FILE - In this May 13, 2017, file photo, Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray, center, is greeted in the dugout before the team's baseball game against the Texas Rangers, in Arlington, Texas. As the hours tick down to baseball's trade deadline, three standout pitchers remain at the center of attention. Sonny Gray, Justin Verlander and Yu Darvish each have the potential to help a contending team down the stretch, and if any of them are traded Monday, July 31, 2017, it would certainly spice up what has been a fairly pedestrian stretch of deals so far. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)