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Jon Heyman of SI.com says that the Brewers will attempt to sign first baseman Prince Fielder to a long term contract this winter, and would only trade him if those talks go sour.

…he is the prototypical first baseman that the Mets should be interested in, but Fielder will command a kings ransom in any potential deal, and i worry that the Mets don’t have the type of players that the Brewers would be interested in to get a deal together…

Fielder finished the season hitting .299 with 46 home runs and 141 RBI, and played in all 162 games.

Meanwhile, according to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, Brewers GM Doug Melvin has already met with former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson about filling their pitching coach vacancy.

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Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune says that the chances of the Cardinals re-signing outfielder Matt Holliday are remote, saying that the impending free agency of first baseman Albert Pujols in two years is a big factor in the Cardinals not being able to retain his services.

In addition, Rogers says that the Brewers are telling teams that they do not plan to trade first baseman Prince Fielder during the off-season, rather they are looking to deal infielder J.J. Hardy for pitching help.

Finally, Rogers believes that the likely bidders in the John Lackey sweepstakes will be the Red Sox, Yankees, Nationals, and Giants.

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