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Odds and Ends: Mariners, Jeter, Penny

Links for Wednesday...

• With the top three free agent closers off the market, the Brewers maintain interest in Trevor Hoffman.
• The Orioles' Mark Hendrickson signing is official - he gets $1.5MM plus incentives.
• McCovey Chronicles evaluates some corner infield options for the Giants.
• Geoff Baker asks whether Bill Bavasi will be vindicated at all if the Mariners contend in 2009.
• Japanese pitcher Takateru Iyono is aiming to sign with an MLB club.  Also, Taiwanese pitcher Fu-Te Ni has an offer from an East Coast team.
• All of Jeff Passan's Hot Stove Daily pieces are good reads.  Here's his Marlins one.
• Murray Chass questions the oft-cited "$88.5MM coming off the books" figure for the Yankees.
• Bob Klapisch asks: how does the Mark Teixeira signing affect Derek Jeter's future with the Yankees?
• Buster Olney says the D'Backs "took a serious run" at Brad Penny before he signed with Boston.

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