Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports created a maelstrom of buzz last weekend when he reported that the Rockies were willing to listen to offers for Ubaldo Jimenez.
While the team isn't necessarily shopping the 27-year-old ace, there hasn't been any indication that making an offer is a fruitless endeavor. To that end, up to seventeen scouts were in attendance for Jimenez's last start.
Unsurprisingly, the Rockies are looking for high-ceiling prospects, particularly in terms of pitching, and both Troy Renck and Buster Olney expect that they'd have to be overwhelmed in order to deal Jimenez.
Since 2008, five game-changing arms have been dealt around the trading deadline, three of which aren't terribly similar in terms of piecing together what sort of package the Rockies can expect, but may be useful in establishing a starting point.
Let's jump right in.