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Odds & Ends: Cubs, Byrnes, Orioles

Links for Wednesday...

• Chris De Luca of the Chicago Sun-Times doesn't expect much to change with the Cubs under the Ricketts family.  He says to expect a payroll around $143MM.  That might leave GM Jim Hendry with around $8MM to work with.
• Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic believes Eric Byrnes' time with the Diamondbacks might be nearing an end.  They may attempt to trade him before releasing him.
• John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer wouldn't be surprised to see the Reds release center fielder Willy Taveras, who is still owed $4MM.
• Sox Machine reader Chris Pummer makes the case for the White Sox offering arbitration to reliever Octavio Dotel.  Dotel projects as a Type A free agent, though he's right on the fringe.
• Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun believes Andy MacPhail "will have to pull a huge rabbit out of his hat" to make the Orioles competitive in 2010.
• As expected, new Padres GM Jed Hoyer reassigned scouting director Bill Gayton according to Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
• WEEI has a live online chat scheduled with Jason Bay tomorrow.
• Diamondbacks prospect Jarrod Parker blogged about his upcoming Tommy John surgery.

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