Odds and Ends: Kawakami, Griffey, Greinke

Links for Tuesday…

• The weekly chat has been moved to Wednesday at 2pm CST this time.
• I’ll be on Seth Stohs’ radio show tonight around 8pm CST.
• From NPB Tracker: Kenshin Kawakami has switched to Dan Evans as his agent, while Koji Uehara wants a rotation spot and multiple years.
• Ken Griffey Jr.’s agent, Brian Goldberg, has been in contact with nine teams (six AL, three NL).  The Mariners were one of the AL teams.
• It’s been over a decade since the White Sox signed a free agent from another team for more than $20MM.
• Justin Morneau would like the Twins to add one more bat.
• East Windup Chronicle has scouting reports on Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel.
• Things are quiet with the Dodgers – no recent talks for Manny Ramirez, "no real movement" on C.C. Sabathia.
• Rany Jazayerli questions the Royals’ nonchalance toward signing Zack Greinke.
• Nothing is close with the Tigers and Joe Beimel, and the team will not make an offer to Junichi Tazawa (partially to preserve their relationships in Japan).
• The Brewers signed Jason Bourgeois to a minor league deal. Bourgeois, 27 in January, hit .286/.335/.404 in Triple A this year.
• Quietly, the Indians signed reliever Greg Aquino.  He pitched well in Triple A this year but missed time with a hamstring strain.