Ron Gardenhire, Bud Black honored  —  NEW YORK — San Diego's Bud Black has barely beaten out Cincinnati's Dusty Baker as the NL Manager of the Year, while Minnesota's Ron Gardenhire has won the AL award.  —  Black topped Baker by one point in results released Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Source: New York Yankees, Derek Jeter disagree on Captain's worth  —  Source says Jeter, Bombers not on same page when it comes to Derek's dollars  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — If the Yankees could get Derek Jeter to agree to a three-year contract for $21 million per year, they would sign off on it today.

Blue Jays On Verge Of Acquiring Rajai Davis  —  The Blue Jays are on the verge of acquiring outfielder Rajai Davis from the Athletics, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  Minor league reliever Trystan Magnuson is one of the players heading to Oakland in the deal, MLBTR has learned.

Diamondbacks could be big players  —  FOX Sports  —  The Diamondbacks lost 97 games last season with Justin Upton in right field and Stephen Drew at shortstop.  —  They might not be worse if they traded one, or even both.  In fact, they might be better — at least long-term — if they received the right players in return.

Report: A's offer Adrian Beltre a five-year, $64 million deal  —  Oakland has wasted little time making moves this offseason, bidding $17 million for the negotiating rights to Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, trading Vin Mazzaro and Justin Marks to the Royals for David DeJesus …

Jorge De La Rosa Rumors: Wednesday  —  5:30pm: The Nationals, Pirates, and Orioles have been the most aggressive De La Rosa suitors, tweets Renck, while the Brewers are no longer in the mix.  —  4:22pm: The Nationals met today with Jorge de la Rosa's agent Bobby Barad, tweets ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.

Pujols wants A-Rod deal and more notes from GM meetings … ORLANDO, Fla. — Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt, who may be the best businessman in a room full of millionaires and billionaires here at the Waldorf Astoria at Disney World, indicated he believes the Yankees would retract Alex Rodriguez's monstrous deal if they could.

Tigers, right-hander Joaquin Benoit nearing deal  —  The Detroit Tigers are nearing a multi-year agreement with right-hander Joaquin Benoit, major-league sources told FOXSports.com.  —  The deal could be for as long as three years, sources say.  —  Benoit, 33, is one of the more intriguing arms in a deep class of relief pitchers.

White Sox Willing To Discuss Gavin Floyd  —  The White Sox are willing to discuss righty Gavin Floyd, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post.  I'm sure the return would have to be significant, as Floyd is locked up affordably through 2012 with a club option for '13.

Numbers tell surprising free-agent story  —  Sure, Lee, Rivera and Soriano are recongizable, but don't forget these other arms … You don't need Rumblings and Grumblings to tell you that Cliff Lee, Mariano Rivera and Rafael Soriano are the three most ballyhooed free-agent arms that money can buy this winter.

Josh Willingham unlikely to receive extension  —  The Nationals have three options this offseason with left fielder Josh Willingham, who is entering his final year of arbitration and will be a free agent following the 2011 season.  They could sign him to a multi-year contract extension …

Photo: Alderson, DePodesta and Ricciardi at GM Meetings  —  murdertron3000  —  Wondering if I am the only one with the theme from Reservoir Dogs going through their head now.  —  C Dubb  —  Holy crap, you beat me to it!