Diamondbacks Trade Rumor: Jake Westbrook

[Giants666]

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Diamondbacks are interested in acquiring Jake Westbrook. The 28 year-old righty is 5th in baseball with a 2.93 groundball/flyball ratio.

The leader, of course, is Brandon Webb at 3.15. Miguel Batista is also in the top 20. Perhaps Josh Byrnes plans on assembling a groundball-heavy pitching staff to match up with Orlando Hudson and the rest of his defensively sound infield.

If so, Byrnes could also target Cory Lidle now or in the offseason. Their reported interest in Dontrelle Willis fits into this agenda as well. I would guess that a deal for Willis or even Westbrook would require the inclusion of one of their top ten prospects. Westbrook was last seen in a trade rumor from January, when the Reds expressed interest.

[Witlon]

One of the RHP's(Nippert, Mock, Torra, Owings, Pena) would probably be included if this happened.

Westbrook probably isn't a guy you'd want to be targeting, because as good as he looks when he's locating, he looks twice as bad when he's not.

[love_that_reefer]

There are also reports that the Yanks have contacted the DBacks about Shawn Green.

[realmofotalk]

Green isn't getting traded anytime soon as he is owed $8 mil this year, $9.5 mil in 2007, and a $10 mil option in 2008. His old agent Jeff Moorad is currently the Dbacks CEO, and he hired Green's current agent to represent his former clients, so Moorad and Green have a mutual relationship.