Padres acquire free-agent pitcher Jon Garland  —  Free agent pitcher Jon Garland is apparently becoming a Padre.  —  Padres President Tom Garfinkel, speaking at a Military Appreciation Luncheon Tuesday afternoon at the Torrey Pines Hilton, said the Padres have signed the 30-year-old free agent …

Yankees deal for outfielder Golson  —  Infielder Hilligoss sent to Rangers to complete trade  —  The Yankees added to their outfield depth Tuesday, acquiring Greg Golson in a trade with the Texas Rangers.  —  New York, which gave up Minor League infielder Mitch Hilligoss in the deal …

A's sign Ben Sheets  —  Free agent right-hander Ben Sheets has signed with the A's, CBSSports.com has learned.  —  Sheets agreed to terms on a one-year deal for $10 million, plus incentives.  He passed a physical today, and the deal is expected to be announced this afternoon.

Mets' problems go deeper than GM Minaya  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  One day, maybe soon, the Mets will fire general manager Omar Minaya.  —  Frankly, they should fire him right now rather …

Source: Cubs set to acquire IF Tracy  —  The Chicago Cubs will announce on Wednesday that they have signed former Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Chad Tracy to a minor league contract, according to a major league source.  —  If Tracy makes the Cubs' big-league roster, he would earn $900,000 …

Minnesota Twins, Jim Thome agree to incentive-heavy contract  —  The Minnesota Twins have agreed to a one-year incentive-laden contract with veteran slugger Jim Thome, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Pioneer Press today.  —  The Thome-to-the-Twins speculation began on Friday …

Damon's return to Yanks highly unlikely  —  Cashman says free agent's price exceeds team's budget  —  NEW YORK — Johnny Damon was hoping to find his team by the end of this week, and it appears that his employer will not be the Yankees.  —  Yankees general manager Brian Cashman all but closed …

Another move possible  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  I asked Brewers general manager Doug Melvin if he was done with personnel moves before spring training and he said he might make one more move.  Melvin wouldn't say what he was looking for, however.

Sox agree to terms with Hermida  —  The Red Sox today agreed to terms with outfielder Jeremy Hermida on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract for the 2010 season, thus avoiding salary arbitration.  Arbitration hearings would have started Feb. 1.  —  The sides agreed to a $3.345 million deal for 2010 …

Melvin Mora top target in Rockies' search for utility player  —  The Rockies' front office met early this offseason and identified the players it would like in a bench role.  The executives calculated that a handful of players could fall into their laps if they exercised patience.

Villanueva inks deal with Crew for '10  —  Hart now sole remaining arbitration-eligible player  —  MILWAUKEE — The Brewers and reliever Carlos Villanueva agreed to a one-year, $950,000 contract on Tuesday, leaving outfielder Corey Hart as the team's only arbitration-eligible player left unsigned.

Modest surprise: Ronnie Belliard returning to Dodgers  —  The Blake DeWitt train will have more stops before it reaches its intended destination.  Ken Gurnick of MLB.com is reporting that Ronnie Belliard has re-signed with the Dodgers on an $825,000 deal.  —  The Dodgers now find themselves …

Cubs Reach Agreement With Xavier Nady  —  12:57pm: SI.com's Jon Heyman tweets that Nady will make $3.3MM in 2010 plus an additional $2MM in incentives tied to games played.  —  11:41am: Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports tweets that the team has reached an agreement with Nady on a one-year deal, pending a physical.