Peep Show

Law: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/keith-law/post?id=840&addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Expectations for Wheeler, Myers and Cole
Szymborski: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9398460/calculating-clayton-kershaw-contract-actually-worth-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Calculating Kershaw's worth
MLB Draft: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/mlb-draft/post?id=1049&addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Rodon, Turner could make history
Olney: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/2139?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">New low for A's ballpark
Swydan: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9394977/surging-san-diego-padres-win-national-league-west-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">San Diego's sneaky-deep lineup

Updated: February 6, 2004, 9:30 AM ET

American League
Detroit Tigers: According to the early returns, the signing of Pudge Rodriguez is giving the box office a nice boost. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the Tigers set a single day record for ticket sales on Monday, the day he was signed, and broke the record the very next day.

Pujols

New York Yankees: Fact: the Yankees need a third baseman. Fact: the Cardinals are having trouble coming to terms with Albert Pujols, a third baseman-turned outfielder. Not a fact: the Yankees contacted St. Louis about a trade for Pujols. The New York Post is reporting that there is no truth to the rumor that the two teams talked trade. For a rumor though, it has some detail to it. Allegedly, the Yankees were willing to send second baseman Alfonso Soriano and top catching prospect Dioner Navarro in exchange for Pujols, a player who has started his career so well that it might be the Yankees are the only team that could afford a player of his stature.

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