While You Were Sleeping...

-Peter Gammons reported late last night that a deal between the Red Sox, Marlins, and Pirates involving Manny Ramirez, Jeremy Hermida, Jason Bay, and John Grabow is not done and the complications may not be worked out until the 4pm deadline. Ken Ronsethal reports that top Marlins prospects Ryan Tucker and Mike Stanton will not be traded, and that could hold things up. BP reports that the Pirates would end up with Hermida, Tucker, and Stanton. For Bay, the Pirates' compensation would have to be better than what they rejected from the Braves last week, which won't be easy. The Red Sox and Marlins have not yet gone to the commissioner's office. It's unknown yet on who would get Grabow. Jon Heyman says that Boston could even get Jack Wilson but the Pirates want their end of the deal made a lot better and Boston may even have to find a different third team.
-Many teams including all 3 AL East contenders are interested in Will Ohman, says Keith Law. The Atlanta Journal-Consitution says the Cards and Tigers are interested.
-The Greg Maddux to the Dodgers talks have started, says Buster Olney.
-Big shocker here: SI's Jon Heyman reports that the Nats and Jim Bowden have overplayed their hand on Tim Redding, and has value has gone way down. 15 scouts were watching last night when Arthur Rhodes was terrible against the Rangers. The Mariners can't do anything right. The Mets remain focused on relief pitching, and they're frustrated on the lack of progress on talks with Raul Ibanez.
-Nobody knows whether Brian Fuentes will be traded today, says MLB.com's Thomas Harding.
-CBS Sports says that the Cubs inquired on David DeJesus and Brian Giles.
-The Providence Journal reports that Boston has interest in Scott Eyre and Ron Mahay and that they've offered Brandon Moss for Mahay. The Boston Globe reports that JJ Putz and Huston Street are still in play.