Odds and Ends: Teahen, Mastny, Clement

Sunday evening links…I will add to this post as needed.

• Dejan Kovacevic describes what it’s like for a reporter at the Winter Meetings.
• The Royals do not want to trade Mark Teahen.  They’ve received inquiries on Teahen, David DeJesus, Jose Guillen, and Billy Butler.  They mainly seem willing to move Guillen, which Jayson Stark reported earlier.
• Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker passes along nuggets on Kenshin Kawakami and Koji Uehara.  He says the Angels contacted Kawakami’s agent, while the Tigers and Giants have been in touch with Uehara’s.
• Newman also says the Yokohama BayStars acquired reliever Tom Mastny from the Indians.
• Free agent infielder Nick Punto admitted to LEN3 that it’d be hard to leave the Twins.
• John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus says the Pirates are "willing to take a flyer on free-agent local boy Matt Clement."  Clement may also consider Cleveland if they’ll have him.
• Other teams are pulling ahead of the Rockies in the pursuit for free agent lefty Joe Beimel.  Nothing against Beimel, but it seems that every year one free agent lefty reliever is elevated beyond his true value.  It might be Beimel this year.
• Jon Paul Morosi discusses trading Dontrelle Willis.
• The Marlins figure to hang on to Dan Uggla.
• Roch Kubatko says Orioles exec Mike Flanagan won’t be attending the Meetings, sparking speculation about his future with the team.