Sources: New York Yankees, Texas Rangers unlikely Zack Greinke fits  —  The stakes are high as the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers wait for free agent Cliff Lee to decide where he'll be pitching in 2011 and beyond.  The winner of the Lee sweepstakes will have an ace left-hander to plug in at the top of its rotation.

The Rangers are going after Adrian Beltre.  Have they lost out on Cliff Lee?  —  Karl Ravech — via a tweet from Buster Olney — reports that the Texas Rangers are “moving aggressively” on Adrian Beltre.  Which suggests that they think they're not going to get Cliff Lee, as there is no way Texas can sign both of them.

MLB's Average Salary Finishes Over $3 Million  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The average salary in Major League Baseball finished over $3 million for the first time.  —  The 912 players in the big leagues before rosters expanded in September averaged $3,014,572, the Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday.

Wilson, Oberkfell among new Mets coaches  —  NEW YORK — Sandy Alderson has his manager.  Now, Terry Collins has his staff.  —  The Mets officially announced their 2011 coaching staff Monday, naming Dave Hudgens their new hitting coach, Ken Oberkfell bench coach, Mookie Wilson first-base coach and Jon Debus bullpen coach.

Gauging the value of Garza vs. Greinke  —  Matt Garza is a sexy trade option for other teams this offseason.  —  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.

Will Hideki Matsui Bring Porn Collection to Oakland?  —  The imminent possibility of the Oakland A's signing Hideki “Godzilla” Matsui could certainly fill some holes in the Athletics' lineup.  —  We'll refrain from recycling the above phrase to make the obvious pun regarding Matsui's other claim to fame: his extensive porn collection.

Dodgers add three on Minor League deals  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers on Monday announced the signings of three veterans to Minor League contracts with invitations to Major League camp.  —  Infielder Juan Castro, catcher JD Closser and utilityman Eugenio Velez have signed on …

Sources: Mariano Rivera initiated contact with Red Sox  —  According to multiple major league sources, Mariano Rivera's representatives were the ones to initiate contact with the Red Sox in an attempt to get the team interested in the closer.  While the Red Sox would ultimately make a two-year offer …

Scouting reports for the Top 10 Prospects (How to subscribe)  —  For a team that has lost more games than any other in major league history, the Phillies are in heady territory.  Though they fell short of their third straight National League pennant in 2010, it would be hard to argue that this isn't the best era in franchise history.

Blogger Ethics  —  Been putting together a few quick baseball thoughts — was going to throw them together into one massive blog post.  But then I thought that it would make me look so much more productive if I separated them and posted them throughout the day.  So that's what I'll do.

Texas Rangers sign Matt Treanor  —  The Texas Rangers announced Monday that they have re-signed free agent catcher Matt Treanor to a one-year contract worth $850,000 for 2011.  —  “We appreciated the qualities that Matt brought to our club in 2010, both on the field and the presence he had in our clubhouse …