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A few Sunday links to peruse....
Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports ranks his top 20 free agent starting pitchers not named John Lackey .
Jonah Keri of The New York Times warns the Yankees against getting complacent, outlining why the team needs to get younger.
Within a piece focusing on Clay ...
Baseball
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Seattle Mariners
Boston Red Sox
Washington Nationals
Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times has the latest on the Rays' offseason plans. The highlights:
The Rays are said to be interested in discussing a long-term extension with Carl Crawford . If the team does decide to move him, however, the Mets and Braves have expressed interest.
The ...
Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
Carl Crawford
New York Mets
Atlanta Braves
Chicago White Sox
B.J. Upton
The Oakland Athletics have signed Dallas McPherson to a minor league contract, according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com . McPherson, drafted by the Angels in the second round of the 2001 draft, was once considered an elite prospect, but injuries and strikeout woes have slowed him in recent ...
Baseball
Oakland Athletics
Dallas McPherson
Los Angeles Angels
In his usual Sunday morning column for the Boston Globe , Nick Cafardo passes on some hot stove talk from around the majors. Let's check out the highlights....
The fate of John Lackey could potentially affect the offseason plans of each of the AL East powers. Both the Yankees and Red Sox have ...
Baseball
John Lackey
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Clay Buchholz
Adrian Gonzalez
Phil Hughes
Bill Madden of the New York Daily News doesn't expect the New York Mets to make too big a splash in free agency this winter. Madden notes that a left-handed hitter and a couple of starting pitchers are "absolute necessities" for the Mets, but he projects they'll only have about $20MM to spend. ...
Baseball
New York Mets
Matt Holliday
Jason Bay
Kansas City Royals
John Lackey
Jose Guillen
The Orioles are positioned to be buyers in free agency, according to Jeff Zrebiec and Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun . GM Andy MacPhail says that the club is looking to spend this offseason, but there remains some skepticism in Baltimore as to whether owner Peter Angelos will be willing to ...
Baseball
Baltimore Orioles
Matt Holliday
Jason Bay
Adrian Beltre
Pedro Feliz
Melvin Mora
The Indians are not likely to deal Kerry Wood this winter, writes Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports . In order to trade the 32-year-old, Cleveland would have to eat a significant portion of his $10.5MM salary. Even then, Wood's value is not quite as high as it could be with the ...
Baseball
Kerry Wood
Cleveland Indians
The Kansas City Star reports that Royals relievers Doug Waechter and Devon Lowery have elected to become free agents rather than accept demotions to the club's Triple-A affiliate. Waechter posted a 3.69 ERA and 6.5 K/9 in 48 appearances with the Marlins in 2008. However, the 28-year-old ...
Baseball
Kansas City Royals
Dwight Lowery
Doug Waechter
Devon Lowery
Doug Free
Florida Marlins
Some Saturday night links:
MLB.com's Jordan Bastian ( via Twitter ) says that Roy Halladay 's reported unwillingness to stay in Toronto is less than shocking and speculates that his time with the Blue Jays is nearing its end.
Mark Teahen 's flexibility could open up some interesting ...
Baseball
Mark Teahen
Roy Halladay
Toronto Blue Jays
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Jeff Karstens
Recently re-signed GM Brian Sabean has his work cut out for him this offseason. Harry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle brings us the latest on the Giants offseason:
Giants brass are discussing whether or not they feel Buster Posey will be ready to play in the majors at the start of ...
Baseball
Bengie Molina
Dan Uggla
Brian Sabean
Freddy Sanchez
Nick Johnson
Buster Davis
Links for Saturday afternoon ...
Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily News spoke with a baseball executive who believes the Yankees will wind up with Aroldis Chapman . " My bet is that it'll come down to the Yankees and Red Sox, like it always does..." said the executive. " And I think ...
Baseball
Chicago Cubs
Matt Holliday
Johnny Damon
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Milton Bradley
Jon Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer gathered a few bits of information Saturday from Reds general manager Walt Jocketty:
The Reds have made an offer to Laynce Nix , who was outrighted off the 40-man roster this week and elected free agency. Jocketty believes he "may take it" but first ...
Baseball
Cincinnati Reds
Walt Jocketty
Laynce Nix
Jonny Gomes
Gomes
Blue Jays CEO Paul Beeston told George King III of the New York Post that ace Roy Halladay "is not inclined to sign" with Toronto if he hits free agency.
Baseball
Roy Halladay
Toronto Blue Jays
According to Japan's Nikkan Sports, via Patrick Newman's NPB Tracker , free agent right-hander Jose Contreras may be seriously considering a move to Japan. Contreras is heading across the Pacific next week to set his 16-year-old son up in a Japanese exchange program. He might also be looking ...
Baseball
Jose Contreras
A few links to start the day...
The NY Post's Bart Hubbuch reports that the rumored three-way deal involving Milton Bradley , Kevin Millwood and Luis Castillo "isn't happening because the Rangers aren't interested in giving up Millwood so easily." He also mentions that the Mets aren't ...
Baseball
Chicago Cubs
Matt Holliday
Johnny Damon
Milton Bradley
Kevin Millwood
Luis Castillo
Aroldis Chapman has dropped Athletes Premier International as his agents, according to ESPN's Jorge Arangure Jr . API has confirmed the move.
Other
SATURDAY 10:45pm: Citing a source close to the situation, Brown says the deal looked "highly unlikely" as of last night.
FRIDAY 8:26pm: Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports tweets that the Dodgers and Blue Jays are once again discussing Roy Halladay . Earlier today we learned that Toronto GM Alex ...
Baseball
Roy Halladay
Los Angeles Dodgers
Toronto Blue Jays
Tim Brown
Chicago Cubs
Jason Bay rejected Boston's contract offer of four years and close to $60MM two days ago, and now it seems the Red Sox maybe be looking to alternatives. SI.com's Jon Heyman tweets that even though the team plans to keep in touch with Bay, " competing execs believe they're looking at hard at ...
Baseball
Jason Bay
Boston Red Sox
Matt Holliday
MLB.com's Dick Kaegel mentions that the Royals have re-signed catcher Vance Wilson to a minor league contract. The 33-year-old Wilson hit .270/.342/.461 in 229 plate appearances with Kansas City's Double-A affiliate in 2009 after not playing at all in 2008 due to injury. He last played in the ...
Baseball
Kansas City Royals
Vance Wilson
Friday was the deadline for teams to set their 40-man roster for next month's Rule 5 Draft, and MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch reports that the Pirates cleared up two spots for prospects by designating Robinzon Diaz and Justin Thomas for assignment. They also designated Jeff Karstens for ...
