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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=440 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>Ken Rosenthal / FOXSports.com
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The package of players the Diamondbacks would receive is still in negotiation, but right-hander Jon Garland is high on Arizona's wish list, a second source said. It is not clear whether the White Sox would trade Garland.

The Diamondbacks also need a center fielder, and Chris Young, who played for the White Sox at Class AA last season, has been part of the discussions.

The Mets also are pursuing Vazquez, offering a package that likely would start with right-hander Kris Benson.

The Nationals' bid for Vazquez stalled when they traded one of the Diamondbacks' desired chips, outfielder Brad Wilkerson, to the Rangers for second baseman Alfonso Soriano.

Garland, 26, is a free agent at the end of next season, and given the inflation in the market, he figures to command a whopping contract.

He produced 18 regular-season wins and two postseason victories last season. He also has averaged more than 200 innings in four full seasons as a starter.

Vazquez, 29, will earn $11.5 million in 2006 and $12.5 million in '07, but the Diamondbacks received money when they acquired him from the Yankees, reducing their obligation by $3 million per season. One sticking point in the trade negotiations has been the Diamondbacks' insistence that Vazquez's new team pay his entire salary, enabling the D-Backs to keep the Yankees' money. The teams that want Vazquez would be more willing to part with better talent if they were paying him reduced salaries of $8.5 million and $9.5 million over the next two seasons.

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