Kendall goes to Royals, Putz to White Sox  —  NEW YORK (AP) -Jason Kendall got a $6 million, two-year contract from the Kansas City Royals and J.J. Putz agreed to a $3 million, one-year deal with the Chicago White Sox on Friday as players and teams kept making moves following the winter meetings.

Cardinals make offer to Matt Holliday  —  The Cardinals have tendered a formal offer for free-agent left fielder Matt Holliday and hope to receive a response from the player's agent, Scott Boras, sometime early next week.  —  Terms of the offer are not known at this time.

My 20 years at ESPN  —  So many wonderful memories, so many wonderful, hardworking people to thank  —  John Walsh is one of the rare people who see what most of us never imagined.  “The future of television is information,” he told me, a Boston Globe-trained Sports Illustrated guy.

One of many  —  A boy waits for the rumbling sound of an old blue car to climb through the maple trees, and right after he hears it he can see through the barn window...

Yankees to say goodbye to rehabilitating Wang  —  The Yankees' top priority this offseason remains improving their starting rotation.  On Saturday, however, they'll bid farewell to the pitcher who has won the most games since Brian Cashman became a bona fide general manager.

Your new (starting?) catcher, Pudge Rodriguez  —  Plenty of highlights from the Pudge Rodriguez press conference this afternoon, but the takeaway lesson can be reduced to four words: Pudge wants to play.  —  A few days back, all the Nats folks were talking about how Ivan Rodriguez was best suited …

Brewers out of money, but do they need to be?  —  Indications are that the Brewers are just about out of cash after signing Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins for their pitching staff at the meetings.  They do have an offer out to Craig Counsell, but they could well be done adding significant free agents.

Rockies part ways with Atkins  —  Non-tendered third baseman becomes free agent  —  DENVER — Garrett Atkins' 467 regular-season RBIs over the past five seasons are the most of any Rockies players.  But he has driven in his last run in purple pinstripes.  —  The Rockies will not tender …

Dodgers cry foul over Jeff Fuller's Taiwan trip  —  Team considers legal action after the former employee linked to Jamie McCourt meets with a legislator.  —  Jeff Fuller presents Sen. Justin Chou of Taiwan with a Dodgers jacket during a visit to his office.  (Photo courtesy of Sen. Chou's office)

Padres GM could be ready to deal  —  If Hoyer can't sign Correia, right-hander may be traded  —  SAN DIEGO — Could new Padres general manager Jed Hoyer be on the verge of making his first trade?  —  At the very least, on the eve of the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players …

Transcript: Peter Gammons On The Big Show  —  Peter Gammons joined the boys on the Big Show this afternoon to talk about his return to the New England baseball market after 20 years at ESPN and discuss what is happening with the Red Sox.  Check out the full transcript below.

Sox Will Tender a Contract to Kotchman  —  While there had been some speculation that the Red Sox might choose not to tender a contract to Casey Kotchman by Saturday's deadline to do so, multiple major-league sources say that the Red Sox have absolutely no plans to part ways with the first baseman.

Counsell answer by Monday?  —  While Craig Counsell was taking part in a community event in Milwaukee on Monday, negotiations continued behind the scenes between his agent, Barry Meister, and the Brewers about a return in 2010.  —  Meister said he had several conversations with Brewers GM Doug Melvin …

Giants Sign Tony Pena Jr.  —  The Giants signed Tony Pena Jr. to a minor league deal worth $650K in the Majors, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.  Pena, 29 in March, logged over 2,000 innings in his Royals career as a shortstop, but is now trying pitching.