According to a source close to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports, Toronto Blue Jays’ first baseman Lyle Overbay has cleared trade waivers, and he may be a good fit for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Morosi says Rays’ general manager Andrew Friedman must add a hitter via trade this month if the team wants to win the World Series. A true leadoff man would be helpful, but anybody that has the capability of “walking, hitting and running” such as Overbay would do.

Friedman is not shy to trade in August. In 2008 he added Chad Bradford and in August 2009 he traded former ace Scott Kazmir. If the Rays want to overcome their AL East deficit of 1 1/2 games or improve on their Wild Card lead of 3 1/2 games then they may want to start being aggressive on the trade front.

Overbay, 33, is hitting .250/.329/.422 with 13 home runs and 45 RBIs for the Blue Jays this year. He’ll make $7 million in the final year of his four-year contract this season, so should the Rays acquire him, they would be responsible for about $2 million.