Rumor Mill: Dodgers have Parnell on the trade radar??

According to John Heyman of CBS Sports,  sources suggest the Dodgers are considering a variety of relievers, and could also make a play for either Indians closer Chris Perez or Mets reliever Bobby Parnell instead of  Pirates Closer Hanrahan (Red Sox also have interest).

The Pirates are willing to consider trading Hanrahan, as they have re-signed Jason Grilli, who could close. The bullpen has been a Pirates strength in recent years.


The Dodgers would prefer a left-hander, but many of their best choices appear to be right-handers -- including Hanrahan, Perez and Parnell.

OF Andre Ethier has been mentioned on the block. Can the Mets pull of a deal with the Dodgers??? Is he a right handed hitting power hitter?  No, but it is a power threat and he is in the prime of his career..

Ethier's Stats:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA
2006	24	LAD	NL	126	441	396	50	122	20	7	11	55	5	5	34	77	.308
2007	25	LAD	NL	153	507	447	50	127	32	2	13	64	0	4	46	68	.284
2008	26	LAD	NL	141	596	525	90	160	38	5	20	77	6	3	59	88	.305
2009	27	LAD	NL	160	685	596	92	162	42	3	31	106	6	4	72	116	.272
2010	28	LAD	NL	139	585	517	71	151	33	1	23	82	2	1	59	102	.292
2011	29	LAD	NL	135	551	487	67	142	30	0	11	62	0	1	58	103	.292
2012	30	LAD	NL	149	618	556	79	158	36	1	20	89	2	2	50	124	.284
7 Yrs				1003	3983	3524	499	1022	231	19	129	535	21	20	378	678	.290
162 Game Avg.				162	643	569	81	165	37	3	21	86	3	3	61	110	.290

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/20/2012.

Ethier is set to make $10.9 Million and is under contract to 2017.. Click Here for more

Starters RHP Aaron Harang and LHP Chris Cappuano have been also mentioned available... The Mets do need starting pitching help , especially in the 5th spot of the rotation..