Odds And Ends: Gammons, Stark, Giles, Royals

And still more minor notes from around the MLBiverse…

First from Peter Gammons:

• Gammons says that the Marlins will not part with Anibal Sanchez for Brian Fuentes and will instead go after Arthur Rhodes.
• The Cardinals now appear to be the favorite for Fuentes.
• No teams seem willing to pay the asking price for Jason Bay.
• The Indians will pay the remainder of Casey Blake’s $2MM salary.

Next from Jayson Stark:

• The Mets are also showing interest in Randy Winn, but one official from another club feels Winn is just a backup plan.

A couple of random notes:

• Bud Black says Brian Giles does not want to be traded and prefers to stay with the Padres.
• Kevin Murphy notes that the Royals haven’t fared too well in the trade market the last few years.

Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com and can be reached here.