The New York Mets and Yankees are reportedly the favorites to land free agent pitcher Freddy Garcia who is seeking a guaranteed deal despite having only pitched 73 innings combined in the past two seasons.

Garcia, who topped 200 innings pitched in the 04-06 seasons, had shoulder surgery in 2007 and returned to action in September of last year, making three starts for the Detroit Tigers going 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA over 15 innings.

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The Detroit Tigers can check “catcher” off their offseason shopping list after they, according to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthall, acquired Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers in exchange for right handed pitching prospect Guillermo Moscoso as well as a 17 year old pitching prospect.

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Teams have until midnight eastern time tonight to extend offers of arbitration to their free agents and I’ll be updating this page as often as news becomes available about teams’ arbitration actions.

Update

The offers are all in, and according to the AP only 24 players were offered arbitration. The list is as follows:

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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Chicago Cubs are in deep discussions to acquire Mark Teahen from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for pitcher Sean Marshall and infielder Mike Fontenot.
The Cubs have been looking for a left handed bat in the outfield but to be honest, I’m not quite sure why they think [...]

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The New York Yankees recently lost Jorge Posada to season ending surgery, so what do they do? They go out and get another perennial all-star to take his spot.
The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees have reportedly agreed to a deal that will send Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez to the Yankees in exchange for pitcher Kyle [...]

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The writing has certainly been on the wall for Brandon Inge since the Tigers acquired third basemen Miguel Cabrera. And now, it appears that Inge has requested a trade. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Inge asked the Tigers to move him saying that he’d rather start somewhere else than remain in Detroit.
Several teams [...]

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ESPN.com is reporting that the Detroit Tigers have agreed to a three year contract extension with newly acquired pitcher Dontrelle Willis. The deal is reportedly worth $29 million and, assuming Willis rebounds from his performance last year, could end up being a bargain for the Tigers. I wouldn’t have thought almost $10 million a year [...]

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According to multiple sources (including Peter Gammons) the Detroit Tigers have ironed out a trade with the Florida Marlins that will bring them Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis In return, the Marlins will be getting three minor league prospects as well as Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller, and catcher Mike Rabelo.
As mentioned earlier, Maybin and [...]

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Conventional wisdom has it that the floodgate of trades will open once Santana and Cabrera have been dealt. But in a sign of just how difficult it has become to package a trade involving such big name players, neither deal has materialized and the rumors (and the clubs involved) seem to change almost hourly. In [...]

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The Detroit Free Press is reporting that 43-year-old Kenny Rogers has inked a pact with the Tigers that will bring him back for one more season. The terms of the contract weren’t available but the most recent offer from the Tigers was reportedly for $8 million.
The Tigers have also signed right-handed reliever Francisco Cruceta to [...]

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