To be honest, Tallet’s career has pretty much been in free fall since his excellent 2008 season, and he’ll be lucky to get a minor league deal this year. Needless to say, at the age of 35, he’s highly unlikely to ever wind up on a cheat sheet ever again.

The Yankees are running out of time to reach an agreement with Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima.

Pitchers and catchers report in less than two months… is there a sweeter phrase in the English language? Well, we suppose “less than one month” is sweeter, but you get the idea.

Remember how the Angels were slagged for their inactivity in the 2010 offseason? Damn, no one’s going to accuse them of standing pat this winter.

Other teams that are said to be interested are Miami (is there anyone the Marlins aren’t after this offseason?), Seattle (which would be wiser to use its assets to acquire offense, not pitching), Cincinnati (which definitely needs the starting pitching), Boston (again, could use the upgrade) and Texas (which needs Gonzalez less desperately than most on this list).

The Dodgers will hand out bobbleheads of former great all season long, so there’s nothing unusual there, but choosing to give out Scioscia’s on the same day his club visits is a bizarre choice. What happens if the massively improved Halos hammer the Dodgers that game? Will Dodger fans make it rain with Scioscia bobbleheads? That could be an ugly scene and it could have – and should have — been avoided.

While Detroit went meekly into the night on Saturday, their longest serving player – a player who inexplicably still has a job – was etching himself into the Tiger record book.