By George, old Yankees' brass wouldn't pass on Hamilton  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The dominoes began to fall at the Winter Meetings in Orlando two years ago as the Red Sox traded for Adrian Gonzalez, then signed Carl Crawford.  A few days later Cliff Lee spurned the Yankees to rejoin the Phillies.

Greinke's next move leaves teams in limbo  —  10:03PM EST December 6.  2012 - NASHVILLE — The three veteran general managers began talking in their hotel suites, moved into a restaurant, shifted to the back of a bar, then wound up in a lonely hallway Thursday morning, with vacuum cleaners humming in the background.

Rule 5 Draft offers final chance at fruitful Meetings  —  At the end of the Winter Meetings comes an event that might seem as niche as they come.  And yet all 30 teams, as well as scores of players, will be paying close attention Thursday morning.  —  The Rule 5 Draft commences at 10 …

Koji Uehara Has Done Some Things  —  These aim to be spectacular factoids about Koji Uehara, who is spectacular.  They feature a moderate amount of cherry-picking and sample size cheats, but not that much!  All statistics except where noted are since 2010, when Uehara converted from starting to relief.

Phillies Acquire Revere, Worley and May To Twins  —  The Phillies will not leave the Winter Meetings empty handed.  —  Multiple sources confirmed to MLB.com this morning the Phillies have acquired outfielder Ben Revere in a trade with the Minnesota Twins.  Right-hander Vance Worley …

Cards end meetings with more work to do  —  • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn.   • If the Cardinals had not signed catcher Yadier Molina to a five-year extension last spring, it is possible they would have spent these winter meetings …

Twins sign reliever Burton for 2 years, $5.5M  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have agreed to terms with right-handed reliever Jared Burton on a two-year, $5.5 million contract that includes a club option for the 2015 season.  —  The deal was worked out Thursday at baseball's winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn.

Royals' payroll pinch tighter than previously believed  —  NASHVILLE, TENN. — Royals owner David Glass created a stir recently in revealing $70 million to be the budgeted break-even point for the club's 2013 payroll.  —  Well, the financial pinch is a lot tighter than initially believed.

White Sox dangling Viciedo and De Aza  —  By Mark Gonzales, Tribune report  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baseball's winter meetings ended Thursday, but the White Sox are continuing their pursuit of a left-handed hitter with some daring scenarios.  —  Two sources confirmed the Sox and Mariners …

Stewart re-signs with Cubs  —  Phil Rogers and Mark Gonzales talk about the Cubs and White Sox Rule 5 draft picks.  —  Third baseman Ian Stewart agreed to a one-year deal Thursday to return to the Cubs.  —  Stewart will earn $2 million with $500,000 in incentives.

Sources: Rangers involved in advanced talks with Phillies about possible Michael Young trade  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Rangers haven't really gotten anywhere on their big free-agent targets.  And complicated pie-in-the-sky trade scenarios haven't really gained traction.

NY Mets have not met R.A. Dickey's asking price as negotiation process is still ongoing  —  Jeff Wilpon reiterated earlier comments that the Mets were willing to allow Dickey to simply play out next season on the pre-existing $5 million club option, and become a free agent.