The Diamondbacks don’t want to blow up the roster but they still want to shed some payroll if possible. With that in mind I would send shortstop Stephen Drew to the Tigers for 2B Scott Sizemore and 2B/SS Danny Worth. I would follow that up with dealing Adam LaRoche to the Rangers for 1B Chris Davis, C Taylor Teagarden and righty reliever Pedro Strop. Sizemore and Strop would give the D-Backs a couple of potential high impact prospects. Chris Davis is a first base version of Mark Reynolds with a lot of power but a lot of whiffs. Those are two moves the D-Backs would have to make if they were offered.

The Diamondbacks are 32-51 on the season which has them in last place in the A.L. West, 17.5 games behind the Padres. The D-Backs fired GM Josh Byrnes last week and they have given the job to Jerry DiPoto on a interim basis. He will now get to show if he’s indeed ready for the job on a full time basis this month. The D-Backs have nice trade chips in Adam LaRoche, Kelly Johnson, Stephen Drew, Dan Haren and Edwin Jackson. They will likely also be looking to move Chris Snyder, Rodrigo Lopez and Chad Qualls this month. I think the D-Backs will get a nice haul of high level prospects by the end of July.

The Diamondbacks can’t wait to fortify a weak bullpen or they are going to sabotage the rest of the year. With that in mind the top four targets of the D-Backs should be Kerry Wood (Indians), Octavio Dotel (Pirates) and Jason Frasor & Scott Downs (Blue Jays). Downs and Frasor are the guys pitching the best of this bunch but the Blue Jays would probably want outfielder Gerardo Parra for either of them and that price might be too high for the D-Backs’ blood. Kerry Wood’s stuff looks excellent but the results aren’t there yet for the Indians. The Indians would likely have to send all of his pay to get Rusty Ryal and Kevin Mulvey or Billy Buckner back. I would aim more for Octavio Dotel as the Pirates would also be willing to probably toss in Brendan Donnelly, D.J. Carrasco or Javier Lopez if they could get back Mulvey, Buckner and Ryal. I think I would send those three guys to the Pirates for Dotel and Carrasco which would bolster the pen without giving the Pirates a outstanding package of players.