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Odds & Ends: Lackey, Stanton, Blue Jays, Vazquez

Links for Monday, as Johnny Damon enjoys a little revenge against his former team...

• Mark Teixeira encouraged John Lackey to sign with the Yankees last winter, according to Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald.
• Marlins prospect Mike Stanton will likely remain in Double A until late May or early June, an MLB source tells MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. That will prevent the young power hitter from gaining Super Two status and an extra year of arbitration. The team would consider promoting Stanton to the majors from Double A at that point if he continues hitting well. Stanton has 15 homers already.
• The Brewers signed shortstop Justin Parker, according to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy (via Twitter). The 23-year-old has a .237/.334/.344 line in 584 plate appearances in the low minors of the D'Backs organization.
• In a recent radio hit with The Big Show, Peter Gammons noted that the Red Sox tried to acquire Javier Vazquez during the offseason.  Talking to Yankees GM Brian Cashman, Murray Chass learned that the Sox also had interest in Curtis Granderson.
• Kevin Gregg told Dave van Dyck of the Chicago Tribune he was open for anything regarding a return to the Cubs, but they said no.
• Switching to the future tense, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports names ten players who could hit the trading block - including Victor Martinez, Cliff Lee, Paul Konerko, and Ted Lilly.
• Baseball America's Jim Callis ranks all draft prospects from the last 20 years, based on how they were perceived before their drafts.

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