Trade rumors are swirling and a few of the minor pieces on the free agent market have started to disappear. The Blue Jays and White Sox made the most noise yesterday and today with a couple moves, while the Red Sox have been stirring up the rumor mill the most. Below is a recap of what you missed from yesteday and so far today:
- John McDonald signed a 2-year deal worth $1.5M a season with the Blue Jays, despite the 1-year-deal we reported yesterday
- White Sox signed Andruw Jones to a 1-year-deal worth $500K where he can make another $1M in performance bonuses
- Red Sox would have to give up both prospect Casey Kelly and pitcher Clay Buchholz to acquire Roy Halladay
- Boston is also looking at acquiring Justin Duchscherer as a starting pitcher
- Phillies signed Dwayne Wise and Wilson Valdez to minor league contracts
- Royals traded infielder Tug Hulett to the Red Sox for cash or a player to be named later
- Marco Scutaro has the Red Sox as his top choice to sign with for 2010 and beyond
- Alex Gonzalez signs a 2-year-deal with the Blue Jays; he’ll get $2.75M for the first year and the Jays have a $2.5M team option for 2011
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Derek Boucher is a native of Toronto, Canada. He covers all sports for Pete Prose.
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