Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Red Sox, Rays, Doumit, Gonzalez, Cubs

On this date two years ago, the Yankees signed Joe Girardi to a three-year deal worth $7.5MM. Two years later, Girardi has the Yankees in the World Series. With the offseason now just days away, many players will be looking for their own new deals. Let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere…

• The Bottom Line projects the Red Sox 2010 payroll and what they need to do to get back on top.
• Fire Brand of the American League looks at shortstop options for the Red Sox. 
• Dodgers Rumors breaks down the Dodgers' 2010 roster and how they may approach free agency.
• Rays Index projects the Rays 25-man and 40-man rosters as well as the 2010 payroll.
• New Bucs says it is time for the Pirates to trade Ryan Doumit.
• Mets Fans Forever speculates on what it might take for the Mets to land Adrian Gonzalez.
• The Cub Reporter suggests some players for the Cubs to target this offseason, including Kelvim Escobar and Akinori Iwamura.
• World Series Dreaming doesn't see any major changes coming to the Cubs this off-season.
• Around the Majors breaks down the free agents at third base.

Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and followed on Twitter here.