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Quick Hits: Liz, Rangers, Cubs, Nationals, Gonzalez

Links for Saturday evening...

• Curious about how all the recent free agent activity has impacted the 2011 draft order? Check out the updated order here.
• Right-hander Radhames Liz has signed with the LG Twins of the Korean Baseball Organization according to the Yahoo! Sports transactions log. MLBTR has confirmed the signing. The Padres released Liz earlier this week.
• MLB.com's Peter Gammons says the Rangers thought they'd be able to acquire Robinson Chirinos from the Cubs, then package him with Derek Holland, Engel Beltre, and Frank Francisco to get Matt Garza from the Rays. Texas would have kicked in some money to offset Francisco's salary. 
• "We're not giving away the farm to try and win in one year," said Cubs GM Jim Hendry when asked about the Garza deal, according to Paul Sullivan of The Chicago Tribune (Twitter link). Garza is still under team control through 2013.
• It appears that the Nationals will have a smaller payroll than last year, according to Ben Goessling of MASNSports.com.
• Tracy Ringolsby of FOX Sports applauds the Rockies for keeping their nucleus together.  Earlier this week Colorado agreed to terms with Carlos Gonzalez on a contract extension.
• The Orioles' may have trouble finding an undervalued lefty reliever on a one-year deal, writes Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun.
• Joe Torre is in talks to become the next executive vice president of operations for MLB, according to Teri Thompson and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News.  Torre stepped down as Dodgers manager towards the end of 2010 season.
• Matt Murton talked to Anna Katherine Clemmons of ESPN The Magazine about his time in Japan.

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