Yanks target Cuban SS as Jeter's heir  —  Do the Yankees have their sights on Derek Jeter's eventual replacement, who also could be a future center fielder who nudges Curtis Granderson to left?  —  According to the multiple members of the international scouting community …

Source: Felipe Lopez fires agent  —  Free-agent infielder Felipe Lopez has fired his agent, Scott Boras, and signed on with the Beverly Hill Sports Council, a source told ESPN.com Friday.  —  The 29-year-old Lopez was reportedly disgruntled over still finding himself without a team, just days before the beginning of spring training.

Reinsdorf: Put Thomas in HOF … Saying it would be “a disgrace” if Frank Thomas was not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf called his former slugger one of the best right-handed hitters in the game.  —  “I never saw Joe Jackson, he was a little before my time …

Marlins ready for FanFest on Saturday  —  Single-game tickets go on sale when doors open at noon  —  MIAMI — FanFest opens the door for the general public to meet Marlins players, get autographs and purchase tickets for the 2010 season.  —  The tradition continues Saturday …

Carl Crawford's pursuit of excellence  —  Carl Crawford wishes that the baseball culture would allow for some smack talk.  —  Nothing mean.  Nothing vicious, necessarily.  Crawford is a genial and positive personality who doesn't wake up pining to say something bad about your mom.

Cashman always looking ahead for Yanks  —  WEST HAVEN — The New York Yankees were just a couple of hours from the start of what ended up being the club's 27th World Series championship.  Yet there Brian Cashman was working the phones.  —  Cashman, the team's senior vice president and general manager …

San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum reach multiyear deal  —  Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants have settled their arbitration case, with the two-time reigning NL Cy Young winner agreeing to a $23 million, two-year contract ahead of Friday's originally scheduled hearing.

Minor League Transactions  —  Check out the Transactions Glossary for the key to deciphering the various inactive lists presented here.  —  Baltimore Orioles  —  Signed: LHP Will Startup  —  Outrighted to Triple-A, removed from 40-man: RHP Armando Gabino, RHP Dennis Sarfate

Question: Race in Citi Field  —  I submitted the same thing.  —  My other idea was a race with fans dressed as 7 trains.

Ask Alex: Will Mark Reynolds hit more than 40 home runs?  —  We all have questions about the 2010 season and Alex Remington luckily has some answers.  The Stew's resident stats guru will address a few per week as Opening Day approaches.  —  The Situation: Mark Reynolds

Going camping  —  Here's a list of attendees for big-league camp, which opens Feb. 18 when pitchers and catchers officially report:  —  Staff  —  Bones, Ricky  —  Brewer, Mark  —  Castro, Lillian  —  Collins, Terry  —  Conti, Guy  —  Hale, Chip  —  Jauss, David  —  Jackson, Al

Four Mets out of minor-league options  —  When players' performances in spring training are comparable, so many times the competition is won by the player who is out of minor-league options - meaning the player who could not be sent to the minors until he cleared waivers.

Classic TV Friday - Steve Garvey Sells You a Big-Ass TV - 1977  —  Back in 1977, the average television screen was no bigger than Pete Rose's noggin (which, now that I think of it, was actually pretty big).  Along came SegaVision with their 50-inch-screen and the home entertainment business was changed.