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More Odds And Ends: Glavine, Dunn, Draft, Tigers
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — A few more notes from around the MLBiverse... Tom Glavine will not need Tommy John surgery and Glavine puts the chances of an '09 return "50-50 at best." Scott Bordow takes a look at how the Adam Dunn acquisition is affecting the D-Backs. In Peter Gammons latest piece he takes a look at how small-market teams ignored the slot recommendations from the commissioner's office, noting that the slot system "only rewards big market teams." In the same article, Gammons says the Tigers may have to reduce their payroll by $40MM next season. Gammons believes it will be very difficult, noting they are already committed to more than $100MM for ...

Jim Leyland Will Outlive the Cockroaches in Comerica Park
Walkoff Walk — Dee-troit Tigers manager Jim Leyland (who has received his fair share of slings and arrows from my partner) is actually happy with his job and interested in staying on. The good people at The Big Tilde, the awkward Magglio Ordoñez fanboy blog, stole these words from Peter Gammons Insiders Only blog: There are rumblings that the Tigers may have to lop $40 million off their payroll before the beginning of the season. But on Tuesday, manager Jim Leyland let it be known to upper management that he'd like his contract ...