Red Sox gunning for top outfield target  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  By all accounts, the Red Sox [team stats] are working hard behind the scenes to sign one of the two elite free agent outfielders, Carl Crawford or Jayson Werth.

Rangers set to push Yankees with 5-year bid for Lee  —  Tweet  —  Armed with the belief the Yankees are willing to pay Cliff Lee $23 million a year, the Rangers are on the verge of making an official offer to retain the left-handed free-agent hurler.  —  According to a person with knowledge …

Derek Jeter's agent meets with Yankees GM Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner Tuesday in Tampa: source  —  Derek Jeter's agent, Yankees GM Brian Cashman (below) and owner Hal Steinbrenner convene Tuesday, according to a source.  Another source says there is ‘nothing imminent’ regarding a deal.

Memo to Selig: Leave the playoffs alone  —  Almost all of the power brokers at Major League Baseball, an entity that could use a visit to the ophthalmologist for its short-sightedness, burst with pleasure at the idea of expanding the game's postseason.  Publicly, they tout the excitement …

Ask Pete Carroll a question...  Join us...  Facebook  —  Twitter  —  Brock Huard  —  Brock Huard played football for his father, Mike, at Puyallup High School before moving on to the University of Washington.  There Brock erased older brother Damon's name on several season and career passing records.

Giants To Sign Miguel Tejada  —  The Giants agreed to sign Miguel Tejada to a one-year deal worth $6.5MM that includes a $500K bonus, according to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes (on Twitter).  —  The Giants had been pursuing shortstops aggressively ever since Juan Uribe signed with the Dodgers.

Chronicle report: A's met with Adam Dunn yesterday  —  The Chronicle learned this morning that the A's met with Adam Dunn in Houston yesterday, and according to an industry source, Oakland is considered a serious candidate to land a deal with the 31-year-old slugger.

Scouting reports for the Top 10 Prospects (How to subscribe)  —  Shortly after Jon Daniels became the youngest general manager in baseball history following the 2005 season, the Rangers fully committed to building a winner through their farm system.  They restocked the organization through trades …

Dodgers deal Theriot to Cardinals  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers won't need to non-tender Ryan Theriot on Thursday, after trading him on Tuesday to the Cardinals for relief pitcher Blake Hawksworth.  —  Theriot was made expendable by the pending signing of free-agent infielder Juan Uribe, who will start at second base.

Source: Dodgers explore signing Varitek  —  BOSTON — Former Yankees manager Joe Torre traded in pinstripes for Dodger blue.  Will Red Sox captain Jason Varitek recast himself in the same hue?  —  That possibility was raised Tuesday by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, who reported …