Six or seven teams looking to meet with Mets on Dickey  —  The Mets have fielded calls from six or seven teams that want to meet to discuss a trade for R.A. Dickey, which should keep Mets people busy at the Winter Meetings that begin Monday in Nashville, Tenn.

No long-term relationships for Sox  —  Red Sox unlikely to repeat past mistakes  —  It took a quarter-billion dollar salary dump, the likes of which Larry Lucchino had not seen in more than three decades as a major league executive, to give the Red Sox [team stats] a chance at the do-over they so badly needed.

Brewers acquire reliever Badenhop from Rays  —  The Brewers boosted their bullpen depth on Saturday, when they acquired right-hander Burke Badenhop from the Rays in exchange for Minor League outfielder Raul Mondesi Jr.  —  Badenhop posted a 3-2 record and 3.03 ERA in 66 appearances out of Tampa Bay's 'pen last season.

The rise and fall of Lenny Dykstra  —  The members of the 1986 world champion Mets walked somberly through the doors of the Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., one sunny day last February.  Darryl Strawberry, Mookie Wilson, Howard Johnson and Wally Backman …

Seven teams have shown interest in Mike Pelfrey  —  In a post to Twitter, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports says “no less than seven teams have interest in Mike Pelfrey.”  —  The Mets non-tendered Pelfrey on Friday.  —  While Terry Collins said at the end of the year he could see Pelfrey …

Mets have talked to Toronto about C J.P. Arencibia  —  The Blue Jays currently have three catchers on their 40-man roster: Travis D'Arnoud, John Buck, and J.P. Arencibia.  —  Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says the Blue Jays are most likely to trade Arencibia, and the Mets and Jays have discussed a deal for Arencibia around Jon Niese.

Agent for Belcher, Crennel in disbelief over tragic murder-suicide … The agent for both Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and Romeo Crennel, the coach who witnessed Belcher's suicide in a parking lot outside the team's Arrowhead Stadium training facility Saturday morning, said …

Yankees GM Brian Cashman not worried after Ichiro Suzuki's agent says he's talked with several other teams  —  Tony Attanasio, speaking in two published reports over the past week, said first that Ichiro had no problem waiting for the Yankees but was quoted Saturday saying that he's now had talks with several teams.