Marlins To Sign Mark Buehrle  —  The Marlins' heavy offseason spending continued today, as they agreed to sign lefty Mark Buehrle to a four-year, $58MM deal, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  The durable lefty will head to the National League for the first time in his career to bolster Miami's rotation.

Kelly Johnson to accept Jays arbitration offer  —  DALLAS—In what seemed a surprising free-agent decision on Wednesday, according to Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos, with hours left to the deadline, second baseman Kelly Johnson was set to accept the club's arbitration offer for 2012.

Ortiz accepts arbitration from Red Sox  —  DALLAS — It's official, David Ortiz has accepted salary arbitration from the Red Sox, according to a team source.  That binds him to the team for 2012 with at least a one-year contract.  —  The sides can continue to work on a multi-year deal up until conceivably February.

Huston Street says trade from Rockies to Padres is “bittersweet”  —  DALLAS — Huston Street heard the rumors, read the stories, received the text messages.  He knew his days with the Rockies were numbered given the team's bullpen depth and desire to use his money to pursue a veteran starter or everyday player.

Astros hire Luhnow as general manager  —  The Astros turned to their division rival and the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals for next general manager, announcing late Wednesday they had hired Cardinals vice president of player procurement Jeff Luhnow.

Photo: Jose Reyes in a Marlins hat, thanks the Mets  —  “I have to thank the New York Mets for giving me the opportunity to play in the big leagues,” Jose Reyes said this afternoon, while wearing his new Marlins hat and jersey.  “Right now, I'm really excited and happy to go to Miami.I'm part of this family now, and I have to move on.”

Clubs eyeing undervalued talent in Rule 5 Draft  —  Unprotected Minor Leaguers can be taken by others Thursday  —  DALLAS — The final act of the Winter Meetings — the Rule 5 Draft — might seem to be an anticlimactic conclusion every December, what with all the talk of free-agent signings and trade rumors.

A Love Letter to Andres Torres  —  The 2010 Giants were not expected to win the World Series.  No, please, sit down.  Hear me out.  It was a bit of an unexpected run.  Everything came together in just the right way, and the baseball monkeys ended up producing the entire works of Shakespeare …

Bobby Valentine touches on some topics ... and says he hates the Yankees  —  DALLAS — Bobby Valentine did a session with the media just now and after a few questions, Bob Klapisch of The Record in New Jersey asked him about facing the Yankees.  —  A smiling Valentine cut him off.

Angels reach agreement for reliever LaTroy Hawkins  —  The Angels reached an agreement with free-agent reliever LaTroy Hawkins on a one-year, $3-million deal pending a physical, according to a person familiar with negotiations who was not authorized to speak about them publickly.

Pirates Sign Erik Bedard  —  The Pirates have agreed to sign lefty Erik Bedard, MLBTR has confirmed.  Canadian journalist Marc Brassard first tweeted news of an impending $4.5MM deal, and the Pirates have since announced the deal.  Bedard is represented by SFX.  —  Bedard, 32, is coming off his healthiest season since 2007.

Bucs swing deal to acquire Navarro  —  The Pirates made a trade late on Wednesday to acquire infielder Yamaico Navarro from the Royals in exchange for Minor Leaguers Brooks Pounders and Diego Goris.  Pittsburgh will officially add Navarro to the 40-man roster on Thursday …

Moore interested in long-term deal for Gordon  —  DALLAS — Getting left fielder Alex Gordon's name on a long-term contract is being explored by Royals general manager Dayton Moore.  —  “We respect Alex a great deal in what he's accomplished here,” Moore said Wednesday at the Winter Meetings.