Jon Heyman>DAILY SCOOP  —  More ColumnsEmail JonFollow Jon Heyman on  —  Halladay talk likely to top winter meetings bill; more notes (cont.)  —  Around the majors  —  • The Red Sox remain interested in Marco Scutaro at shortstop.  Scutaro told his hometown Venezuelan paper Diario Panorama …

Braves Sign Billy Wagner  —  11:36am: The Braves officially announced the Wagner signing, tweets MLB.com's Mark Bowman.  That implies he passed his physical.  —  1:28am: The Braves have agreed to sign Billy Wagner, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

Source: Phils pursue Polanco  —  The Philadelphia Phillies are targeting Placido Polanco as their next third baseman, according to a source familiar with their thinking.  And they were making a “very serious” effort to sign the 34-year-old free agent Wednesday, the source told ESPN.com.

3UP: Burrell, Molina and Halladay  —  1. I hear that a trade of Tampa Bay's Pat Burrell for the Cubs' Milton Bradley is still a strong possibility.  Burrell is due $9 million next year while Bradley has two years at $21 million left.  Bradley also makes $9 million next year …

Ignorant Need Not Apply: The Mind of the Manager Must Evolve  —  As baseball trends and talent evaluation skew towards traditional first person scouting coupled with statistical analysis, major league managers are expected to keep up with new ways of putting together a team and assessing their roster.

Dodgers don't offer arbitration to any free agents  —  However, GM Ned Colletti says the team remains interested in re-signing Randy Wolf  —  The decision by the Dodgers not to offer arbitration to pitcher Randy Wolf or any of their other free agents Tuesday should not be viewed as a sign …

Michael Weiner officially succeeds Donald Fehr as players' association executive director  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Michael Weiner has taken over from Donald Fehr as head of the baseball players' association.  —  Weiner was unanimously approved as executive director by the executive board …

Inbox: Ranking Mets teams of yesteryear  —  Beat reporter Marty Noble answers fans' questions  —  In what order would you rank the Mets teams of 1969, '73, '86, '88 and 2000?  And why?  —  The 1986 Mets and '88 Mets are not one in the same, but they are close.

Early Rule 5 Draft Preview  —  Some names to keep an eye as the Dec. 7 Rule 5 draft nears.

Tiger comments on current events  —  I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.  I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.  I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.  I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family.

Arizona Fall League Top 10 Prospects  —  Scouting reports on the top 10 prospects from the Arizona Fall League, plus a look at whose prospect stock rose and whose stock fell in the league.

Girardi teaches Jets QB how to slide  —  Yanks skipper happy to help Sanchez during practice  —  Yankees manager Joe Girardi lent a helping hand to the Jets on Tuesday, when he helped teach quarterback Mark Sanchez how to properly slide during a team meeting.