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Odds & Ends: Pavano, Greinke, Soria, Pettitte

By Tim Dierkes | December 20, 2010 at 12:21pm CDT

Two years ago today, the Yankees officially signed C.C. Sabathia to the largest-ever contract for a pitcher.  Sabathia's $161MM record figures to hold for a while, though a couple of monster seasons by Francisco Liriano, Cole Hamels, Zack Greinke, and Matt Cain could put it in jeopardy in the 2012-13 offseason if those pitchers do not sign extensions.  Today's links:

  • The Brewers are officially out on Carl Pavano now that they've acquired Zack Greinke, reports MLB.com's Adam McCalvy.  Pavano appears to be down to the Twins and Nationals, unless the Pirates jump in.
  • Greinke told Anthony Witrado of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel he removed the Brewers from his no-trade list once they acquired Shaun Marcum and retained Prince Fielder.
  • Greinke fired his agents at SFX after the Winter Meetings because he felt they were responsible for his not being traded, tweets Yahoo's Jeff Passan.  Passan adds that SFX facilitated a deal with the Nationals, but the pitcher rejected it.  SI's Jon Heyman tweets that the Royals sought Jesus Montero and Eduardo Nunez from the Yankees, but they weren't convinced New York was right for Greinke.  The Royals also wanted Manuel Banuelos or Dellin Betances, tweets Joel Sherman.
  • MLB.com's Peter Gammons analyzes the Brewers' and Royals' situations.
  • Though the Royals are getting calls on closer Joakim Soria, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that they have no plans to move him.
  • Andy Pettitte is still leaning toward retirement, Yankees GM Brian Cashman told Jack Curry of the YES Network.  If that doesn't change, Curry tweets that the Yankees intend to fill the rotation from within and have low interest in Freddy Garcia/Kevin Millwood types.  ESPN's Wallace Matthews has more comments from Cashman.
  • Free agent first baseman Derrek Lee seeks $8-10MM, tweets Rosenthal.  That'd fall in the range of Lance Berkman and Carlos Pena, he notes.  Rosenthal says the Padres probably can't afford Lee at that price but it's not necessarily too high for the Nationals.
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