Jilted by Astros, Berkman eagerly anticipates offers  —  Lance Berkman needed a few days to digest the news the Astros didn't want him back.  —  At first, he toyed with retirement.  —  “After a couple of days, I realized I can still be a really good player and would be doing myself a disservice if I didn't play,” he said.

Source: New York Yankees want Derek Jeter to take ‘reality potion’  —  Negotiations between the New York Yankees and Derek Jeter are at a standstill until Jeter and his agent, Casey Close, “drink the reality potion,” according to a source close to the negotiations.

Dodgers Closing In On Deal With Juan Uribe  —  12:29pm: Uribe's contract with the Dodgers will be for three years and $21MM, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  —  11:38am: The Dodgers are closing in on a three-year deal with free agent infielder Juan Uribe, tweets ESPN's Buster Olney.

Where does the Hot Stove League stand?  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  Enough of the Lukewarm Stove League, the quiet November in which the biggest names were Victor Martinez …

Free agent Javier Vazquez will play for Florida Marlins  —  The Marlins have reached an agreement with free agent pitcher Javier Vazquez on a one-year contract, sources said Sunday.  —  Vazquez, 34, will join a Marlins rotation that will also include Josh Johnson, Ricky Nolasco, Chris Volstad and Anibal Sanchez.

Scouting reports for the Top 10 Prospects (How to subscribe)  —  The 2007 Angels won 94 regular-season games, captured the American League West by six games and had no shortage of optimism for the future.  —  The organization's young, homegrown core had arrived.

Giants' World Series share: $317K  —  A full World Series share for the champion San Francisco Giants was worth $317,631.29 this year, according to figures released Monday by Major League Baseball.  —  The Giants voted 50 full shares to members of the team and other personnel.

TCU Accepts Offer From Big East  —  Texas Christian University has accepted an invitation to become an all-sports member of the Big East Conference, FanHouse has learned.  —  The Horned Frogs will join the league beginning on July 1, 2012 and begin play in the Big East in the 2012-13 school year.

When do we start taking Omar Vizquel's Cooperstown case seriously?  —  Unique.  —  If I had only one word to describe Omar Vizquel's Hall of Fame case, it's unique.  Bizarre would be the alternate, but unique works best.  —  That wasn't always the case.

Happy birthday to the greatest announcer of all time  —  I first listened to Vin Scully call a Dodgers game when I was about 20 years old and he was around 75, yet immediately became such a big fan that I frequently tuned into their games on the MLB Extra Innings package despite a two-hour …

Beltran's contract might not be that hard to move...  Originally uploaded by Michael G. Baron  —  It was reported earlier this off-season that Carlos Beltran would waive his no-trade clause if that was what the team chose to do.  —  There is a great debate amongst Mets fans …

Source: Red Sox show interest in reliever Matt Guerrier  —  According to a major league source, the Red Sox have shown interest in free agent relief pitcher Matt Guerrier.  The right-hander, who has spent his entire seven-season major league career with the Twins, went 5-7 with a 3.17 ERA in 74 games with Minnesota in 2010.