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Odds & Ends: Green, Gonzalez, Berkman, Stanton

Links for Saturday....

• Nick Green, who was designated for assignment by the Dodgers, has cleared waivers and accepted a minor league assignment, writes MLB.com's Ken Gurnick.
• WEEI's Alex Speier explains why trading for Adrian Gonzalez appears less and less likely for the Red Sox.
• Lance Berkman's agent is telling teams that his client will approve a trade in which his $15MM option for 2011 is picked up, tweets Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated.  No teams are willing to do that but if the demand is dropped, Heyman says that the Angels are a match.
• Joe Frisaro of MLB.com says that while no exact date has been set for the major league debut of Mike Stanton, speculation is that he could get the call as soon as Tuesday when the Marlins head to Philadelphia.
• Alex Rodriguez now has some say in the fate of his former team after being named to the Rangers creditors' committee, tweets Heyman.  Texas owes A-Rod $24.9MM in deferred compensation.
• Tyler Kepner of the New York Times writes that Jaime Garcia would have been an Oriole if not for a translation mishap.
• Hank Blalock is happy to be in Tampa Bay, writes Drew Davison of the Dallas Morning News.

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