Pettitte turns down Yanks' 1-year deal  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The Yankees claimed Andy Pettitte was their No. 1 offseason priority.  And they have put their money where that statement is at while continuing to monitor the Roy Halladay market.  —  Pettitte was the first and only player the Yankees …

Betancourt Set To Accept Arbitration  —  11:38pm: FoxSports.com's Jon Paul Morosi says that the Brewers have interest in Betancourt, “but their offer is unlikely to be big enough to persuade him to refuse salary arbitration with the Rockies.”  Morosi adds that interest in Betancourt …

Tim Wakefield, Daniel Bard want to see Jason Bay stay  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic - Tim Wakefield [stats] and Daniel Bard represent the opposite spectrum of the Red Sox [team stats] pitching staff.

Rays, Rangers interested in Bradley  —  Any trade could hinge on Cubs picking up part of salary  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Tampa Bay and Texas both appear to be interested in trading for outfielder Milton Bradley, but it may come down to how much money the Cubs are willing to pick up in order for general manager Jim Hendry to move him.

Omar hits Indy  —  Omar Minaya arrived at the Winter Meetings at 9 p.m. on Sunday night and gave a brief interview on his way to his hotel room.  Here's what he said ...  What's your feeling coming into the meetings?  Do you have the expectation of getting a lot of things done?

Rockies aim to address needs for bullpen, bench  —  Manager Jim Tracy had seen enough.  Five days after he took over, five days after he promised the players he would be a ghost in their clubhouse if they handled their business, he was standing in front of the team again.

A look at Phillies' winter-meeting issues  —  INDIANAPOLIS - Last year, the Phillies' offseason essentially began at baseball's annual winter meetings, where after a reported attempt to trade for Cubs utilityman Mark DeRosa, Ruben Amaro Jr. and his new front office turned …

Mets interested in Willingham  —  Add the Mets as one of the teams who have interest in Nationals left fielder Josh Willingham, according to a baseball source.  The Giants, Mariners and Braves are the other teams who reportedly are willing to acquire his services.

Lackey Looking To Exceed Burnett's Deal  —  Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports says that a club engaged in talks with John Lackey indicate that the free agent righty is looking for a contract longer, and with a greater average annual value than A.J. Burnett's five year, $82.5MM pact.

Pirates made less than $11 million past two years  —  Part 1: Management divulgues a profit level well below most estimates, insists it can show that all of it went back into baseball, not to owners  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The Pirates have made less than $11 million in profit over the past two years …

Suppan for Pierre would make sense  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  I haven't even made it to the winter meetings in Indianapolis yet but I thought I'd throw out this trade proposal for the Brewers.  —  I was reading this “tweet” from Steve Henson at yahoo.com that indicated …

Cardinals awaiting a meeting with Boras  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The closest casino to downtown is 20 minutes southeast.  But the best poker game in town may play out in the Cardinals suite of the Marriott, headquarters for baseball's winter meetings.  —  With free agent Matt Holliday the week's centerpiece …

Cust could be odd-man out in A's DH search  —  Oakland's deal for jack-of-all-trades hitter Jake Fox in advance of the winter meetings probably wasn't good news for another Jack — slugging designated hitter Jack Cust.  —  If the A's do nothing else in Indianapolis this week …

Haynesworth: “They're gonna remember the Redskins”  —  With the clock running down and the Redskins driving to go ahead of the undefeated Saints by two possessions, some of the burgundy and gold types stood and cheered on the muddy sidelines.  Albert Haynesworth didn't join them.