If winter is hot stove season in baseball, then hot grill season is nearly upon us with just six weeks to go until the trade deadline. The best way to prepare for that is to make sure that there are Myles Garrett Jersey plenty of charcoal briquettes handy for these purposes, the prospective sellers whose rosters will fuel hot rumors until the end of July. You can tell the best ones for burning because their seasons already have gone up in smoke.

The team with the worst record in baseball right now is the Rays, who were expected to be a contender but instead have dropped to 13 games out of first place in the American League East, and 10.5 games behind the second wild card spot (stats and standings are through Tuesday's games).

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On June 7, Rays manager Joe Maddon i sued a proclamation on Twitter: Our short term goal is to get to 50-50, then well take our chances. We need to go 26-11. Weve done that before standing on our heads. Since then, the Rays have gone 4-5. That means, in order to get to 50-50, Tampa Bay must win 22 of its next 28 games. So far this season, the best 28-game run by any team has belonged to the Blue Jays and the Rashard Higgins Jersey Tigers, each of whom had stretches where they went 21-7. The Rays did go 23-5 from late June to late July last year, so its not impo sible, but that also represents the best 28-game run in franchise history. As for Maddons initial comment: the Rays have had runs of 26-11 or better in 2004, 2008, 2010 and last year. Thats not exactly something youd say youve done while standing on your head, but its certainly become an even tougher task now.

As the circling vultures gather in anticipation of picking clean the carca s of a lost Rays season if Tampa Bay doesnt get things together in a hurry, here is a look at the players who should be trade targets from the Rays roster.

Position: SPAge: 28Contract Status: On a one-year, $14 million deal. Eligible for arbitration this winter, eligible for free agency after next season.Who should be interested: Everybody

The Rays are not obligated to trade Price, as they can bring him back Seth DeValve Jersey next year in hopes of competing for a title, but a big part of Tampa Bays model of sustainable succe s involves being willing to trade away star players to refresh the organization with young, cheap talent, like the James Shields trade that brought Wil Myers and Jake Odorizzi from Kansas City. So, while there will be interest from all corners, the suitors who would be willing and able to give up an appropriate package for at least a year and a half of Price would figure to be a select group.

Price has had disappointing results this year, with a 5-6 record and 3.93 ERA, and there have been some concerns about a dip in his velocity. An optimist would say that the left-hander is due to turn things around Prices 10.11 K/9 rate and 0.84 BB/9 rate represent career bests, while his FIP of 3.04 is right between last years 3.03 and his 3.05 from 2012. The rate of line drives hit against Price is down, but opponents BABIP against him is way up at .323 this year compared to a .284 career mark. The turnaround already may have started, as Price has struck out 37 batters over a streak of four consecutive quality starts.

Ben Zobrist (AP Photo)

Position: 2B (mostly)Age: 33Contract Status: Making $7 million this season, with a $7.5 million option for next year.Who should be interested: Cardinals, Giants, As, Royals, Braves, Orioles

The above-listed contending teams all have gotten an OPS of le s than .650 from their second basemen this year, while Zobrist is at .712, which would make him a significant upgrade for a playoff run. By Fangraphs measure, Zobrist is at 1.5 WAR this year, a little bit off the track that has made him a 5 WAR or better player in four of the Damarious Randall Jersey past five seasons. Zobrists ability to play pretty much every position on the field if nece sary is a bonus.

Zobrists $7.5 million option for next year is an argument both for the Rays to keep him, as hes cheap and good, but also to trade him, as the confluence of value and opportunity will never be more favorable. If youre the Rays, and you consider this a lost season, you have to ask yourself whether its better to have Jarvis Landry Jersey one more year of Zobrist before he hits free agency prior to his age 35 season, or to trade him and get younger, with a hope that 22-year-old Brett Ryan, the 2010 third-round pick who is hitting .296/.332/.452 in Double-A, can develop. Either way, with Zobrist aging, the Rays are coming to a cro sroads at second base in the near future. The return from a trade would make life easier.

Position: RPAge: 32Contract Status: On a one-year, $1.5 million deal, plus bonuses. Free agent this winter.Who should be interested: Lots of teams, but especially the Blue Jays.

Oviedo no longer throws as hard as the man who began his major league career as Leo Nunez, and on Monday night he got his first save since 2011, when he pitched for the Marlins. If the Rays want to boost Oviedos trade value, they can give him more save situations to work with over the next month and a half while the save is not quite valued the way it once was around baseball, showing an ability to close out games is something suitors would find attractive.

For all the Blue Jays succe s this year, the bullpen largely has been a me s, so bad that Steve Delabar an All-Star last year just got sent to the minors. The reason that Oviedo makes sense for Toronto is his low ground ball rate, which would be a boon on the artificial turf in Canada just as it has been on the fake gra s in Florida. Oviedo has a 2.31 ERA, 3.56 FIP, and a 5.02 xFIP, so theres definite danger of regre sion, but with Toronto also really needing to add a starting pitcher, Oviedo is someone who should be targeted Duke Johnson Jersey as a low-cost, experienced solution, especially given his low home run rate.