Scouting reports for the Top 10 Prospects (How to subscribe)  —  Omar Minaya seemingly could do no wrong in the early part of his tenure as Mets general manager.  He lured premium free agents Carlos Beltran, Pedro Martinez and Billy Wagner to Queens with rich contract offers.

Sox add Jenks to the mix  —  The Red Sox firmly believe relief pitchers are not worth a contract of longer than two years.  History shows such deals usually come to be regretted.  —  General manager Theo Epstein paid the steep price for his convictions yesterday when striking a deal with righthander Bobby Jenks.

Wood back in ‘family’  —  Reliever signs 1-year deal for $1.5 million to return to Cubs  —  Kerry Wood with Ryan Dempster at Ron Santo's funeral.  (Steve Green, Associated Press / December 10, 2010)  —  In what may be remembered as the Pizza Summit, Kerry Wood and Cubs general manager …

Edgar Renteria dislikes Giants' $1M offer  —  ORLANDO — Edgar Renteria understands the best part of his major league career is over and baseball is a business, but he still hoped for better treatment from the San Francisco Giants after helping the team to the World Series in October.

A's acquire Nats slugger Willingham  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  The A's, continuing their quest to upgrade their offense, have acquired outfielder Josh Willingham from the Nationals.

Orlando Hudson signs with Padres  —  The Padres have signed free-agent 2B Orlando Hudson to a two-year, $11.5 million deal, according to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com.  —  There is not much of a market for Hudson, according to ESPN.com.  —  The Mets are not interested, at least as far as I can tell.

Nats, Gaudin come to terms on Minors deal  —  WASHINGTON — The Nationals agreed to terms on a Minor League contract with Chad Gaudin on Friday, extending the right-hander an invitation to Spring Training.  —  This past season, Gaudin posted a 1-4 record and a 5.65 ERA with the Yankees and Athletics.

Tampa chamber agrees to take up Rays stadium debate  —  TAMPA — When the Tampa Bay Rays reached the World Series in 2008, Mayor Mike Nutter of Philadelphia picked up the telephone to propose a traditional wager with his counterpart in this region.  —  Let's see ... Tampa Bay ... that's area code 813, right?

Hall won't beckon, but Rueter had fine career  —  Southpaw's tenure with Giants marked by reliability, winning  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Kirk Rueter knows he won't be enshrined in Cooperstown.  But he'll remain entrenched as a success in San Francisco.  —  Rueter, who spent 10 …

Tigers To Re-Sign Magglio Ordonez  —  The Tigers agreed to re-sign Magglio Ordonez to a one-year deal, the team announced.  The contract is worth $10MM, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (Twitter link).  Ordonez, a Scott Boras client, turned down two-year offers elsewhere, according to Heyman.

Online bond shattered by tragic accident  —  When he didn't tweet about Cliff Lee, she knew something was wrong.  —  During the weekend Steven Smith had posted dozens of Twitter messages, a prolific output that his 578 followers had come to expect.  —  Smith lived in Scotch Plains, N.J., but place is moot in the Twitter universe.

Nationals remain interested in adding Webb  —  WASHINGTON — The Nationals are not done looking for pitching.  According to a baseball source, Washington continues to be in the mix to acquire right-hander Brandon Webb.  The source said Webb is not in a hurry to make a decision.

Pitchers bring no relief to payroll  —  The simultaneous sounds of the relief-pitching market this offseason - cha-ching, followed by muahahaha - resounded their deepest yet this week when the contract craziness that started with Joaquin Benoit  —  reached a laughable nadir.

Vikings Announce Ticket Policy and Game Logistics for Monday's Game vs. Bears  —  Eden Prairie, MN (December 16, 2010) - The Minnesota Vikings have announced the ticket policy and game logistics for the upcoming Monday night Vikings-Bears game at TCF Bank Stadium.