Cubs make bold move in Peavy sweepstakes  —  The Chicago Cubs have leapt to the forefront of the Jake Peavy trade discussion, though the San Diego Padres are continuing to talk with the Atlanta Braves in hopes of extracting a better package, sources told Yahoo! Sports on Thursday night.

Bombers like Mark Teixeira  —  DANA POINT, Calif. - The Yankees would love to fit Mark Teixeira for pinstripes in the coming weeks, but is the star first baseman tailor-made for New York?  —  On the field, there's no question that Teixeira, a 28-year-old, switch-hitting first baseman with two Gold Gloves …

Mets trying to revamp the bullpen  —  DANA POINT, Calif. - The Mets, their 2008 playoff hopes destroyed by a profoundly inept bullpen, want to completely remake their relief corps.  So much so that they spent some of their time at the general managers' meetings gauging the value of their own veteran relievers.

Omar closing in on closers  —  DANA POINT, Calif. - Omar Minaya departed the GM meetings Thursday morning without Manny Ramirez, CC Sabathia or Francisco Rodriguez lined up.  Instead, the lone item in the Met GM's shopping bag was some dirt from Yankee Stadium, which Major League Baseball distributed to each of the general managers.