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 …

Mets shopping for players that Meche  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The Mets intend to check in on the three top free agents — Jason Bay, Matt Holliday and John Lackey — during the Winter Meetings, with the strongest hope that Lackey's price falls into a range to make him their No. 2 starter behind Johan Santana.

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 …

Bruney may go to Atlanta  —  INDIANAPOLIS — According to a team that talked to the Yankees about acquiring Brian Bruney, the right-handed reliever could be headed to Atlanta.  —  “We asked about him but hear he is going to the Braves,” the source said.  —  Because the Yankees asked …

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.

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 …

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?

LIVE: Follow the winter meetings in Indy  —  The winter meetings are under way.  Who's going where?  Follow along as our team breaks the latest news from Indy.  —  Monday's latest news and notes  —  Sources: M's negotiating with Branyan — 8:15 a.m.  —  The Mariners are still engaged …

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.

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 …

Davidoff: Wang all but non-tendered  —  This video is from Taiwan.  It shows Chien-Ming Wang, managing at a recent charity, getting on the mound to throw a few warm-up pitches.  Wang is just a few months' removed from surgery and only just begun to throw right-handed.

Tigers' Dave Dombrowski heads to winter meetings with bullpen needs, trade rumors  —  INDIANAPOLIS — So here we are in a town owned by Peyton Manning, with baseball general managers talking trades and schmoozing with agents.  It's an odd setting for baseball's winter meetings …

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.