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He mentions Cobb and a reclamation project for a the rotation.  He also mentions Mike Minor being a reliever of interest.   

Rogers clarified the "reclamation project" statement by saying that he was talking more about a typical 5th starter type.  So that could mean a pure reclamation project, but he also mentioned Sabathia and Lackey by name as players who could also fill that role.

I tend to agree with Rogers that there isn't going to be a big trade for a TOR guy.  I just don't think the deal is out there.  I still don't see the match for Archer that a lot of people think is there, and the Rays don't seem that interested in trading him anyway.  It doesn't sound like the Blue Jays are going to make Stroman available.  Cole might end up being available, but he's been more of a mid-rotation guy outside of his 2015 season and only has two years of control left.  I think those are the only TOR names that have been speculated to be available so far this offseason.

I do wonder about guys like Odorizzi (coming off a bad year and getting expensive), McHugh (injuries in 2017 pushed him to 6th/7th on Astros depth chart), Corbin (5th starter on that team with only one year of control left, and Diamondbacks may need to use his money somewhere else), and maybe a few others.  I wonder the Cubs might still be able to match up with some team without using the major league depth because those teams have motivations beyond just getting top value back.