The NL Central got a little tougher when the Reds acquired Mat Latos on Saturday, but they're still looking to upgrade their pitching further. Here's the latest from baseball's two central divisions…
- The Twins are considering Jeff Francis and Joel Pineiro, reports Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (on Twitter). Morosi says Jon Garland is an option as well if he checks out medically after missing most of last season due to shoulder surgery.
- Paul Sullivan of The Chicago Tribune says Kerry Wood's return to the Cubs is "considered inevitable." Wood wants a market value contract after taking a discount last year, and Sullivan says Octavio Dotel's one-year, $3.5MM deal with the Tigers could serve as a decent comparable.
- Earlier today we learned that the Reds have some interest in Jason Kubel, and that the Royals discussed Joakim Soria with the Red Sox before deciding they weren't a trade match.
Twins won’t sign anyone with the exception of either an old washed up reliever or starter (can’t spend a few extra bucks for a quality player and push over 100 million). Now that we have a new stadium ownership is back to being cheap cheap cheap. Signing Mauer to a super inflated contract is the one concession to the Twin Cities. Pavano, Liriano, Morneau will all be off the payroll by 2013 and the replacements will be old cheap garbage from the