Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Winter Meetings heating up

  • Don't punch Johan Santana's ticket to Boston just yet. The Angels are reportedly making a push for the left-hander, and they may offer a package including Jered Weaver and Brandon Wood among others. Boston's offer is much less talent-laden, consisting of Jon Lester, Coco Crisp, and some minor-leaguers, namely Jed Lowrie and Justin Masterson.
  • The Yankees have closed the door on the Santana talks, according to a high-ranking New York official.
  • Despite previous reports, the Marlins and Angels are still not close on a deal for Miguel Cabrera. Los Angeles is still refusing to give Florida the players it wants, and the Marlins will not budge on their demands. It's looking more and more each day like the 24-year old slugger will be a Marlin in 2008. The Angels seem to be turning their attention to Santana.
  • The Dodgers are very interested in Erik Bedard and may offer up Matt Kemp and Jonathan Broxton for the lefty.
  • Atlanta has offered Kansas City left-handed starter Chuck James for David DeJesus.
  • The Diamondbacks are very interested in Danny Haren and would be willing to offer top prospect Carlos Gonzalez and first baseman Conor Jackson. Arizona and Oakland have had talks regarding this today.
  • St. Louis is aggressively shopping young starter Anthony Reyes and have talked to several teams about him, including the Indians. Cleveland would be willing to send Cliff Lee and another player over to the Cardinals for the 26-year old.
  • The Royals seem to have interest in Sammy Sosa. Why?
  • Milwaukee is mulling over multiple options at third base, and it doesn't seem like such a sure thing that they will wind up with Scott Rolen anymore. They have interest in Joe Crede, Hank Blalock, Pedro Feliz, Miguel Tejada, and even the Dodgers' Andy LaRoche. I can't see Los Angeles trading him unless it's in a blockbuster deal, though.

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