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Odds & Ends: Beckett, Lind, Cardinals

Why isn't there more baseball today?  Links for Tuesday...

• BoSox manager Terry Francona is glad that the organization hammered out Josh Beckett's extension before it became a media circus, writes Brian MacPherson of The Providence Journal.
• I'll be joining Jeff & Jeff on KFNS St. Louis today at 1:25pm CST.  Click here to listen live.
• SI's Jon Heyman wonders if the Diamondbacks and Rockies will get in on free agent lefty Jarrod Washburn.
• Josh Beckett initially wanted to top Carlos Zambrano's five-year, $91.5MM deal, reports WEEI's Rob Bradford.  The market has changed since that deal was signed in August of '07, and the Red Sox secured Beckett for four years and $68MM.
• Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says rival agents are exasperated by Adam Lind's four-year, $18MM extension, given the three club options.  Frustrated agents - always a good sign for the team.
• Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch analyzes changes in the Cardinals' Opening Day payroll compared to '09.
• Steve Sommer of FanGraphs finds the best one-year deals at $2MM guaranteed or less for 2009, with Carl Pavano's Indians contract leading the way.
• The Twins look at seven factors when considering signing a young player to a long-term extension, learned Kelsie Smith of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
• Baseball America's Will Lingo puts together a list of lesser-known future GM candidates in the latest Ask BA.

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