Braves Had Deal In Place For Bay, Still Have Interest

-MLB.com's Mark Bowman reports that the Braves had a deal on Friday for Jason Bay in exchange for four minor leaguers but the deal was nixed by Pirates ownership. There is still interest in Bay and two players that would likely get dealt are SS Brent Lillibridge, and OF Brandon Jones and two others including a pitcher would have to be included.
-The Seattle Times reports that the Mariners may wait until August or the offseason to dump Jarrod Washburn so that another team providing salary relief would not be held against the M's in negotiations. The M's are looking for salary relief and one of Melky Cabrera or Brett Gardner. A Washburn deal is now more likely to go down through waivers.