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Odds and Ends: Mantei, Foulke, Cairo, Guardado

Here are this morning's random rumors and links.

• Matt Mantei will throw for the Tigers this week, and hopes to get a minor league deal.  The 34 year-old hasn't pitched in the bigs since 2005 for Boston.
• The D'Backs will watch Keith Foulke throw later this month as he attempts his comeback after a year off.  The Indians and Red Sox are other teams Foulke may have special interest in.
• The Mariners signed Miguel Cairo in an effort to push incumbent second baseman Jose Lopez.  Cairo has a career line of .267/.315/.367, while Lopez is at .261/.295/.379.  Cairo is the lesser of two evils, I guess.
• Andy MacPhail is talking about (or at least posturing that) he's going to start looking to fill holes via free agency since he's not getting the right trade offers.  I imagine Octavio Dotel is still on the Orioles' radar to close.
• The Rangers were close to signing Eddie Guardado in December, and now they're...still close.

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