Odds and Ends: Maddux, Beltre, Cordero

Links for Monday…

• RotoAuthority discusses possible lineup position changes for star players.
• Baseball America has the latest minor league transactions.
• Greg Maddux has joined the Padres as a Spring Training instructor, says MLB.com’s Corey Brock.
• Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News learned that Adrian Beltre enjoys hitting in AT&T Park and would be excited to play for the Giants.  Baggarly wonders if the Giants could attempt to acquire Beltre this summer.  The third baseman and Scott Boras client will be a free agent after the season.
• Shawn Estes, currently in camp with the Dodgers, will retire if he can’t make a Major League roster according to Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times.
• A Mets official told Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News that the team is unlikely to sign free agent reliever Chad Cordero.
• Jake Peavy talked more about the failed attempts to trade him during the winter (Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune reporting).
• The Mariners added catcher Jason Phillips on a minor league deal, according to Larry LaRue of the Tacoma News Tribune.