by Lynette Alice

Created on: July 26, 2010   Last Updated: May 01, 2011

The final week of the no-waiver 2010 trading deadline race is predicted to be one of the most active in recent years regarding big name impact players. Consider that Cliff Lee and Dan Haren have both changed uniforms already and how many teams jumped into those discussions sincerely, and it is pretty evident that the desire to make big moves exists. Most of the deadlines that passed over the last decade saw a big name or two move, but most moves were role players who are valuable - just not on the marquee. 2010 is the perfect storm of trade deadlines.

There are several big names out there that have GM’s looking to make a deal. Consider that Roy Oswalt, Corey Hart, Prince Fielder, Jayson Werth, Jorge Cantu, Ty Wigginton, Jake Westbrook, Fausto Carmona, and possibly Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns are available along with Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly, and there are plenty of impact players around. For the most part these players are prone to be moved as a salary dump. The odds are none will come cheap, and try as their GM’s may, a few may prove impossible to move for anything good.

Corey Hart is the current prize among hitters - not Prince Fielder. Hart is hitting a ton and will work out well for an AL or NL team. He is still under a reasonable contract and young enough to extend out. Prince Fielder may be more coveted, but is in less demand. Basically the Giants and White Sox are the teams that need a first baseman, but neither has the pieces to get him. His contract is going to be around $25 million per season after 2011 when he hits free agency. That severely limits who can really sign him. Milwaukee would love to move him this week and get the highest possible trade value for him, there just aren’t any takers yet.

Jayson Werth is gone before the season ends - that much is known. Philly wants to get Dominic Brown up right now and start his big league career. Werth is having a bad season, he is a free agent to be this off-season and they have already decided not to pick him up. If they don’t move him now, the return on him is negligible at best. The Yankees and Red Sox have shown interest, but San Fran is the best fit and they may land him. The odds are they get him for a few marginal mid-level prospects as Phily has waited too long to dump him. L.A. however may change everything as they have dipped a toe into pool of Werth.

Jorge Cantu and Ty Wigginton may not be the huge names on the list, but they are big impact players. The Marlins

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