• The Astros are looking to trade a couple of their veteran players, as Richard Justice writes -- Ty Wigginton and closer Jose Valverde. Within this piece, a source tells Justice that the team is not cutting payroll but keeping it in place, which is a tough thing to do with Carlos Lee's salary about to jump to $18.5 million. • Heard this: The Dodgers are preparing to make their offer to CC Sabathia -- and logic tells you that it will be a very large offer, because the gauntlet has b ...

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