What It Means:

Sabathia has the ability to block any trade he wants, which makes trying to acquire him a more difficult. Cashner is probably more likely to be traded by the deadline and it might happen before his next start. Both pitchers will be free agents this winter, so any team that trades for them will be getting a two-month rental if they can't re-sign them after the season.

Sabathia is having a solid bounce back season with a 4.04 ERA and 1.38 WHIP across 100 1/3 innings. Cashner owns a 4.79 ERA and an 18.83 strikeout rate over 73 1/3 innings this year.