More Rangers headed to Boston: Koji Uehara agrees to one-year deal with Red Sox  —  Free agent right-hander Koji Uehara spurned the Texas Rangers on Thursday and agreed to a one-year deal with Boston on Thursday.  The contract is contingent on a Uehara passing a physical.

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.

2012 Rule 5 Draft results  —  Results of the 2012 Rule 5 Draft:  —  Acquiring teams in bold; former organizations in parentheses  —  Major League Phase  —  HOU: Josh Fields, RHP (BOS) CHC: Hector Rondon, RHP (CLE) COL: Daniel Rosenbaum, LHP (WAS) MIN: Ryan Pressly, RHP (BOS) CLE …

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 …

Dodgers pessimistic about landing Greinke  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Speculation when the winter began was that the two Los Angeles-area teams would engage in a bidding war for prized free-agent pitcher Zack Greinke.  It hasn't quite worked out that way so far.

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 …

Mariners said to still be very much in the running for Josh Hamilton  —  The Mariners and Josh Hamilton are said to be “very close” to a deal, depending on what happens first between free agent pitcher Zack Greinke and the Texas Rangers.  Photo Credit: AP  —  It once seemed like Josh Hamilton …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Cubs To Sign Nate Schierholtz  —  The Cubs agreed to a one-year deal with outfielder Nate Schierholtz, tweets ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.  The deal is worth $2.25MM with $500K in incentives, adds Crasnick.  Schierholtz, 29 in February, was non-tendered by the Phillies last week.  He's represented by Lapa/Leventhal.