Doug Melvin does not see any trades happening before the New Year, Tom Haudricourt reports. He has hardly talked to anyone at all in the past week, and Melvin does not see that changing before the holiday season.
He's talked once to St. Louis about Scott Rolen, but he does not see that going anywhere...possibly ever.
The same with Hank Blalock from the Texas Rangers. "I don't anticipate anything there, either," Melvin said. "Regular position players aren't easy to get without giving up a regular position player. You create one hole to fill another."
Finally, Melvin was hoping to cajole Los Angeles into parting with Andre Ethier for a couple of our expendable arms. He no longer sees that happening either with the Kuroda signing. "They might be standing pat now," said Melvin. "We'll have to wait and see. Just because there's nothing happening today doesn't mean it won't happen later."
All in all, we're going to see a slow few weeks on the trade front for the Milwaukee Brewers. I believe that Melvin is going to wait for a month or so until teams get desperate for pitching and are more willing to part with someone they wouldn't normally be willing to. "In Melvin we trust," right? I trust that he'll put together a package that will be to the Crew's benefit.
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