The three-year, $30 million contract signed by Raul Ibanez and the Phillies, should put a ceiling on contracts for Adam Dunn, Bobby Abreu, Milton Bradley and Pat Burrell, among other outfielders, explains Mark Topkin in the St. Petersburg Times.
Speaking of right-handed hitting corner outfielder, the Royals may have to trade OF Jose Guillen, if they end up [...]

According to Jon Heyman at SI.com, the Royals are quietly shopping righthanded-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen.
In an October report for the New York Post, Joel Sherman wrote that the Mets will probably have to ‘take on another headache,’ if they want to trade Luis Castillo to another team.
According to Sherman, citing an executive familiar with the [...]

In report last wek in the New York Post, Joel Sherman wrote that the Mets will probably have to ‘take on another headache,’ if they want to trade Luis Castillo to another team.
According to Sherman, citing an executive familiar with the talks, “The Mets and Royals had discussions in July about swapping expensive malcontent outfielder Jose Guillen [...]

In report on Sunday in the New York Post, Joel Sherman wrote that the Mets will probably have to ‘take on another headache,’ if they want to trade Luis Castillo to another team.
According to Sherman, citing an executive familiar with the talks, “The Mets and Royals had discussions in July about swapping expensive malcontent outfielder [...]

Speaking of outfielders, yesterday on ESPN.com, citing a ‘source,’ Enrique Rojas wrote, “Jose Guillen wants out of Kansas City pronto.”
According to Rojas’s source, Guillen and his team’s manager are not on ‘speaking terms,’ ‘and he would do anything he can in economic terms to ease his way out of Kansas City.’
However, Guillen later told the Kansas City [...]

Earlier tonight, Ken Rosenthal, among others, reported that the Royals were on the verge of agreeing to a three-year deal with free agent OF Jose Guillen.
However, according to the Kansas City Star, negotiations between Kansas City and Guillen have stalled, and the Royals have begun showing interest in fellow free agent OF Andruw Jones.
Guillen is seeking a four-year deal, [...]

According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, citing ‘some people,’ Mets GM Omar Minaya is interested in signing free-agent OF Jose Guillen if he trades Lastings Milledge or Carlos Gomez, while others say Minaya is not interested in Guillen at all.
…in other news, i like peanuts, but i do not like peanut butter…
Guillen hit .290 with 23 [...]

Over at the Daily News, beat writer Adam Rubin posts an e-mail he received from a source in the Dominican, where GM Omar Minaya has spent the last few days watching winter league ball.
Two notes of interest:
“He was interviewed Sunday and he said that he was watching Carlos Gómez (who is going to get married [...]

According to MLB.com, Mariners OF Jose Guillen will ‘probably’ terminate his contract and become a free agent.
Guillen hit .290 with 23 HR and 99 RBI this past season.
…it’s one thing to want the Mets to acquire more fire and passion, but the Mets should not do so by bringing in an absolute loose canon…i will never trust [...]