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Odds and Ends: Kielty, Ellis, Bonds, Poreda

Time to for today's link collection.

• The Twins signed Bobby Kielty to a minor league deal.  The former Twin was released by the Red Sox in July.  When he's going good, he can hit lefties pretty well.
• Peter Magowan is glad the Giants didn't successfully pull off an attempted trade for Manny Ramirez before the '07 season.  However, as Henry Schulman notes, that might've prevented the Barry Zito contract.
• The Reds haven't talked to the agents for any of their potential free agents, and no decision has been made on Adam Dunn.
• Susan Slusser wonders if the D'Backs will try to acquire second baseman Mark Ellis in the wake of Orlando Hudson's season-ending injury, though manager Bob Melvin does not expect an acquisition.
• It's a moot point since they're not interested, but Astros manager Cecil Cooper would quit if the team signed Barry Bonds.
• Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune notes that the Rockies asked for '07 first-rounder Aaron Poreda for Brian Fuentes.  Instead, Rogers believes he could get a big-league look.
• Ken Davidoff talks to agent Joe Bick about how Brian Giles went about choosing the teams on his no-trade list.
• The Rangers made their first Korean amateur signing, inking a high school righty named Tae-kyeong Ahn.  They also signed Dominican outfielder Esdras Abreu, among others.

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