As of 9PM on monday night outside the retirement of Greg Maddux nothing much has occured at the winter meetings today. Gerald Laird wes sent by Texas to Detroit. The move makes some degree of sense for both clubs. The Tigers need someone to replace Ivan Rodriguez and have no one in their farm system. Laird is a barely adequete bat and a above average defensive catcher. He is not someone to built a team around but there are certainly worse. Also the price was right. Neither of the guys they sent to Texas will be missed. As for Texas they are one of the few teams with an excess at catcher. Even trading Laird they still have Jarrod Saltamacchia and Taylor Teagarden. Saltamacchia was highly thought of going into last year. While his defense is fair its his bat that should give him a long career. Don't forget he was the key part of the trade that sent Mark Teixera to the Braves. As for Teagarden I hear he is kind of like Mickey Tettleton. Good power lots of strikeouts very little defense.
Everything else at this point is rumor. Maybe tomorrow will bring something concrete.
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