Bud Norris rumors: Pirates, Orioles, D'backs in touch

By Justin Bopp@justinbopp Jul 31, 2013, 2:46pm EDT

Several teams are closing in on a potential Bud Norris trade with the Astros, reports Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports:

Finally some movement on Norris: #Pirates, #Orioles, #DBacks in touch with #Astros, talks have accelerated in last hour.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 31, 2013

Only moments earlier Jayson Stark of ESPN suggested that the trade chances were up around 75%, whatever that means:

Now hearing chances of Bud Norris getting traded today are up to about 75 percent. But not there yet. Multiple teams still in it.
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) July 31, 2013

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Earlier, Danny Knobler of CBS suggested the Rangers are interested and might even use him to flip for a hitter.
Jeff Passan of Yahoo says the Pirates still have enough to deal for Norris.
The D'backs are calling a potential Norris deal a "distant maybe," according to Jon Heyman of CBS.

The Astros scratched Norris from today's start, just in case. We'll see.

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