Mark Brown/Getty ImagesThe San Francisco Giants have reportedly contacted the New York Yankees about a trade for outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury Cal Ripken Jersey , according to Buster Olney of ESPN.The 35-year-old missed all of 2018 and is owed about $48 million in his monster contract, so the Yankees would love to get rid of him if possible. However, Olney reported the most likely situation would be a swap of bad contracts.Veteran pitcher Johnny Cueto was listed as a possibility in a trade.The 32-year-old is coming off Tommy John surgery and is set to make more than $21 million in each of the next three seasons with a $22 million option for 2022. However, his team will recuperate some of that money from insurance for as long as he is out.Cueto has also shown more recently he can be an impact player, posting a 3.23 ERA in nine starts before his season-ending surgery in 2018. He also finishedsixth in Cy Young voting in 2016 after earning an All-Star selection.Ellsbury hasn't been an All-Star since 2011 and has been mostly a disappointment since signing a seven-year, $153 million deal with the Yankees before the 2014 season. He hit .264 with seven home runs and 22 stolen bases in 112 games in 2017 before a hip injury cost him all of last season.General manager Brian Cashman said in October that Ellsbury"is supposed to be fully recovered" by Opening Day http://www.oriolesfanproshop.com/authentic-j.j.-hardy-jersey , via Brian Hoch of the team'sofficial site.The Giants鈥攚ho are in need of outfield depth鈥攃ould take a chance that the 35-year-old is back to full strength and can make a positive impact at the plate, in the field and on the basepaths.Ellsbury is set to make about $21.1 million in each of the next two years with a $5 million buyout in 2021 if his option is not picked up. SAN DIEGO — The Colorado Rockies did not lose any ground in the National League West race Friday night despite a second straight loss to the cellar-dwelling Padres.But they did lose a position in the three-way National League West race. And climbing over two teams to get back to first can be more difficult than making up the deficit now that the Rockies are 1 1/2 games out of the National League West lead.However, the first order of business is getting a win against the Padres, who crushed the Rockies 7-0 Friday night after scoring a 3-2, 13-inning walk-off win in Thursday’s opener of the four-game series at Petco Park.Article continues below ...The Rockies go into Saturday night’s game in San Diego having lost four of their last five games to tumble from a tie for first to third place in the division. They are looking up at first-place Arizona and the Dodgers in the standings — and the set at San Diego might be remembered as a pivotal series for the Rockies unless they battle back for a split.And while the Dodgers and Diamondbacks both already have double-digit wins against the Padres with a series remaining, the Rockies are only 9-8 against a team that was on pace to lose 100 games before their current four-game winning streak started Tuesday.The Rockies will be sending right-hander Jon Gray (10-7 Jim Palmer Jersey , 4.67 ERA) to the mound Saturday night in a pairing against Padres’ left-hander Robbie Erlin (3-4, 3.69). Erlin happens to be the only non-rookie in the Padres rotation at the moment.Gray had a no-decision last Monday in Colorado’s 10-7, interleague loss to the Angels in Anaheim. He gave up five runs and seven hits over six innings in that game.That broke a streak of nine straight wins by the Rockies in games started by Gray dating back to June 22. Gray was 4-0 with a 3.02 ERA in those starts. The Rockies have also won four of five starts since Gray returned from Triple-A Albuquerque on Aug. 5.Gray has had success against the Padres. He is 7-3 with a 2.67 ERA in 14 career starts against the Padres, and Gray is 3-1 this season against the Padres with a 3.33 ERA in four starts. Gray is 3-2 with a 2.57 ERA in six career starts at Petco Park, giving up 10 earned runs in 35 innings.Gray has pitched better in the rarified air of Coors Field this season than he has on the road. He is 6-3 at home with a 4.56 ERA in 12 starts with an opponents’ batting average of .263. On the road he is 4-4 with a 4.95 ERA in 13 starts.Erlin will be making his 35th appearance of the season and his eighth start. He is 2-1 with a 4.21 ERA since returning to the rotation on Aug. 2.Erlin has already made six appearances against the Rockies this season, but only one start. That start came on Aug. 21 at Coors Field when he held Colorado to three runs on five hits and no walks with six strikeouts over five innings to get the win.Overall Mark Trumbo Jersey , Erlin is 2-0 with a 2.61 ERA against the Rockies this season, and he is 4-2 with 6.06 ERA in 12 career appearances (five starts) against them.