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.

Red Sox Winter Meetings checklist  —  For the purposes of this discussion, let's focus on what the Red Sox really need, not what some fans want.  —  The Fantasy Island checklist — trade for 1B Adrian Gonzalez and RHP Roy Halladay, dump the contracts of Mike Lowell and David Ortiz …

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?

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Mariners Discussing Extension For Felix  —  Ken Rosenthal reports that the Mariners have begun discussing a long-term deal with Cy Young runner-up Felix Hernandez.  Both sides are still far apart, according to one of Rosenthal's sources.  —  Hernandez, still just 23, is under team control …

Let the deals begin!  —  1.  —  WHO'S THE THIRD STARTER?  —  The Yankees want Andy Pettitte back to start behind CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett and say Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes will prepare in spring training as starters.  But at what price for Pettitte, who will be 38 in June?

Royals To Sign Noel Arguelles  —  4:38pm: Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star tweets that the Royals are saying there could be up to two or three weeks worth of paperwork before the signing is official.  Technically, no deal is in place yet.  —  SUNDAY, 2:46pm: Keith Law weighs in with his reaction …