M's Scouting White Sox Pitchers

An online Chicago sports website reported that the Mariners have been scouting the White Sox pitchers. The M's portion of the article can be seen below.

"Among the representatives in attendance at Fenway Park was Seattle special assistant Dan Evans. The Mariners are looking for pitching and Sox starter Javier Vazquez (7-5) won his fourth consecutive decision by pitching 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball. Vazquez, however, has a no-trade clause to the nine teams in the NL West and AL West and would prefer to stay with the Sox." -- http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/cs-070719soxgamer,1,7409340.story?coll=cs-whitesox-headlines

My guess is that Evans has been watching a few White Sox games up close, as the disgruntled Chi-Sox have been the center of trade chatter to this point. After the hurly-Buehrle was over, and the left-handed ace signed a contract extension, the focus shifted to starters Javier Vazquez, Jose Contreras, and Jon Garland. My thought is that one of these three will be dealt, probably Contreras or Vazquez. If the Mariners management is indeed trying to add a front line starter like we have heard they are (Contreras and Vazquez are second line to me), its comforting to know that there atleast is a backup plan that we can fall back on.