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Odds & Ends: Floyd, Looper, El Duque, Manny

Links for Monday...

• Cliff Floyd is currently doing TV work, writes Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post.
• MLB.com's Bill Ladson tweeted that the Nationals offered contracts to Chan Ho Park and Braden Looper.  Park went with the Yankees, while Looper told the Nats he's going in a different direction.
• Orlando Hernandez is looking to get back in the game, tweets Yahoo's Tim Brown.
• Magglio Ordonez wants to play at least four more years, reports Tom Gage of the Detroit News.
• FOX Sports' Jim Bowden questioned Justin Upton, Theo Epstein, Jon Daniels, Dayton Moore, Kevin Goldstein, and Dave Cameron about modern statistics, and it made for an amusing video segment.
• Chico Harlan of the Washington Post talked to several Nationals players about their arbitration hearings, which were not enjoyable.  ESPN's Rob Neyer doesn't think it makes sense for players to attend.
• Manny Ramirez believes this is his last year with the Dodgers, reports Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times.
• Duaner Sanchez signed with the Mexico City Red Devils, reports Noroeste.  Though Sanchez is said to be throwing "an easy 90 mph," his shoulder is still not 100 percent.  He hopes to find his way back to the bigs after being released by the Padres in May of '09.  Thanks to Nick Collias for the translation.
• Jesse Lund of the Twinkie Town blog has an excellent discussion with Twins assistant GM Rob Antony.  Antony provided details on the J.J. Hardy trade talks, and also noted that the Kevin Kouzmanoff rumors were "a little blown out of proportion."
• Joel Sherman of the New York Post doesn't buy the idea that the pressure will be off for Javier Vazquez as the Yankees #4 starter.
• Regarding catcher A.J. Pierzynski entering his contract year, White Sox GM Kenny Williams told Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, "At some point, we'll check in with A.J. and his guys on expectations."
• The Diamondbacks offered Dominican shortstop Edward Salcedo around $1MM, reports Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. 

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