Red Sox take aim at Adrian Gonzalez  —  The Red Sox are not done yet.  —  The team, set to announce the signings of free-agent right-hander John Lackey and center fielder Mike Cameron, is working hard to obtain Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, according to major-league sources.

Mets tweak offer to Bay, eye Holliday … Moving aggressively to try to secure a power-hitting left fielder, the Mets tweaked their offer to Jason Bay to give him a five-year option and are getting back into the ballgame for Matt Holliday, as well, SI.com has learned.

Source: Greenberg Group Selected by Hicks for Texas Rangers  —  9:30pm - Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports that Greenberg has a 45 day exclusivity window with which to complete the sale.  Interesting in that the window for the Cubs sale for Thomas Ricketts was set at 30 days …

New York Yankees Top 10 Prospects  —  New York Yankees … Every Yankees team is measured against the amazing, rich history of the franchise, the most championship-laden in American team sports.  —  The standard for success is clear.  Anything less than a World Series title is a failure.

Commissioner forms advisory committee  —  Members will analyze ways to improve game on the field  —  NEW YORK — Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Tuesday that he will chair a new 14-man special committee to analyze ways of improving Major League Baseball on the field.

Chapman unveils 97 mph fastball for suitors  —  For the dozens of baseball men wondering whether Aroldis Chapman's official unveiling was worth the trip, the left-hander had an emphatic, 97-mph answer with his final pitch.  —  Sure was.  —  Executives and scouts came out of Tuesday's 30 …

Damon ready to explore other options; Mets one possibility  —  Is Johnny Damon following Hideki Matsui out of The Bronx?  —  With very little contact between the Yankees and the free-agent left fielder, Damon is ready to explore other options.  —  “I am going to start looking around.

Marquis interested in Nationals  —  Right-hander went 15-13 with 4.04 ERA for Rockies in '09  —  Last week at the Winter Meetings, it was revealed that the Nationals had interest in free-agent right-hander Jason Marquis.  It turns out that the feelings are mutual.

Report: New York Mets near deal with Japanese reliever Ryota Igarashi  —  NEW YORK — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the New York Mets are close to completing a two-year contract with Japanese reliever Ryota Igarashi.

Nationals sign six players to minor league contracts  —  The Washington Nationals today signed right-handed pitchers Joel Peralta, Logan Kensing and Ryan Speier, catcher Jamie Burke, infielder Pete Orr and outfielder Jerry Owens to minor league contracts.  Nationals Senior Vice President …

Cracked Stat Report: Baseball Verses Football  —  One of the many problems that is pointed out about the baseball park that for at least the next five minutes is known as LandShark Stadium is that it actually is not really a baseball park.  A football team known as the Miami Dolphins has tromped …

(2 of 2)  —  Bigbie, Hernandez said, was not selected the first time the group met.  —  “There was a process there with him,” Hernandez said.  “People wanted some more information on his Major League Baseball career and some of the things that happened with him.”  —  Bigbie played at Ball State from 1996-1999.

Stop Saying Omar Minaya Only Goes After Latino Players  —  The “Omar Minaya only pursues Latino players” topic has appeared again this offseason and the propagators of this myth are out in full force.  Perhaps it was brought on by the signings of Alex Cora, Henry Blanco and Elmer Dessens.

Point Of Contention: Jeff Francoeur's Defense  —  More photos » by Lynne Sladky - AP  —  Lookout Landing did a series of these “point of contention” articles earlier in the offseason, and I thought it would be a good way to flesh out some issues I had been thinking about.