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.

Sox see Yankees outfielder as leadoff man  —  INDIANAPOLIS — White Sox general manager Ken Williams has said it before, and he said it again.  —  “We don't have any money,” Williams said Wednesday during his meeting with the media.  “We're close to our budget right now …

Cardinals make Offer to Matt Holliday  —  Cardinals GM John John Mozeliak told ESPN St. Louis today that he has made an official offer to free-agent OF Matt Holliday, and expects to hear back from Scott Boras this weekend.  —  ...well, it's official, things are happening...  Updated at 2:36 pm:

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...

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 …

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.

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.

Possible Non-Tenders To Watch  —  Baseball's non-tender deadline is tomorrow at 11pm CST, and MLBTR will of course have full coverage.  Arbitration-eligible players, who typically have at least three but fewer than six years of big league service time, are sometimes cut loose to become free agents before reaching six years.

Buzz: Latest Hot Stove news  —  The winter meetings are over, but the news never stops.  Follow along as Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi keep you up to date on the latest buzz.  Note: all times ET.

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.

Logan White and De Jon Watson Interview  —  OK, like I promised, here is the video of the interview I did with Logan White and De Jon Watson on Wednesday, December 9th at the Winter Meetings.  —  We had to break it down into two video files because of the length.

Torrealba, Rockies now $400,000 apart in talks  —  DENVER — Pudge Rodriguez has never played an inning for the Rockies.  Neither has Ramon Hernandez.  But in many ways, they hold the key to Yorvit Torrealba's return to the Rockies.  —  According to information obtained this morning …