Odds and Ends: Wade, Crisp, Holliday

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• Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald wonders if Kerry Wood might accept an offer of arbitration from the Cubs.
• Hal Steinbrenner officially took over control of the Yankees from George.
• Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire takes a look at Jeremy Affeldt’s motivations in signing early with the Giants.
• Check out recent fan chats with Astros GM Ed Wade and agent Scott Boras.  Wade still hopes to sign Randy Wolf and Doug Brocail and doesn’t seem keen on trading Jose Valverde.  Some fans didn’t seem to realize that just holding payroll steady will pose problems for the Astros.
• Joe Posnanski discusses the Royals’ acquisition of Coco Crisp.
• Nick Cafardo wonders if the Crisp trade sets up other moves for the Red Sox.  They’ll explore signing Rocco Baldelli, according to Amalie Benjamin.
• Sox Machine reflects on Nick Swisher’s time with the White Sox.
• A’s owner Lew Wolff would prefer to keep Matt Holliday all year.
• Tom Haudricourt wonders if the Brewers will pursue David DeJesus if they trade Mike Cameron.
• MetsBlog’s Matthew Cerrone lists which teams have been connected to the top free agent starting pitchers.
• Chad Finn wonders if the Red Sox are considering trading David Ortiz.
• Alan Schwarz has a nice article on Junichi Tazawa.