Busy holiday season for Wren and the Braves  —  After making my 11-hour journey back home for the holidays yesterday, I learned that that yesterday's trade of Javier Vazquez had made many of you just as sick as my three female passengers, who had never previously been introduced to the twists …

Source: Braves give Glaus one-year deal  —  The Braves have reached agreement on a one-year contract with free agent Troy Glaus to play first base, according to a major-league source.  —  The deal, which also includes incentives, is pending a physical, the source said.

Delgado's return to action delayed  —  Without seeing him play, club may have less interest in veteran  —  NEW YORK — The Mets' interest in Carlos Delgado, an interest that was not shared by all members of the club hierarchy after the season, may begin to wane now that the free agent has postponed his return to active baseball.

Mets fans' frustration grows as ‘Bay Watch’ hits Day 13  —  The Mets ask you to trust them.  They ask for patience, and for fortitude, for the benefit of the doubt.  They keep asking you for money, too, having now extended their deadline for renewing season-ticket plans from Dec. 4 to Dec. 14 to Dec. 31 …

Boston Red Sox Top 10 Prospects  —  Boston Red Sox … After winning the World Series in 2007 and losing in Game Seven of the American League Championship Series the following year, the Red Sox looked poised to make another title run in 2009.  —  They got off to a 51-34 start …

Sources: Nats near 1-year deal with reliever Guardado  —  Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com.  He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.  He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

Dodgers President Dennis Mannion addresses state of the club  —  In a discussion of several topics, he says that the team's baseball and business decisions have not been impacted by the divorce proceedings between Frank and Jamie McCourt.  —  On Baseball  —  Randy Wolf never has been confused with Johan Santana.

Talk of 1969 still catching up to ex-Cub Hundley  —  Randy Hundley missed a turn on his way to Bloomington on Tuesday, delaying his arrival at a Young Men's Club luncheon.  Yet, “the question” stayed on his trail.  A minor detour wasn't going to keep it from following him to the Ozark House Restaurant banquet room.

Source: Pittsburgh Pirates, pitcher Jack Taschner agree to minor-league deal  —  The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed veteran left-handed reliever Jack Taschner to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

Baseball's Top 20 Prospects … Baseball America's Prospect Handbookis going to press, and it's hard to describe the book to my non-baseball friends (a short list, but I have had a few such discussions).  It's a book of 900 scouting reports on the game's top minor league players: 30 for each of the 30 major league organizations.

Raul Mondesi is a rising star again — in Dominican Republic politics  —  Like many sports stars who've become politicians in his home country, the ex-Dodger is as popular as ever, even if he doesn't have a firm grasp of the issues.  —  Raul Mondesi, shown in 2002 when he was a member …