Odds and Ends: Prior, Mulder, Cameron

Links for Wednesday…

• Mark Prior hopes to return to the Padres, according to a blogger who talked to him at a pumpkin patch.  That wheelbarrow looks a bit heavy…
• I am still digging through the many applications for the Saturday morning position – thanks for your interest.  Tons of great candidates in the mix.
• Viva El Birdos reflects on Mark Mulder’s time with the Cardinals.  Mulder is trying everything he can to get back to his old self.
• Dave Cameron names Mike Cameron the top free agent bargain of last offseason.
• SI.com’s Jon Heyman looks at how the Rays were built.
• Joe Posnanski looks at the divergent paths of the Royals and Rays.
• Sox Machine considers some free agent fits for the White Sox.
• Mets owner Jeff Wilpon spoke about "addition by subtraction" in a recent radio interview.
• I agree with this take on the Mark Ellis signing.
• Patrick Newman believes NPB will eventually soften its stance toward Junichi Tazawa.
• Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald doesn’t like the idea of the Red Sox shifting things around to accomodate Mark Teixeira.
• The Mariners apparently have still not decided on their new GM.