Odds And Ends: DeRosa, Royals, Jays

The runner-up for Mark DeRosa, thoughts on the Blue Jays and a pair of discussions to listen in on…

• Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News says the Reds came in second in the DeRosa sweepstakes. 
• Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that DeRosa's already fitting in well with the Cards. 
• The Phillies, who are scouring the league for starters, could have interest in Gil Meche and Brian Bannister so, as David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News reports, the Royals scouted Lou Marson and others in Triple A.
• MLB.com's Mark Bowman notes suspicion that the Braves are unhappy with Yunel Escobar's behavior. 
• Jeff Blair of the Globe and Mail gets the sense that the Jays are ready to move Vernon Wells and/or Alex Rios for just about anything to free up enough money to keep Roy Halladay after next year. 
• Watch my discussion with Sid Rosenberg right here. We talked about the Mets, Matt Holliday and the best pitching available.
• I will also be talking trades on SportsTalkSoup tonight at 10pm CST, so listen in.