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Odds And Ends: Astros, Kawakami, Uehara, Giambi, Cabrera

By Coley Ward [November 29, 2008 at 3:39pm CST]

It's a lazy Saturday afternoon, but one gets the feeling there's a major signing or trade lurking right around the corner. In the meantime, here are some odds and ends:

Fox Sports' Jeff Moore looks back at the top trades of the past three offseasons. His number one? Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota to Boston for Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, Jesus Delgado and Harvey Garcia.
The Houston Chronicle's Richard Justice says everyone knows Astros owner Dayton McLane has told GM Ed Wade "to keep the payroll at around $100 million," but "to keep the current team together would mean a $120-million payroll." Justice says McLane should 'fess up about his financial shortcomings.
SI's John Donovan gives a shoutout to Cot's Baseball Contracts, which is most writers' go-to site for baseball contract info.
NPB Tracker, a site that reads Japanese baseball articles and distills them into bite-size English nuggets, says the Rangers are interested in Kenshin Kawakami, while Koji Uehara is practicing throwing a Major League ball (which is slightly larger than the ball they use in Japan).
DRays Bay wants the Rays to sign Jason Giambi.
MASN's Roch Kubatko says, "The Orioles still haven't decided what to do with pitcher Daniel Cabrera, but they have until Dec. 12 to figure it out. That's when they'll need to tender him a contract and risk going to arbitration, or turn him loose and hope he doesn't evolve into another Curt Schilling."

Coley Ward writes for Umpbump.com and can be reached here.

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I had no idea MLB balls were larger than Japanese baseballs...interesting...

Posted by: Dont Do That! | November 29, 2008 at 03:52 PM

Drayton McClane needs to open up his wallet or sell the team, because personally I don't think he knows all that much about baseball. He's not a good owner at all. I'm sick of his crap and he needs to sell the team. If he doesn't sell the team, then I'm going on a baseball strike next season.

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Posted by: averybear11 | November 29, 2008 at 04:36 PM

I though astros fans thought they were a playoff team last year? Also, the owner usually doesnt "run" the team, especially with an established GM. He usually is just used to OK deals and give the green light as far as money goes. The stros biggest problem is Bourne shouldnt be starting on an MLB team, especially not at the top of the order. Im not sure if thets Wade or McClanes faults.

Posted by: chicubs25 | November 29, 2008 at 05:38 PM

No, I'm saying that if McClane isn't willing to spend the money then he needs to sell the team. He's always saying that winning the World Series is his priority, but that's a bunch of bull. He only cares about making money and he lies to the fans constantly. He's a crappy Owner.

Posted by: averybear11 | November 29, 2008 at 05:55 PM

"He only cares about making money and he lies to the fans constantly"

And that's why he hired ed wade.

Posted by: mm | November 29, 2008 at 11:00 PM

Is there actually anyone who wouldn't call that the deal of the decade? Yes, the sox lost hanley ramirez. But they picked up one of the best power arms in baseball along with the guy who ended up the world series mvp.

Lowell was the guy the sox HAD to take off the marlins hands to make the beckett deal go through. I'd say lowell was a pretty sweet patsie! I dunno how I feel about trade talks this offseason for him. Youk/Teix is a much better offensive and even a little better defensive corners (teix and youk both 1/2 in AL at 1b). But at the same time. Mikey has done so much for Boston in his time there I couldn't stand to see him go anywhere. I hope he retires a Red Sox. It took him like 8 years of his career to find his place and boy did he do just that. Not to mention he's top 3 defensive 3b in baseball to go along with his 20 hr 100+ rbi healthy potential.

Posted by: Santana/Beckett FTW | November 30, 2008 at 09:24 AM

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