Neither figures to bring a whole lot in return with guys like Garret Anderson, Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim Edmonds still out there as one-year possibilies. Still, the relative youth of Swisher and Nady could make them more attractive to some teams. It doesn't appear that the Yankees are prepared to keep both and play either Johnny Damon or Swisher in center field.

Cabrera's agent tried to get the Yankees interested in him as a second baseman, but that didn't work. Orlando Hudson isn't having much luck either, so we're not sure Cabrera advertising himself as a second baseman will do him any good. Once his price comes down far enough, there could be a half-dozen teams that realize he'd be worth pursuing as a shortstop.

It's not clear that Floyd was even on the table in the first place. Talks have stalled for now, Heyman says. GM Ken Williams told the Chicago media that he hasn't even spoken with the Orioles since November. However, most don't seem to believe him.

The Brewers could really use him, but they don't want to spend that much money to fill one hole and they know Lowe would prefer to pitch on the East Coast anyway. The Brewers are one of the teams interested in Braden Looper.

The Mets, Rangers, Tigers, Cardinals and Angels have all been connected to Cordero, though in the Mets' case, that was before the Francisco Rodriguez and J.J. Putz additions. Cordero isn't likely to reemerge as a closing candidate at any point in 2009, but it's still likely that he'll want to go to a team with an uncertain situation in the ninth.

It looked like things were heating up with Pavano at the winter meetings, but no one from a group that included the Jays, Marlins and Red Sox made much of a bid after expressing interest in him. Cleveland makes sense as a destination, though the team could use someone more reliable. If he's signed, he'd have an edge over Scott Lewis, Aaron Laffey, Jeremy Sowers and Zach Jackson in the competition for two rotation spots.

The Yankees' announcement of the Dec. 23rd deal comes one day after Teixeira passed his physical. It gives the Bombers the game's four largest contracts, and all signs point to the Teixeira, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett deals being the biggest contracts of this winter. Like the other two, Teixeira was given a complete no-trade clause as part of the contract.