Some Rumors, News & Notes

• Look for Reds INF Rich Aurilia, who has a $2 million dollar team option for 2007 - which is likely to be turned down, to wind up playing in New York in '07. He could fill a void at 1B for the Yankees or at 2B for the Mets. Aurilia is looking to play for a contender and play full-time at one position, according to the New York Post.
• Look for Mets minor league manager and former catcher Gary Carter to become the next hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies.
• Agent Scott Boras claims his client Alex Rodriguez, who has a no-trade clause, will not be moved this off-season. As I've posted before, moving A-Rod would not be beneficial to a line-up composed of mostly left-handed hitters. The Yankees need to add a righty or two, not subtract.
• Twins super-stud SP Francisco Liriano is frustrated with how rehab of his elbow has gone thus far this off-season. Liriano, who is still experiencing pain, could opt for Tommy John surgery. However, that would keep the young pitcher on the sidelines for the entire 2007 season.
• The Chicago Sun-Times reports that SP Freddy Garcia could be the odd man out of the rotation for 2007 and possibly traded this winter. Garcia told the Sun-Times that if he was traded, he would love to pitch for the Yankees.