Rule 5 Draft, Pick By Pick  —  RULE 5 DRAFT  —  ROUND ONE  —  Pick  —  Selecting  —  Team  —  Player  —  Original Team  —  The Skinny  —  Physical grinder with big league experience could stick as extra outfielder.  —  No. 2  —  Pirates  —  John Raynor, of  —  Marlins

Winter meetings end with a lot of unfinished business  —  Winter meetings ended with lots of unfinished business, and many moves still to come  —  INDIANAPOLIS — It's one of baseball's most time-honored annual rituals, right up there with Opening Day and Alex Cintron's first designated-for-assignment transaction.

Cashman holding off on next move  —  Yankees may pursue Damon, but only at right price  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The Yankees have used the Winter Meetings to move closer to the finish line of the offseason, but they will still have ground to cover if Johnny Damon is to return for the 2010 season.

Dodgers frozen, and falling behind  —  The wind here in Indianapolis shook light poles, and the snow rode the same horizontal plane as a Lincecum fastball.  Winter meetings, indeed.  But inside the lobbies at the Marriott, you began to sense the first seeds of optimism that blossom fully by the start of spring training.

Mets will make offers to Bay, Molina  —  Ticket sales are lagging and fans are screaming for the Mets to make a meaningful acquisition.  And, poof, they suddenly were acknowledging making an offer to Jason Bay.  —  So was this merely a ploy to change the subject or was this a clear change of course this offseason?

Sox have a bridge to sell us  —  Fans shouldn't buy this approach  —  Storm the gates of Fenway Park.  Cancel your NESN package.  Stick your head out the window and say, “I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!”  —  Do not buy the bill of goods the Red Sox are selling.

Ken Davidoff's baseball insider  —  Yankees, Mets, trade rumors and more MLB musings … Head home today, weather permitting.  It has been an extremely productive week for the Yankees, obviously, and not so much for the Mets.  —  Found out an interesting nugget about the Mets …

The Worst Signing Of The Winter  —  I'm one of those people who doesn't really enjoy Saturday Night Live sketches, because to me, the joke is made in the first 15 seconds and then just repeated over and over for the next several minutes.  You drive a Dodge Stratus and you think that makes you important - okay.

Braves trade reliever Soriano to Rays  —  Atlanta to receive righty Chavez; deal is pending physicals  —  INDIANAPOLIS — It appears that Braves general manager Frank Wren will be able to exit this year's Winter Meetings on Thursday without having to spend any more time focusing on trading Rafael Soriano.

Sources: Phils, Angels lead chase for Halladay  —  To ink Harden?  —  • Sources: Brewers agree with Wolf |  Hawkins  —  • Sources: Astros nearing 3-year deal with Lyon

About Jamie Hoffmann  —  The Rule 5 draft is a bit of a crapshoot.  The Yankees (essentially) had the first pick in today's draft and took Jamie Hoffmann, a guy who was generating absolutely no media buzz until 15 minutes before the selection.  I talked to another executive who said his team …

Sources: Cincinnati's Kelly to coach Notre Dame … Brian Kelly, who has coached Cincinnati's football team to a 12-0 record this season and a berth in the Sugar Bowl, will be the new coach at Notre Dame, two sources have told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.  —  Neither Notre Dame nor Cincinnati …

The untold tales of the winter meetings  —  The hot stove league temperature is never higher than during the annual winter meetings.  So much baseball news and so many rumors are flying around in Indianapolis this week, you may have missed these items:  —  Los Angeles Dodgers