Saying his deal is up is not completely accurate. He has his final year of arby eligible next year and won't be a free agent until 2016. So to rid yourself of Gallardo's $13M and acquire Price's $16M estimate in 2015 (he made $14M in 2014), isn't exactly the way the Brewers do business. Having lived in Tampa and having followed the Rays closely from 1998-2007; 2009-2013, I can tell you that isn't how they do business either. There is no way that Friedman is going to trade away 1.5 years of Price and take on Gallardo for $3M less to simply acquire marginal pitching talent and a prospective power bat. Friedman typically acquires one thing and it's young, controllable, can't miss starting pitching. It's to a fault and it shows. They don't acquire the bats they need and it's why they aren't more successful. I realize there takes culpability that I'm not insinuating was even there, but the Rays could/should have acquired Prince Fielder for Jeremy Hellickson in 2010, but they just won't part with their starting pitching. I don't have a pulse on the long term for Price, but I'd put the odds at 1% that he gets traded in 2014. IF the Rays are in the same position in June 2015 that they are now, I think they will trade him. Unfortunately, I don't think the Brewers have enough of what they want. Young, controllable, CAN'T MISS, starting pitchers.