Mariners Interested in Ben Revere

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY SportsFirst it was the Angels; now it's the Mariners. For some reason, the AL West can't get enough of Ben Revere.

Quietly, the trade deadline is lurking around the corner and the rumors are starting to heat up. We've heard Cole Hamels trade chatter for so long--the Red Sox want him; now it's the Padres; oh! what about the Rangers; but, boy, would he sure make sense for them Red Sox; THE ASTROS ARE GOOD GET THEM HAMELS, STAT--that the safest assumption is that we will all go to the grave discussing potential Hamels trades. We've always been at war with Eastasia and Cole Hamels has always been on the trade block.

But, thankfully, the national media and the rumor folk…