Giants notes: Chapman deal unlikely, other trade news, Royals respond to Cueto and lineup

Chapman deal unlikely, other trade news, Royals respond to Cueto and lineup NEW YORK - Aroldis Chapman very well might have thrown his final pitch as a Yankee on Saturday when he retired Denard Span on a fly to left to end the 10th inning. The Giants are getting radio silence from general manager Brian Cashman, so it seems the Yankees have narrowed their list of potential trade partners, with the Giants not appearing. Cashman's lack of communication with the Giants seems to back that. [...] the Yankees apparently have not even submitted names of players they might want in return. With eight days to go before the deadline, the Giants are still casting a wide net for impact relievers, but they still face Neiman-Marcus asking prices, hoping teams will be more realistic as the deadline approaches. The Phillies likely will try to deal former Diamondbacks reliever David Hernandez. The Giants have looked into him, too, but he does not seem to be the impact guy who fits their wish list. [...] unlike the Yankees, the Brewers seem to feel there could be a match. [...] I began hearing in the middle of the week that the Brewers are trying to tie their relievers to bigger pieces they want to deal. In other words, they want to package guys like Jeffress with catcher Jonathan Lucroy and/or left fielder Ryan Braun, neither of whom the Giants want. Street's best days might be behind him, but he knows the National League West well, and the Giants are not shying away from talks with division rivals. Furthermore, the Giants are awaiting word from some teams still undecided on being sellers, such as the Royals and Pirates. While the Giants are shopping in that part of Florida, they could ask about Rays closer Alex Colome, who had a rough night in Oakland on Friday. A Royals spokesman said the arrangements were difficult to make because the White Hosue kept floating different dates that President Obama might br available and did not announce the actual date until a week before they went. The club needed to devise a plan in advance to decide who would go and not go and get those folks cleared through the Secret Service in advance. The Royals came up with critiera before they learned the date and decided they would take only players who were on the team all of 2015, were on the active postseason roster and not on another team in 2016.