The Cleveland Indians are in dire need of starting pitching and they have a couple of cheap infielders that could fill needs with the D-Backs. With that in mind the Diamondbacks should offer Yusmeiro Petit to the Indians for Josh Barfield and Andy Marte. The Indians would jump at that offer and the D-Backs would benefit. Barfield has a nice upside and he would likely start at 2B for the D-Backs next season.

UPDATE: This trade won’t happen because the D-Backs lost Petit on waivers to the Mariners. This was dumb of the D-Backs who should have tried to trade him before cutting him.

Rumors abound that the Red Sox have their eyes on 26-year old lefty swinging shortstop Stephen Drew. The Red Sox would like to make a trade for him and team him with his brother RF J.D. Drew. But the D-Backs would likely want someone like Clay Buchholz which would make a deal hard to make. Drew has played in 130 games for the D-Backs this season and he is 131 for 512 (.256 avg, .746 OPS) with 68 runs scored, 12 homers, 62 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. The D-Backs might also have a interest in moving Drew if he starts to make too much money as he has only really had one really good season with them and that was in 2008.

The Diamondbacks really want to shed some payroll and get younger after a very disappointing first half of the season. The Diamondbacks would love to move Tony Clark and Chad Tracy but not many teams need a 1B. The Cubs or Phillies would definately be interested in catcher Chris Snyder if he gets healthy quick enough. Trading Snyder could net the D-Backs a prospect or two in return. SS/2B Felipe Lopez is having a solid season for the D-Backs and the Twins, Red Sox and Mariners all have a need at shortstop. Manny Delcarmen or Justin Masterson would probably be what the D-Backs would be after from the BoSox. The Twins would probably want to package some prospects while the Mariners might be the ideal place to send Lopez as they have the biggest need there. The D-Backs could probably get two of the following from the Mariners for Lopez: Wladimir Balentien, Rob Johnson, Chris Jakubauskas or Shawn Kelley. But the pitchers is where the D-Backs would find the greatest value in trade. Doug Davis and Jon Garland could interest the Angels, Rangers, Brewers or possibly even the Yankees. The D-Backs would likely sell to the highest bidder in this circumstance. Reliever Jon Rauch would likely interest teams like the Braves, Yankees and Rockies and he would likely bring back a couple of prospects. Chad Qualls would also likely attract interest from those same teams along with the Rays. The Rays need a closer and the D-Backs would be interested to here what they would have to say. It looks like the D-Backs will have a new look come August 1st.

The Arizona D-Backs should not trade Dan Haren, period. Haren has started 16 games for the Diamondbacks this season and he is 7-5 with a 2.19 ERA and a 0.81 WHIP. He has only allowed 78 hits in 115 innings while whiffing 113 batters. He is a Cy Young Award contender right now even though the D-Backs are playing poorly this season. The D-Backs should keep Haren and build the pitching staff around him next season.

The Diamondbacks better get their act together soon or they will be forced to look towards the future. Position players like Eric Byrnes, Felipe Lopez and catcher Chris Snyder could get traded. On the pitching side, starters Doug Davis and Jon Garland as well as righty reliever Jon Rauch seem to be the most likely players to get traded. The D-Backs need some more youth and those guys all likely have some value to contenders.