The Dodgers have had contact with several teams as the Trade Deadline approaches, including the Mariners, Astros, Blue Jays, Indians and D-backs, a baseball source said.

Those teams fit in with the Dodgers’ pursuit of pitching, with Seattle’s Cliff Lee, Houston’s Roy Oswalt and Arizona’s Dan Haren some of the top names on the trade market.

“Unless something knocks your socks off or something makes sense, I think pitching is the area probably — starting and relieving,” manager Joe Torre said Tuesday. “Whatever will tighten up what we have now.”

With their payroll down the past two seasons, the Dodgers likely would only be able to acquire one premier player, most likely a pitcher. A baseball source said no deals appear imminent, with the non-waiver Trade Deadline on July 31.

Colletti is known for his wheeling and dealing during the season.  He has netted players such as Manny Ramirez, Casey Blake and George Sherrill in recent seasons.  But due to budget constraints, he has been forced to give up higher prospects such as Carlos Santana in exchange for the team paying part or all of the salary of the player they are obtaining.  The problem is the Dodgers do not have any prospects that are Major League ready.

Infomation from MLB.com was used in this article.

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