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Odds & Ends: Guthrie, Ross, Ranaudo

A year ago today, the Brewers acquired Felipe Lopez from the Diamondbacks for prospects Roque Mercedes and Cole Gillespie.  Lopez raked after the trade, but was not offered arbitration by the Brewers.  Gillespie and Mercedes ranked among Arizona's top 30 prospects heading into the season according to Baseball America, with the former now playing for the big league club.  On to today's links...

• The Mets scouted Jeremy Guthrie's last start, according to Ed Price of AOL FanHouse.  Guthrie could make for an interesting project, as one scout told Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, "He should be better than he is."
• The relief trade market is "absolutely terrible," one talent evaluator told ESPN's Buster Olney (Twitter link).  
• The Padres are not a fit for Marlins outfielder Cody Ross, according to Tom Krasovic of AOL FanHouse.  The Padres prefer David DeJesus instead, tweets Dan Hayes of the North County Times. 
• Astros owner Drayton McLane "seems paralyzed by indecision," writes Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle.
• SI's Jon Heyman ranks the 24 best available position players, starting with Prince Fielder.
• Red Sox draft pick Anthony Ranaudo is done pitching in the Cape Cod League, reported Brian Foley of The College Baseball Blog yesterday.  The consensus among prospect gurus is that Ranaudo had nothing left to prove.  An elbow injury and representation by Scott Boras caused Ranaudo to drop to the Sox at #39 in the June draft.
• The Mariners should aim to be competitive in 2012, writes Dave Cameron of U.S.S. Mariner. 
• Former Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi offered a few stories of near-deals on WEEI's The Big Show on Friday.

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