For all those teams desperately looking for pitching, the Mets are prepared to trade a pitcher in the right deal.

For us to fill a catching hole, we had to trade a pitcher.

He indicated that a trade could involve trading a pitcher to improve a spot in the Mets' rotation or bullpen.

A team that's going to trade a good pitcher here is probably going to say, 'We don't want to take an older player.'

Given the crowded state of the starting corps, the Braves are prepared to trade a pitcher.

Maybe they're going to trade a pitcher.

It would be tough to trade a front-line pitcher.

They traded a good young pitcher, Stan Bahnsen, for him, and lived to regret it.

"How are you going to trade a pitcher coming off double arm surgery?"

"But when you can trade a young unproven pitcher for an everyday player, you do it every time."