The Brewers have been reportedly shopping their shortstops, with Class AAA Nashville shortstop Alcides Escobar or shortstop J.J. Hardy rumored to be going to the Seattle Mariners, though the Mariners acquired shortstop Jack Wilson from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Hardy and Escobar are aware of the gossip, and Escobar even sent Hardy a text message jokingly asking which shortstop would be traded. "There's nothing I can do but go out and play," Hardy said. "Seattle made sense to me because they needed a shortstop and we needed pitching. That was one of the rumors I heard a little more than the others."