News roundup

Morneau edges Jeter for AL MVP. I could pick this one apart, but it would involve defending Jeter and I just don't have the stomach for that at the moment (though Jeter did actually deserve to win this year, I'll leave it at that).

More insanity- Juan Pierre is getting $45 million over 5 years and he's not even good. In related news, Gary Matthews Jr. is going to be RICH.

Nomar also extended for two years with the Dodgers. He may move to third base to make room for James Loney, which would make his bat more valuable. This isn't a terrible deal for LA (the dollar amount is $18.5 million) though it's a bad sign that everyone was excited that Nomar was healthy enough to play in only 122 games last year.

The Mets signed Moises Alou to play left field for one year at $8.5 million and it's one of the more sane things I've seen done this off-season. This does serve to make the Mets even older, though.

Mussina will stay with the Yankees for 2 years and $23 million, which is a hefty paycut from the $17 million option the Yanks declined. Moose is 38, but this is probably a good deal for the Yankees.

Ed Eagle runs another mailbag on the team site. Clearly there were not many intelligent questions asked this week if the questions he ran are the ones that made the cut. One thing I will say is that it's insane how everyone is shocked that Paulino didn't get any votes for ROY. They only vote for the top three in that award and off the top of my head I've got Ramirez, Zimmerman, Uggla, Johnson, Martin (at the same position as Paulino), and Ethier all with better rookie years than Ronny. Paulino was a nice surprise this year, but it's not shocking that he didn't get any votes for Rookie of the Year.

That's all the linkage I've got for now. I'm just waiting for someone to give Tike Redman at 4 year $8 million deal at this point.