Trade in one word: Cash  —  I did word clouds for Angels fans' reactions to the Vernon Wells trade at Halos Heaven and Jays fans' reactions at Bluebird Banter.  I don't think I'll need to tell you which is which.  (Click on them for a larger view.)  —  My favorite word from the Jays' chart: Jedi-Like.

BEANE BALL  —  In contrast to Cashman's mostly empty winter, his buddy, Beane, has had the busiest offseason of any GM.  Despite the usual financial constraints, Beane invested $22.85 million in free agents Hideki Matsui, Grant Balfour and Brian Fuentes and added another $12 million …

Yankees GM Brian Cashman might want to leave Bombers and finally have a chance to be his own Boss  —  Lot of questions swirling around regarding Brian Cashman and his “Don't look at me” declaration at the Rafael Soriano soiree last Wednesday - not the least of which was …

Nolan Ryan predicts 90-95 wins  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan predicted 90 to 95 wins for his 2011 ballclub.  —  Ryan shared his thoughts on the team with a large group of fans at the Rangers' Fan Fest on Saturday at Arlington Convention Center.

Giants and Torres Make a Deal  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have their roster ready for the start of spring training next month.  —  Center fielder Andres Torres and the World Series champions agreed to terms Saturday on a $2.2 million, one-year contract to avoid arbitration.

Terry Collins Aiming to Eliminate Questions  —  “There's so much attention on the New York Mets and spring training I wanted to be able to limit the questions we had to deal with.  Obviously we'll have questions about [Oliver Perez], we'll have questions about [Luis Castillo] …

Will Rockies capitalize on April schedule?  —  While making the playoffs two of the past four years, the Colorado Rockies have shown they can come from behind, make up ground and finish with a rush.  But what if they broke fast and instead of muddling through April actually played well?

Rockies' Hammel signs two-year $7.75 million deal  —  Jason Hammel, happy and healthy during the team's commercial filming Friday, received further piece of mind today, signing a two-year, $7.75-million contract.  Because he was a Super Two in terms of service time, Hammel will have one arbitration season remaining in 2013.

Billy Butler Agrees To Extension With Royals  —  SUNDAY, 9:31am: Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star has the financial details of the deal (Twitter link).  Butler will earn $3MM in 2011, and $8MM per year from 2012 to 2014.  The contract also includes a $2MM signing bonus and a $12.5MM club option for 2015, with a $1MM buyout.

Armando Galarraga Rumors: Saturday  —  5:20pm: Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports that the Diamondbacks are making a strong push for Galarraga and the two sides are exchanging names.  He says that Single-A right-hander Kevin Eichhorn has been discussed, and it appears as though …

Sparky's No. 11 to be retired by Tigers  —  DETROIT — The Tigers will honor Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson from a patch on their right sleeves to the retirement of his No. 11 on the brick wall at Comerica Park.  —  Team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski made the announcement …

Brewers, Loe avoid hearing, agree to deal  —  Reliever gets $1.25 million for 2011 after asking for $1.65M  —  MILWAUKEE — The Brewers and reliever Kameron Loe avoided a potential arbitration hearing by agreeing Friday to a one-year, $1.25 million contract.