, Joel Sherman explains that it was Omar Minaya who approached the Rockies about swapping Pedro Feliciano and Aaron Heilman for Huston Street.
The Rockies considered it, explains Sherman, but when they turned to Minaya to accept the deal, the Mets changed their mind.
“Now it looks [...]

Yesterday, in the Chicago Sun-Times, Gordon Wittenmyer said the Cubs could look to trade Jason Marquis, while eating up to $4 million of his roughly $10 million salary, according to team insiders.
According to Dan Graziano, in the Star-Ledger, the Mets could have traded Aaron Heilman for Marquis, “But the Mets passed on the deal because [...]