Five deadline deals we could see

July, 31, 2011

7/31/11

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By Jim Bowden | ESPN.com

The 2011 trade deadline has arrived and the 30 major league clubs now have just a few more hours remaining to make one final trade that won’t require trade waivers. It’s the last chance for contending teams to make trades without any risk of getting blocked by other organizations.

This has been one of the busiest trade deadlines of recent memory, as we’ve seen contending clubs acquire the likes of All-Stars like Ubaldo Jimenez, Carlos Beltran and Hunter Pence while clubs that are now committed to rebuilding have acquired potential future stars like Colby Rasmus, Drew Pomeranz, Alex White, Zack Wheeler and Jarred Cosart.

The trading is not done, but here are five more deals that could be made today at the buzzer:

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Jim Bowden

Bowden, who served as the senior vice president and GM for the Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Nationals, is an analyst for ESPN.com. In 1992, Bowden became the youngest GM in MLB history when the Reds hired him at age 31. The Reds finished in first place twice during his 10 years as GM, and he was named MLB Executive of the Year by Baseball America in 1999. After working for ESPN in 2004, Bowden became the first GM of the Washington Nationals when the franchise relocated from Montreal to Washington, D.C., in 2005, working in that role until the 2009 season. Bowden co-hosts the "Inside Pitch" radio show on Sirius XM satellite radio. Follow on Twitter: @JimBowdenESPNxm.