The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting that the Padres have reached an agreement with OF Brian Giles on a 3-year contract which guarantees him $30 million. Additionally, the Padres hold a club option for the 2009 season at another $9 million against a $3 million buyout. Giles has the potential to make $36 million if the option is [...]

At Gotham Baseball, Mark Healey writes that the Yankees and Cardinals are discussing a deal centered on OF Jim Edmonds…
Healey also notes that the Giants will look to rekindle talks with the Mets regarding a swap of 2B Kaz Matsui and 2B-3B-1B Edgardo Alfonso…
…fonzi would be a nice fit for the mets at this point…if the mets [...]

If you’re online and looking for some great baseball conversation, check out Joe McDonald’s Pro Baseball Central radio program at 8:00 PM EDT…
Tonight at Pro Baseball Central, Joe is joined by Bob Klapisch of the Bergen Record and Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post…
…i’ll be listening joe…and great guest list…

At FOXSports.com, Ken Rosenthal wonders if the Angels will now use the money they earmarked for Paul Konerko to acquire Red Sox OF Manny Ramirez…
Rosenthal suggests they Angels could send the Sox a variety of players, such as 1B Darin Erstad, 2B Adam Kennedy, OF Steve Finley, as well one or two top prospects…
…the angels really are [...]

Many of you have emailed and asked a question similar to the following…
“How does a team go about getting a draft pick as compensation for losing a free-agent to another team?”…

Nobody can answer a question like this better than Jim Callis at Baseball America…
He addressed this very issue a few weeks ago at AskBA…
…i just [...]

Metstradamus thanks Mets GM Omar Minaya for the generic email sent following the signing of Billy Wagner…
Metstradamus then addresses a few issues of his own…

According to Mets.com’s Marty Noble, the team does not plan to trade P Aaron Heilman or OF prospect Lastings Milledge.
…noble spells out the reasons why, with one stating that the marlins asked for both heilman and milledge in the trade for carlos delgado, with omar minaya refusing to part with either…
…this means that if the mets do try and acquire [...]

For Red Sox fans who want OF Manny Ramirez to remain in Boston, sign the petition at KeepManny.com…
…i suppose a mets fan that doesn’t want him could sign it, too…or a fan of a team in the national league, not named the mets, who doesn’t want to face him could sign it, too…

The talking point around baseball is that the Mets have turned into the Yankees, and are spending money like water.  A local talk show described the team’s payroll as “sky-rocketing,” from where it stood last season…
From reading websites and newspapers, and listening to talk radio, the conveyed message is that the Mets have written countless [...]

1B Paul Konerko has agreed to a five-year deal with the White Sox…
…smart move, by both parties…

According to David O’Brien, in the Atlanta Journal-Consitition, free-agent SS Rafael Furcal is leaning toward signing with the Cubs…
…buzz around furcal is that he hopes to make a final decision by the end of the week…

At FlushingsFuture.com, Jordan and Chris post a revised Top 20 Mets Prospects list, post Yusmiero Petit and Mike Jacobs, who were sent to the Marlins for Carlos Delgado…
Jordan and Chris list OF Lastings Milledge as the organization’s top prospect, followed by RHP Mike Pelfrey, who has yet to even sign with the club…
…if you’re interested [...]

The St. Louis Dispatch writes that the Mets are the leading contendor for free-agent 2B Mark Grudzielanek…
…first mientkiewicz, now this name…damn…
Grudzielanek has hit 10 or more home runs in a season only once, and that was five years ago.  His batting average and OBP has declined each of the last three seasons.  He will, however, [...]

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, talks between the Phillies and FA reliever Tom Gordon have reached a serious stage.
…gordon wants a three-year deal, the fightin’ phils prefer a two-year.  the yanks have also offered a two-year deal, but to return at mo rivera’s set up man…
…at 38 years old, flash has a big decision to make: [...]

Though the Mets hope to have a new catcher by the start of the Winter Meetings, Michael Morrisey of the New York Post quotes a source as saying nothing is imminent…
…the buzz around shea is that each offer made to C Ramon Hernandez and C Benjie Molina have yet to even be countered, a process [...]