As the trade rumor mill starts to heat up, and the Toronto Blue Jays continue to stay hot, they will remain linked to potentially available players around the league. The gap is starting to widen between the contenders and the pretenders and the Blue Jays are in clear buying mode at this stage of the game, while the Kansas City Royals are falling further behind the pack.
It's been a weird season for the Royals who are 48-52, 11 games behind the division leading Detroit Tigers and five games back in the Wild Card hunt. While their pitching has been excellent, they haven't gotten enough out of their lineup to stay consistently above .