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Olney's Latest: Peavy, Braves, Lowe, Sheets
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — More from Buster Olney's notes from around the majors: The Braves were so close to completing a trade a for Jake Peavy in November that they may want to revisit talks. Says Olney, "What they could do, if they are intent on contending in 2009, would be to sign Orlando Cabrera as a stop-gap at shortstop for 2009, and then deal [Yunel] Escobar in the package for Peavy." He also suggests the Braves give up on their refusal to give Peavy a no-trade provision for the entire length of his contract as that's been a sticking point. Landing Peavy under any circumstances is a move their own ...

MLB Rumors: Jason Giambi And Pat Burrell
FakeTeams — ... Buster Olney hits upon quite a few free agent rumors in his behind-the-wall Sunday column.  Amongst the more interesting tidbits is his speculation that the Oakland A's will sign DH Jason Giambi and the Tampa Bay Rays will sign OF/DH Pat Burrell and reports that pitcher Ben Sheets medical records have team concerned with his shoulder and not the forearm that sidelined him at the end of 2008. ...

Everyone has a theory on how to help the Braves
Talking Chop — ... I'm really getting tired of everyone around baseball thinking they can fix the Braves, or offer up their suggestions for signing this player or trading for that player. ESPN's Buster Olney is the latest to try and play at GM: ...

Monday Morning Rangers Notes: The 12th Day Of Christmas
Baseball Time in Arlington — And on the 12th day of Christmas, Jon Daniels said to his impatient yet impossibly captive audience, "Hey, you know that shiny new pitcher you all asked for in your Christmas letters? You know, the one that's currently on backorder?" "Well, he's possibly also defective, so don't get your hopes up too high." ESPN.com's Buster Olney wrote on Sunday that the protracted medical records of free-agent right-hander Ben Sheets were evoking concern on the part of his potential suitors, which in turn shouldn't evoke much more than a dismissive "So? What else is new?" from the enlightened, albeit obsessed hot stove ...

Starting Pitcher: Things to heat up with Lowe
MetsBlog.com — In a report for Newsday, Kat O’Brien explains, “Things could get busy again in the baseball world this week.  For the Mets, negotiations are expected to heat up for Derek Lowe.” In an on-air report for the MLB Network, SI.com’s Jon Heyman recently said Lowe rejected Omar Minaya’s three-year, $36 million offer, because he is seeking $16 million per season. John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus believes Lowe is still seeking a five-year, $80 million deal, like he was at the start of the off-season. According to Heyman, the Braves, Phillies and Red Sox, and maybe the Brewers ...