The Rangers have offered arbitration to Milton Bradley.

Not unexpected, I don't think.

Word out of Canada is that the Jays want Bradley, but that he's leaning towards a deal with the D-Rays.

You know that "maybe the Brewers won't offer Ben Sheets arbitration" talk of late?

Well, nevermind.  Milwaukee has offered both Sheets and C.C. Sabathia arbitration, guaranteeing them two draft picks apiece if the pitchers walk.

Meanwhlie, Mike Hampton's enormous contract has finally run out, and he's signed a one year, $2 million deal with the Astros.

Happy birthday to Larry Walker, who turns 42 today.

Walker, you may remember, came thisclose to being a former Ranger.  In 2004, John Hart traded one of my favorite prospects, diminutive RHP Erik Thompson, along with a minor league shortstop who was a late round draft choice in 2003 to the Rockies for Walker.

However, Walker had a no-trade clause, and ended up vetoing the trade.  He ended up being dealt a couple of weeks later to the Cards for three scrubs.

Evan Grant needs questions for his Rangers newsletter.  I want to see good questions answered by Evan in his Rangers newsletter.

So, please send in your questions by clicking here.

T.R. Sullivan has a new mailbag column up.  The most relevant parts:

Injuries have limited Bonderman to a combined 40 starts over the past two seasons, and he went 14-13 with a 4.80 ERA. He signed for $12.5 million for both 2009 and 2010. Given the Rangers' financial situation, it's unlikely that they would pursue him.

For the past couple of years, we've heard about how the Ranger payroll was "player specific" and how they had the financial flexibility to get aggressive with certain free agents.  In particular, they went hard after Dice-K and Barry Zito.

But now, their "financial situation" is such that they apparently are stuck with the payroll they've had the past couple of years.  That is worrisome.

And then there is this:

The Red Sox have made it clear that they are not interested in trading Buchholz under any circumstances.

So...those who believe that the Rangers shouldn't trade a catcher to the BoSox without getting Buchholz can, apparently, scratch the BoSox off the list.

Evan Grant, meanwhile, says that the economy being the way it is, the Rangers may not offer Milton Bradley arbitration, because if he accepts and they cannot trade Hank Blalock or Gerald Laird, that might push them into an area where they feel "uncomfortable."

T.R. Sullivan reports that the Rangers are expected to offer arbitration to Milton Bradley.

Not really a surprise, I don't think...he's not likely to accept, and even if he did, it means he comes back to the Rangers on what should be a fairly reasonable one year deal.  We are past the days of John Hart, who was terrified at the slim possibility of a guy he wanted gone (i.e., Pudge Rodriguez) accepting arbitration, and thus was willing to give up the possibility of getting draft pick compensation. 

Of course, at that time, Hart didn't run the draft anyway, so getting more draft picks probably wasn't much of a priority.

The deadline is 11 p.m. tomorrow.  If Bradley is offered arbitration and signs elsewhere, the Rangers will get a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds in 2009.

Ken Davidoff says the Mets asked about Gerald Laird earlier this offseason, although that is on the back burner while they attempt to deal with some pitching issues.

Mike Hindman runs down the top 5 Rangers outfield prospects.

And that's it this morning, it appears.

From Evan Grant today:

Here's the bottom line: If Littleton makes the Red Sox opening day roster, the Rangers could potentially get a second player. Littleton is out of options, so if he doesn't make the Red Sox roster, the Rangers would probably just get a little bit of cash.

Of course, it is a lot easier to slide a player without options through waivers at the end of spring training (see, e.g., Robinson Tejeda and Nelson Cruz) than now.  So even if Littleton doesn't make the BoSox roster on Opening Day, he could still stay in the organization.

I don't see anything out there this morning.

We need more Rangers news.  Someone call Jon Daniels and tell him to trade a catcher.

I realize that this will make me seem old and out of touch, but there's something I'm not sure about...

Who is the target audience for "Twilight"?

The Hannah Montana tween crowd?

The high school crowd?

College age people?

All of the above?

I'm confused...someone explain for me...