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Odds & Ends: Sweeney, Downs, Martin

Links for Monday, as we celebrate the anniversary of the Mark DeRosa (2009), Casey Blake (2008), Xavier Nady (2008), and Ben Broussard (2006) trades.  More importantly, Chris Perez, Carlos Santana, Jose Tabata, and Shin-Soo Choo were surrendered for those veteran acquisitions.  The trade deadline is five days away; who will mortgage the future this year?

• MLB.com's Adam McCalvy has good quotes from Brewers GM Doug Melvin, who said, "Teams talk, but they don't give you legitimate offers.  The toughest part is that teams don't want to take anybody off their Major League club. Teams will offer prospects in A-ball."  In the piece, McCalvy outlines Melvin's options regarding Prince Fielder.
• Orioles owner Peter Angelos doesn't want to deal with the Yankees, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.  That means one less trade partner for the Orioles as they try to move Ty Wigginton.
• The Blue Jays reached a $600K agreement with second-round pick Kellen Sweeney, reports Baseball America's Jim Callis.  Sweeney, brother of A's outfielder Ryan, will move to third base to begin his pro career.  News of the agreement first surfaced Friday via Jeff Johnson of The Gazette. 
• WEEI's Rob Bradford looks at Boston's bullpen options, noting that it'd be dangerous to overpay for Scott Downs.  The Jays continue to ask for an elite prospect for Downs, writes Bradford's colleague Alex Speier.  One exec who spoke to ESPN's Jayson Stark expects Toronto to continue "stoking fires" and wait until Friday or Saturday to trade Downs. 
• Will the Dodgers, possibly reluctant to give Russell Martin another raise through arbitration, trade the catcher in the early offseason?  Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports examines.
• Speaking of the offseason, D'Backs CEO Derrick Hall says the team will be pursuing a closer and another reliever despite a decreasing payroll (Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reporting).
• Dave Cameron of FanGraphs explains that MLB teams may view Dan Haren as less than an ace due to his tendency to allow home runs.  The Diamondbacks moved Haren at the worst possible time, says Joel Sherman of the New York Post.

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