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Odds & Ends: Renteria, Huff, Takahashi

Four years ago today, the Padres traded Josh Barfield to the Indians for Andrew Brown and Kevin Kouzmanoff.  Only Kouzmanoff panned out to any extent; he was sent to the A's with Eric Sogard in January for Aaron Cunningham and Scott Hairston.  With Kouzmanoff and Hairston non-tender candidates, Sogard and Cunningham could be the remaining threads of the deal.  Links for Monday...

• Do you have experience in online ad sales, ideally for sports websites?  MLBTR is looking to bring someone aboard to sell ad inventory on commission.  Email mlbtradrep@gmail.com and explain your qualifications if you're interested.
• Edgar Renteria would prefer to return to the Giants, he told Claudia Aguilar Ramirez of El Tiempo.  Thanks to Nick Collias for the translation.
• Aubrey Huff hired Ed Hayes as his agent, reported Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports last night.
• The Tigers re-signed catcher Max St. Pierre to a minor league deal, reports Morosi.
• Sanspo has the Angels in the mix for Hisanori Takahashi, tweets Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker.  It seems likely that the Halos will add a left-handed reliever this winter; I went with Pedro Feliciano in my Top 50 list.
• Carlos Torres, released by the White Sox last month to pursue a job in Japan, has landed with the Yomiuri Giants according to this Newman tweet.
• Kevin Goldstein's top 11 Pirates prospect list is free to all over at Baseball Prospectus.  BP is definitely worth subscribing to for Goldstein's work and much more.  We also recommend ESPN Insider, which you'll need to read Keith Law's new starting pitcher buyer's guide.
• Speaking of the Pirates, SI's Jon Heyman says they seem active in early free agent calls and "are believed to be showing interest in some surprising free agent prizes such as [Adrian] Beltre."
• Dave Cameron of FanGraphs believes the Padres should trade Adrian Gonzalez now rather than in July.

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