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.

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.

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?

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Uggla, Lindstrom face uncertain future  —  Pair addresses trade rumors prior to opening of Meetings  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Before Major League Baseball representatives reached Indianapolis for the Winter Meetings, the names Dan Uggla and Matt Lindstrom had already surfaced in trade rumors.

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 …

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 …