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Odds and Ends: Gregg, Howard, Shingo, Valentin, Ankiel

Some loose ends and links from today...

• Closer Kevin Gregg is the highest-paid Marlin at $2.5MM.  Quick!  Trade him!
• Ryan Howard and the Phillies submitted salary figures: Howard wants $10MM, the Phillies want to pay him $7MM.  If they can't meet in the middle then an independent arbitrator will pick one of the two amounts next month.  MLB.com has a handy table showing all the figures submitted today by players and teams.
• Fun fact, the Cubs signed Shingo Takatsu.  He's 39 now; he saved 19 games for the '04 White Sox.  He had a 6.17 ERA in 23 innings in Japan last year though.  Mr. Zero is the all-time saves leader in Japan.
• Jose Valentin's minor league deal was announced today.  The free agent market is pretty much barren of middle infielders now.
• The Cardinals and Rick Ankiel agreed on $900K plus another $100K in incentives for '08.  He was an oddball case without comparables given his career progression.
• The Royals appear to be done this offseason.

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