Tuesday Baseball Rumors

Hockey will be back in a few weeks, baseball will be today and tomorrow, and the NFL will take over Thursday with the Training Camp Preview.

Rumors
- Dontrelle Willis is not available, but Seattle would part with CF prospect Adam Jones to get him. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- The Rangers should package a reliever such as Joaquin Benoit with Teixeira to get the desired prospects that they'd want. The Angels, Dodgers, and Braves are interested. (Dallas Morning News)
- The Red Sox are also interested in Teixeira. (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
- The White Sox are paying a lot of attention to the Yankees, but they seem to only be interested in Jon Garland and Matt Thornton, not Javy Vazquez or Jose Contreras. White Sox scouts were seen in Tampa. The Mets are interested in Ty Wigginton, Ray Durham, and Tad Iguchi. (NY Post)
- The Yanks are interested in Wigginton and Wilson Betemit as well as relief pitchers. Roy Oswalt is likely staying in Houston. (Journal News)
- The White Sox are trying to trade Contreras and Jermaine Dye, and Seattle, the Mets, and the Dodgers have been scouting Chicago over the past week. (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Dye could go to the Angels, Cubs, or Indians. Contreras could go to the Mets. The White Sox rejected a deal that would've sent Garland to Atlanta for Edgar Renteria and a pitching prospect. (Daily Herald)
- The Phillies are buyers. They wouldn't give up too much for Steve Trachsel or Kyle Lohse, but may part with a player like Michael Bourn for Akinori Otsuka or Jon Rauch. (Wilmington News Journal)
- The Mets are interested in Mark Loretta and Jeff Conine. Ronnie Belliard is now off the market, and the asking price may be too high for Chad Cordero. (NY Daily News)
- The Mets, Phillies, Indians, Red Sox, Tigers, and Dodgers are all interested in Cordero. (Washington Times)
- The Dodgers and Indians are the most interested in Octavio Dotel, but Boston and the Mets are still in talks. (KC Star)
- Dotel's price may be too high for the Indians. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Bobby Kielty was just removed from the roster, and Boston leads several interested teams. (Contra Costa Times)
- The Tigers were seen scouting the Rockies last weekend, perhaps looking at Brian Fuentes. They were also looking at Cordero and Rauch of the Nats. (Denver Post)
- Josh Towers and Jack Wilson will likely stay on their respective teams, said JP Riccardi. (Toronto Sun)
- The Braves are interested in Garland, Contreras, and Livan Hernandez. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
- Cleveland and Boston are interested in Dye, but the Red Sox may just go after Kielty or Reggie Sanders. The Rockies have asked about Kyle Farnsworth, but the talent wanted in return is too much even considering the money that the Yanks would fork over. Rauch, Cordero, Dmitri Young, and Ryan Church could be dealt by Washington. Mike Piazza could get traded to San Diego. The Dodgers will likely get Dotel. (Newark Star-Ledger)
- Scouts from the Tigers, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Royals and Pirates were at the Astros game last night. (Houston Chronicle)
- St Louis may deal Jason Isringhausen. (St Louis Post Dispatch)
- The Reds, Padres, Cubs, and Phillies were scouting the Nationals. (Washington Post)
- The Braves and Angels are the most aggressive on Teixeira, with the Yankees, Red Sox and Giants also interested. The Yankees might be pursuing Adam Dunn, the Reds had scouts in Tampa yesterday. The entire Rangers bullpen is in play, as well as Kenny Lofton, Brad Wilkerson, and Sammy Sosa. (Ken Rosenthal)
- The Dodgers would have to deal James Loney in a Teixeira deal, and the Rangers may also want Clayton Kershaw. The Angels would have to trade Casey Kotchman, the O's would need to deal Daniel Cabrera, and Boston would have to trade Jon Lester of Clay Buchholz. The Yankees, Tigers, and Giants are longshots. The Mets would want the White Sox to pay at least half of Contreras' remaining salary. The Padres are interested in Loretta. (Jon Heyman)
- Executives say that Texas is intent on dealing Teixeira. The Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Braves, and Giants are in talks. (Buster Olney)
- The Red Sox are the favorites to land Teixeira. The Yankees, Angels, Dodgers, and Giants are also interested. The Dodgers, Brewers, and Phillies are interested in Joe Kennedy. Scouts dismissed a Dunn-Washington deal. (Jim Molony, MLB.com)