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.

Another sign Dodgers are broke: Sherrill up for grabs  —  A large-market team should be able to pay a top-notch setup man $4 million-$4.5 million.  That's what the Royals gave Kyle Farnsworth, and at last check, Kansas City wasn't a large market and Farnsworth wasn't top notch.

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.

Cubs have Ray of hope they can dump Bradley  —  Maddon's interest makes Tampa Bay likely front-runner  —  INDIANAPOLIS — At least one manager who has never worked with Milton Bradley feels the me-first outfielder is a “fit” for his ballclub.  —  And Joe Maddon's first impressions of Bradley …

Herzog, Harvey elected to Hall of Fame  —  No one from execs/pioneers ballot makes it to Cooperstown  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey were elected by a Hall of Fame Veterans Committee on managers and umpires, but a separate committee for executives and pioneers did not select anyone …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …