Rockie time: Teams that have been monitoring the waiver wire keep asking: Where are all the Rockies? From all accounts, not one player Colorado was dangling in July has been placed on waivers this month. But that actually stands to reason in this team's case.
It makes sense for the Rockies to wait as long as possible to determine whether they're contenders. Plus, baseball men who have done a lot of business with GM Dan O'Dowd say his normal August M.O. is not to place his biggest chips on waivers until near the end of the month, because he feels that's a time teams claim players to make a deal, not to block a deal.
So it should be at least a week until the next Brian Fuentes Watch erupts. But when Fuentes does hit that wire, file this away: It's believed that the team that came closest to dealing for him in July was the Cardinals -- with Colorado targeting left-hander Jaime Garcia.
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