WHO: Wandy Rodriguez (Houston Astros left-handed starter).

WHY:  The guy has a 1.99 ERA, hardly walks anyone (13 walks in 54 innings) and is only 3-3 because he gets little run support from his mediocre teammates.

He's making a rather rotund $10 million this season - which, along with his age (33), might make Houston willing to deal him.

HOW HE WOULD HELP THE 2012 INDIANS: The guy has a 1.99 ERA, hardly walks anyone and would thrive on a team that hits better than Houston.

A team like the Indians.

If we're the Indians, we'd certainly need to give some thought to pursuing Rodriguez: in addition to making $10 million this season, he'll make $13 million in 2013.

But, in the end, we think Rodriguez would be worth the investment.

WHO: Former Indians righthanded starter Carl Pavano, now with Minnesota.

WHY:  Yes, he's currently 2-3.

Yes, Pavano has had some problems lately with a sore shoulder.

But he's also a proven, fairly reliable starter who rarely gives up walks (6 in 49 innnings so far).

And Pavano is pretty much guaranteed to give you 6 or 7 innings - every time he takes the ball.

HOW HE WOULD HELP THE 2012 INDIANS: Let's say the Indians make the playoffs:

Do you think an opponent would look forward to facing Ubaldo Jimenez, Derek Lowe, Justin Masterson and Pavano in a best-of-seven series?

Who: Paul Maholm (Cubs left-handed starting pitcher).

Why: He's pitching extremely well (4-2) for a Cubs team that won't be a contender this year. And while he's not known as a strikeout pitcher, he nearly has a 2:1 ratio of strikeouts (22) to walks (12).

How He Would Help The Indians: Maholm is a solid, proven left-handed starter who relies on off-speed pitching.

He'd be a perfect addition to an Indians rotation that's heavily right-handed.

And Maholm is making a reasonable $4.25 million this season.

He'd be a cost-effective addition for the Indians - and put them one step closer to playing post-season ball in October.

Does anyone ELSE out there like the idea of the Browns:

a. trading away one current quarterback (Colt McCoy);

b. dumping another current one (Seneca Wallace);

c. signing veteran QB Donovan McNabb (who's available, lighter and drawing raves from his old coach);

d. reuniting McNabb with Browns offensive coordinator Brad Childress (McNabb's former OC in Philadelphia);

e. giving McNabb a fair, legitimate chance to push Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden for the starting QB job - as long as McNabb agrees to selflessly accept a backup role, if necessary?

Well, Junkyard sure likes the idea!