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Batting Order: 1. Honus Wagner-SS 2. Max Carey-CF 3. Paul Waner- DH 4. Willie Stargell-LF 5. Roberto Clemente- RF 6. Pie Traynor- 3B 7. Jason Kendall-C 8. Gus Suhr- 1B 9. Bill Mazeroski-2B

Bench: Smoky Burgess- C, Elbie Fletcher- 1B, Claude Ritchey-2B (SS), Arky Vaughan-SS (3B), Bill Madlock-3B (2B), Fred Clarke-LF, Andrew McCutchen-CF

Starting Rotation: 1. Wilbur Cooper 2. Babe Adams 3. Murray Dickson 4. John Candelaria 5. Bob Friend

Long Relievers: 1. Jesse Tannehill 2. Sam Leever 3. Rick Rhoden

Set-Up man: Elroy Face

Closer Kent Tekulve

This is Jennifer’s all-time Pittsburgh Pirates team. Do you agree with these choices or not. Let us know who you think either does or doesn’t belong on this team.

Batting Order: 1. Roberto Alomar-2B 2. Tony Fernandez-SS 3. John Olerud-1B 4. Fred McGriff- DH 5. Josh Donaldson-3B 6. Jose Bautista-RF 7. Shannon Stewart-LF 8. Vernon Wells-CF 9. Gregg Zaun-C

Bench: Ernie Whitt-C, Orlando Hudson-2B, Bo Bichette-SS, Edwin Encarnacion-3B (1B), Devon White-CF (RF), Jesse Barfield-RF, Jesse Barfield-RF

Starting Rotation: 1. Roy Halladay 2. Dave Stieb 3. Jimmy Key 4. Doyle Alexander 5. Pat Hentgen

Long Relievers: 1. Juan Guzman 2. Jim Clancy 3. Paul Quantrill

Set-Up man: Mark Eichhorn

Closer: Tom Henke

Make the comparisons and let us know if you think anyone is missing or shouldn’t be on the team.

Batting Order: 1. Tris Speaker-CF 2. Kenny Lofton-DH 3. Nap Lajoie-2B 4. Jim Thome-1B 5. Shoeless Joe Jackson-RF 6. Jeff Heath- LF 7. Jose Ramirez-3B 8. Lou Boudreau-SS 9. Victor Martinez-C

Bench: Steve O’Neill- C, Carlos Santana-1B (C), Bobby Avila-2B, Joe Sewell-SS (3B), Al Rosen- 3B, Elmer Flick-RF, Albert Belle-LF

Starting Rotation: 1. Addie Joss 2. Bob Feller 3. Bob Lemon 4. Stan Coveleski 5. Early Wynn

Long Relievers: 1. Wes Ferrell 2. George Uhle 3. Bartolo Colon

Set-Up man Greg Swindell

Closer: Doug Jones

Alright here’s the All-Time team for the Cleveland Indians/Guardians. What do you think?

Batting Order: 1. Rod Carew-2B 2. Sam Rice-RF 3. Kirby Puckett-CF 4. Harmon Killebrew- 1B 5. Goose Goslin-LF 6. Tony Oliva-DH 7. Joe Mauer- C 8. Joe Cronin-SS 9. Eddie Yost-3B

Bench: Butch Wynegar- C, Buddy Myer-2B (SS) (3B), Cecil Travis- SS (3B), Gary Gaetti-3B (1B), Heinie Manush-LF (CF) (RF), Torii Hunter-CF (RF), Cesar Tovar-CF (LF) (3B) (2B) (RF).

Starting Rotation: 1. Walter Johnson 2. Bert Blyleven 3. Johan Santana 4. Jim Kaat 5. Frank Viola

Long Relievers: 1. Dutch Leonard 2. Brad Radke

Set-Up men: 1. Firpo Marberry 2. Rick Aguilera

Closer: Joe Nathan

This is Jennifer’s All-Time Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators team. Just for reference the team played in Washington from 1901-1960 before moving to Minnesota. Give us your All-time lineup for the Twins/Senators and see how it compares.

Batting Order: 1. Enos Slaughter-RF 2. Ozzie Smith-SS 3. Rogers Hornsby-2B 4. Stan Musial-LF 5. Albert Pujols-1B 6. Johnny Mize- DH 7. Jim Edmonds-CF 8. Ken Boyer-3B 9. Ted Simmons-C

Bench: Yader Molina (C), Red Schoendienst-2B (LF), Edgar Renteria-SS, Matt Carpenter-3B (1B) (2B), Joe Medwick- LF, J.D. Drew-RF (CF), Curt Flood- CF.

Starting Rotation: 1. Bob Gibson 2. Dizzy Dean 3. Adam Wainwright 4. Larry French 5. Harry Brescheen.

Long Relievers: 1. Chris Carpenter 2. John Tudor.

Set-Up men: Lindy McDaniels Ted Wilks.

Closer: Jason Isringhausen

There’s Jennifer’s All-Time Cardinals lineup. I’d like to know what you think about it and if she left someone out you thought should be included or has someone on her team that you don’t think should be there.

In Wednesday’s blog we looked at some teams that could be sellers at the trade deadline that aren’t normally in that position. I thought that today we could look at some teams that might be buyers at the trade deadline that in recent years have been looked at as sellers.

The Cincinnati Reds are in 1st place in the National League Central. Cincinnati currently leads the Milwaukee Brewers by 2 games. It’s doubtful that there will be a wild card team to come out of the N.L. Central, so the Reds will have to win the division to make the playoffs.

Cincinnati has been winning behind it’s young core of players. They did recently get their one veteran Joey Votto back but is it possible that the Reds could add a veteran presentence just to have on the bench.

It does seem more likely that if Cincinnati makes any type of additions to their team before the trade deadline it would be pitching. As we’ve mentioned before every team can use pitching and the Reds are no exception.

Getting Hunter Greene back from injury will help the Reds starting rotation, but even with Greene’s return the Reds could probably use another starting pitcher.

The Reds bullpen has been one of the best if not the best in baseball this season and it’s possible that they may not want to add anyone to it for fear of messing up the chemistry that the bullpen has. Of course, if the right pitcher is out there it wouldn’t make sense for the Reds to take a look at them.

Another interesting team in the National League is the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks are just 1/2 a game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West. Everybody is expecting the Dodgers to go out and add players at the trade deadline, but what will the Diamondbacks do.

It seems that if the Diamondbacks decide to add anything at the trade deadline the one thing that comes to mind is bullpen help. Arizona seems to be in that closer by committee set up and that rarely works for teams. Andrew Chafin is leading the team in saves with 8 while Scott McGough and Miguel Castro have each picked up 7 saves this season.

Big time closer aren’t the easiest thing to find at the trade deadline, but it’s possible that there may be one or two available. If there is someone who can set in and just handle the 9th inning for the Diamondbacks, it could help get them unto the playoffs for the first time since 2017.

Instead of just picking one or two American League teams to throw into this mix how about we throw almost an entire division into this.

The American League central is a terrible division there’s no doubt about that, but what that also means is that every team with the exception of the Kansas City Royals could win it and that might make then buyers at the trade deadline.

The Cleveland Guardians just moved past the Minnesota Twins to take over 1st place in the division. The Detroit Tigers coming off their combined no-hitter yesterday are in 3rd place 5 1/2 games out. Even the Chicago White Sox who have been a huge disappointment this season are still in it even though they’re in 4th place and 8 games out of 1st place.

It’s doubtful that any of these teams would make a huge move like a trade for Shohei Ohtani or anything like that, but that’s probably not needed to win this division.

Cleveland isn’t known for making big moves at the trade deadline while Minnesota has made some deals when they’ve been in contention. As for Detroit they are kind of in the same situation as Cincinnati and you have to wonder if they’d be interested in adding anyone or if they’ll just allow their young players to continue getting experience. As for the White Sox I think that they have to figure out what their actual issues are before they make any kind of moves.

So there you go just some teams that might look to be buyers that don’t always do that. Let me know what you think these teams will do and if there’s another kind of under the radar type of team that might be buying at the trade deadline that we might not expect to be.

As always don’t forget to look for me on Twitter, I’m @Burketime.

As the Baseball season heads for the All-Star break, it’s the trade deadline that is going to start making all of the headlines. August 1st is the trade deadline for Major League Baseball, and it could be interesting on which teams might be sellers at the deadline.

I honestly thought that the St. Louis Cardinals would turn things around and get themselves back in the National League Central race, but it’s starting to look like that’s not going to be the case. St. Louis is currently in last place in the N.L. Central with a record of 35-50. The Cardinals are trailing the 1st place Cincinnati Reds by 11 1/2 games.

Is it possible that the Cardinals could be sellers at the trade deadline. Teams are always looking for pitching and the Cardinals have Jordan Montgomery, Jack Flaherty, Chris Stratton and Jordan Hicks in the last year of their contracts. Montgomery and Flaherty could probably bring the Cardinals a decent return if they decide to move them. Adam Wainwright is also in the last year of his contract, but it would be a shock if the Cardinals traded him unless he asks to go to a contender.

The Cardinals don’t have any position players in the last year of their contracts, but it’s possible that St. Louis might look to move someone like Paul DeJong who has two club option years left on his contract after this season. DeJong has had his ups and downs, but he’ll make $12.5 million dollars in 2024 and then $15 million dollars in 2025 if a team was to pick up his option years. That’s not a huge salary on today’s market.

After Saturday we’re going to have to see what the Los Angeles Angels do at the trade deadline. Mike Trout broke the hamate bone in his left hand and was placed on the IL. Its unclear wither Trout will need surgery, so it’s difficult to set a timeline for his return. Six to eight weeks seems to be the general consensus, but once the decision is made on if he’ll have surgery or not, they’ll know more.

The Angels are 45-43 this season and in 3rd place in the American League West. The Angels are 7 games behind the 1st place Texas Rangers in the A.L. West, but they’re just 4 games out of a wild card spot.

Obviously, the injury to Trout kind of puts them in limbo and to add to it Shohei Ohtani left his start last night due to a blister. It may cost Ohtani a start or two, but it hasn’t been announced if it will keep him from being the DH.

As the trade deadline approaches depending on how the Angels play might depend on if they hold on to a player like Ohtani or if they’ll try to trade him before he reaches free agency this coming offseason. It appears as though Ohtani will go out into the free agent market, so you have to wonder what a team would be willing to give the Angels for what might just be a rental of Ohtani.

The other team we’re going to be waiting to see if they’ll be sellers will be the New York Mets. It’s going to be interesting to see what the Mets decide to do if anything.

The Mets have probably been the most disappointing team this season. New York is 39-46 this season and in 4th place in the National League East. The Mets are 18 games behind the 1st place Atlanta Braves and just 5 games ahead of the last place Washington Nationals.

Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander each have one year remaining on their contracts after this season. Verlander does have an option for the 2025 season. Is it possible that we could see the Mets trade one or both of these future Hall of Fame pitchers?

David Robertson and Carlos Carrasco are in the last year of their contracts, so it’s possible that teams could be interested in adding them. Teams always seem to want to add pitching at the trade deadline and Robertson could be a valuable bullpen piece for a contender to add.

Tommy Pham is only under contract for the remainder of this season and is on a very affordable deal. He’s been one of the few bright spots for the Mets this season, but that could also mean that other team would have interest in him. Pham is hitting .287 with 9 home runs and 34 RBIs. He can also play multiple outfield spots, so he could be a solid 4th outfielder for a contender.

Alright, what do you think? Who do you think will be selling and who do you think will be buying at the trade deadline? I’d also like you to chime in on the three teams I mentioned and let me know what you think they’ll do.

As always don’t forget to look for me on Twitter, I’m @Burketime.

Batting Order: 1. Tim Raines- LF 2.Marquis Grissom- CF 3. Vladimir Guerrero-RF 4. Bryce Harper-DH 5. Trea Turner-SS 6. Ryan Zimmerman-3B 7. Nick Johnson-1B 8. Gary Carter-C 9. Delino DeShields-2B

Bench: Wilson Ramos-C, Ron Fairly- 1B (RF) (LF) (CF), Ron Hunt-2B (3B), Orlando Cabrera-SS, Tim Wallach-3B, Moises Alou- LF (RF) (CF), Andre Dawson-RF (CF).

Starting Rotation: 1. Max Sherzer 2. Dennis Martinez 3. Javier Vazquez 4. Steve Rogers 5. Stephen Strasburg

Long Relievers: 1. Livan Hernandez 2. Gio Gonzalez 3. Tim Burke

Set-Up Man Tyler Clippard

Closer Jeff Readon

Batting Order: 1. Joe Morgan-2B 2. Barry Larkin- SS 3. Pete Rose-LF 4. Frank Robinson-RF 5. Joey Votto-1B 6. Johnny Bench-C 7. Tony Perez-DH 8. Heinie Groh- 3B 9. Vada Pinson- CF

Bench: Ernie Lombardi-C, Lonny Frey-2B (SS), Davey Concepcion-SS (2B) (3B), George Foster-LF (CF) (RF), Reggie Sanders-RF (LF) (CF), Edd Roush-CF, Cy Seymour-CF, P, (RF).

Starting Rotation: 1. Bucky Walters-TR 2. Eppa Rixey-TL 3. Jim Maloney-TR 4. Noodles Hahn- TL 5. Jose Rijo- TR

Long Relivers: 1. Johnny Cueto 2. Dolph Luque 3. Red Lucas 4. Cy Seymour

Set-Up man: Arnoldis Chapman

Closer John Franco

Let’s see your All-Time Reds lineup.

Batting Order: 1. George Sisler-DH 2. Brady Anderson-CF 3. Ken Williams-LF 4. Eddie Murray-1B 5. Cal Ripken Jr-SS 6. Ken Singleton- RF 7. Bobby Grich-2B 8. Brooks Robinson- 3B 9. Chris Hoiles-C.

Bench: Rick Dempsey- C, Del Pratt- 2B, Bobby Wallace-SS (3B), Manny Machado-3B (SS), Don Buford- LF (2B) (3B), Nick Markakis- RF, Paul Blair-CF.

Starting Rotation- TR 1. Jim Palmer 2. Urban Shocker 3. Mike Mussina 4. Milt Pappas 5. Ned Garver

Long Relievers: 1. Jack Powell 2. Harry Howell 3. Mike Boddicker

Set-Up man: Darren O’ Day

Closer: Stu Miller

Post your own All-Time Orioles lineup.