Hoynes chimes in from the GM meetings: The Indians fired the two scouts responsible for the Tribe's Pacific Rim scouting. One new full-time scout has been hired and will live in Japan. Two more part-time scouts will cover Taiwan and S. Korea.

I guess the Indians really are going to give Mike Gosling a chance to let us remember his name.

In response to Bobby Jenks getting warned for throwing behind Ian Kinsler, Hawk Harrelson demands that MLB get umpires who can correctly judge the ebb-and-flow of the baseball game. He's sure that Jenks has no reason to throw at anybody.

Post-game, Bobby Jensk confirms that the pinch was intentional.

Harrelson, who watches every pitch of every White Sox game, misses the obvious, while the umpire, who sees only a small portion of White Sox games, gets it absolutely correct.

Watch the video in the link, listen to Hawk, and find further confirmation that he's undoubtedly one of the most idiotic announcers with a job.

To make room for Sowers, Chulk has been DFA.

The Tigers have acquired SS Jack Wilson from the Pirates. Beautiful if you're an Indians fan.

Update: Dombrowski is denying that it's a done deal.

Nationals today made Cordero a FA. He had shoulder surgery. Recovering from shoulder surgery isn't as much a guarantee as recovering from Tommy John.

He's a free agent after 2009, and he'll probably, as the link notes, be working on an incentive-based deal.

Free BP.com content, "Five Minutes" with Anthony Reyes. Dig it.

Indians apparently are looking for a new bullpen mentality. I'm not sure this falls on Isaac, but after 15 seasons the club wants a new voice in the pen.

Not that we're at all surprised, but sometimes it's just fun to hear them say it. From Hank Steinbrenner:

"We're going to win it next year," he said. "If we need to add a top veteran pitcher, we'll do that. We'll do whatever we need to do. Next year we'll be extremely dangerous."