Blue Jays: A few teams that could use Danny Jansen on their roster

Colorado Rockies

While they may not be the last-placed team in the NL West (the Arizona Diamondbacks take that title), the Colorado Rockies are in a peculiar position as the season marches on towards the trade deadline.

They have their best player in Trevor Story heading towards free agency at the end of season and do not appear to be willing to deal one of their top starters in German Marquez. The Rockies should have some players available like Story, RHP Jon Gray, 1B C.J. Cron, and RHP Mychal Givens, with the Blue Jays most likely interested in their pitching corps rather than Cron or an outfielder. They could go after Story but he would most likely command a significant amount of prospect capital in return, a risky move considering he is a rental player with his looming free-agent status.

Danny Jansen would fill a need at the catching position for the Rockies, as their top catching prospect in Drew Romo is year’s away from knocking on the major league door. They currently feature Elias Diaz and Dom Nunez behind the plate, and while Diaz has been playing well as of late, Jansen has two more years of abritation over the current Rockies starting catcher. This would benefit the club if they truly decide to head towards a rebuild, something that the team has not appeared to embrace as of yet.

In return, the Rockies feature some solid arms in that would be a significant upgrade in the bullpen like Givens or Daniel Bard, but the Blue Jays could target Gray on a rental basis until the end of the season. Givens and Gray would be an upgrade to the pitching corps while Bard had a few outings in June that saw him give up a few earned runs and two blown saves. Bard would be a bit of a risky trade in terms of trying to improve the bullpen, but Givens should be the main target.