Gammons On Sheffield, Tazawa, Kearns

ESPN’s Peter Gammons posted a new blog entry last night.  Let’s take a look.

• Gammons sees Gary Sheffield as a "serious comeback player of the year candidate."
• Rangers GM Jon Daniels told Gammons his team bid $7MM for Junichi Tazawa, but the Red Sox signed him for $3MM due to their presence in Japan.  According to Larry Stone of the Seattle Times, the Rangers also offered more money to reliever Chad Cordero but he preferred the West Coast.
• Kicking Jim Bowden while he’s down: Gammons says Nationals outfielder Austin Kearns was claimed on waivers last summer but the Nationals pulled him back.