Buster Olney’s ESPN Insider blog is always a good source for links from around the league. Let’s see what’s up today.
- Kris Benson’s agent Gregg Clifton says his client will to throw in Arizona about a week after the Winter Meetings.
- He says that the Yankees "haven’t put forth any offers that would give them a serious chance to get Mike Lowell." So did the Yankees pull back their offer, or did they even make one in the first place?
- Eric Chavez just underwent his third surgery in the past two months. With three years and $37 million left guaranteed ($34 million in salary plus a $3 million buyout for 2011).
- Brewers manager Ned Yost is asking NL Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun to take 1,000 groundballs per day this off-season. Maybe this will help Braun improve from his poor defensive year in 2007.
- The Cardinals are calling Mark Mulder’s progress "very positive." He’s slated to start throwing in January, and according to the team will be ready to throw off a mound come Spring Training.
- The Mets are still interested in David Eckstein as their second baseman.
Joe Pawlikowski is co-author of River Ave. Blues, a Yankees blog.
