Odds and Ends: LaRoche, Bonds, Salazar

As America collectively recovers from yesterday’s festivities, here are some odds and ends from the world of baseball.

• The Rangers signed 33 year-old reliever Kiko Calero to a minor league deal.  Calero is currently pitching with a torn rotator cuff.
• The Dodgers’ Andy LaRoche commented to XM Radio on the idea of a C.C. Sabathia acquisition.  He doesn’t seem to acknowledge that he could be part of such a deal.
• Larry King chatted with Barry Bonds a couple of weeks ago.  His impression is that Bonds would like to play but doesn’t expect an offer.  King also mentions an interesting unsubstantiated Boston rumor.
• Joe Frisaro of MLB.com thinks newly-DFA’ed Joe Borowski could be an option for the Marlins.
• The D-Backs DFA’d Jeff Salazar.  The 27 year-old outfielder hit .202/.319/.333 in 117 plate appearances this year.
• With his salary due to more than double next year, Bronson Arroyo knows that this is "the prime year for me to be traded."

Paul Moro writes for UmpBump.com and can be reached here.  Tim Dierkes also contributed to this post.