With under eight hours until the non-waiver trade deadline, talks are heating up despite plenty of big names already being moved. Troy Tulowitzki is a Blue Jay, Jonthan Papelbon is a National, Carlos Gomez is an Astro, Cole Hamels is a Ranger, Johnny Cueto is a Royal, Dustin Ackley is a Yankee, Shane Victorino and David Murphy are Angels.
One club looking to make some moves to try and catch the Yankees is the Orioles. At 51-50, the Orioles are tied with Toronto for second in the AL East and the Blue Jays have improved mightily with the additions of Tulo and now David Price. The O's find themselves six games back in the division and just two games out of the Wild Card. After losing Nelson Cruz in the offseason, the Orioles haven't had great production from their outfielders, with the exception of Adam Jones. According to Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal, Baltimore is in talks with Milwaukee and the Phillies about both Gerardo Parra and Ben Revere, with hopes of landing both of them.
Sources: #Orioles talking about getting both #Brewers’ Parra and #Phillies’ Revere and sending reliever Tommy Hunter to #Cubs.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 31, 2015
Revere, 27, came to the Phillies in a trade with the Twins that saw Vance Worley and pitching prospect Trevor May go to Minnesota. In three seasons with the Phillies, he has a .303 average, swiping 95 bases in that span. This season, he's slashing .298/.334/.374 with 24 steals. He's split time between left field and center with the addition of Rule-5 selection Odubel Herrera.
Gerardo Parra, 28, would be also be nice pickup for Baltimore as well. He's hitting .328 with 24 doubles, nine homers and 31 RBI's this season for the Brewers.
