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Odds & Ends: Ortiz, Girardi, Molina, Werth

On the eve of the World Series, here are some news items to tide you over until the big Lee/Lincecum battle tomorrow night...

• David Ortiz tells Mike Vega of the Boston Globe that he'll be back with Boston next season, reports the Globe's Peter Abraham.  Ortiz said his representation and the Red Sox will talk next week about the club's $12.5MM option on the slugger for 2011.  Boston has until three days after the end of the World Series to decide to pick up Ortiz's option. 
• Joe Girardi's expected new contract with the Yankees will probably be a three-year deal, writes George A. King III and Mark Hale of the New York Post.  Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated reports the deal will be worth between a total of $9-$10MM.  While no one doubts Girardi will be manning the Yankee bench next season, ESPNNewYork.com's Ian O'Connor thinks the Yankees should limit Girardi's extension to two years, citing lingering issues about how the manager deals with the New York pressure. 
• Bengie Molina is still planning to retire this winter, writes MLB.com's Lyle Spencer.  "It's more 'yes' than 'no' right now," Molina said.  "Something could get worked out this winter. As for now ... yes."
• If the Phillies don't re-sign Jayson Werth, Fangraphs' Dave Cameron points out that they'll be "running out a line-up with a large, exploitable flaw" --- a lack of right-handed hitting.
• Bruce Jenkins of the San Francisco Chronicle praises Ron Washington and wonders if Billy Beane should've hired Washington (a former Oakland coach) to manage the A's.
• With Jorge de la Rosa possibly being too expensive for the Rockies to bring back, Troy Renck of the Denver Post tweets that the "most likely scenario" is that De La Rosa goes elsewhere and Colorado trades for a James Shields-caliber starter, if not necessarily Shields himself.

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