Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz(notes) made "only" $418,000 this year while hitting .260 with 33 homers, 76 RBIs, stealing 20 bases, and scoring 75 runs. That low, low price and high production have apparently gotten the 29-year-old Cruz interest from "several teams" who would love to trade for him, according to FOXSports.

But that low price and high production are also making the Rangers loathe to trade Cruz. So the fella who became an All-Star for the first time this year is very likely to be back in the Texas Rangers outfield next year.

Some teams that are believed to be interested include the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Francisco Giants.

Source: FOXSports

It looks like Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Roger Staubach would like to get into the baseball business, according to the Dallas Morning News. Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks has been put into the position of needing to sell shares of his club due to the enormous amount of debt he's carrying and it seemed that he would need to sell a majority of the shares, leaving him on the outs.

But Hicks, who has owned the team for more than a decade, has apparently collected a large number of local investors that will help him maintain his majority ownership. Staubach is reportedly one of those folks.

Current club president Nolan Ryan also said he would be part of that group. Ryan is hedging his bets since he has also been working with prospective owner Chuck Greenberg.

Bids for the club are still due on Friday so get your pals together tonight and give Hicks a call before the weekend.

Source: Dallas Morning News

Big slugger Vladimir Guerrero(notes) is a free agent now and it appears that the Texas Rangers would like to bring the former Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim designated hitter to the Lone Star State, according to FOXSports.

The offense of the Rangers was significantly lower this past season than in 2008 and the team wants to boost those numbers. There have been rumors that one route toward regaining that would be to bring Milton Bradley(notes) back to the team via trade with the Chicago Cubs. But they could also up their numbers with the addition of the 34-year-old Guerrero. After all, the guy has a .394 average in 50 games at the ballpark in Arlington.

The Rangers apparently have some money woes (don't we all?) so that could make things difficult to bring Guerrero onboard. He may currently be looking to get the kind of dough Bobby Abreu(notes) got from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: $19 million over two years. But it is apparently more likely that he'll end up with a one-year deal worth somewhere between $3 million and $5 million. Nothing to sneeze at.

Source: FOXSports

Chicago Cubs GM Jim Hendry spoke with seven or eight teams yesterday about what players are on the market and what players aren't on the market and it appears that he's identified two players who could be playing center field on Chicago's North Side next season, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Of course Hendry also needs to get rid of an outfielder who want be easy to get rid of: Milton Bradley(notes). The rumor is that the Cubs are interested in the Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd(notes) and that it is possible that the Detroit Tigers might put Curtis Granderson(notes) on the market, which would be another prime target for Chicago.

Hendry could likely sign Byrd without dealing Bradley but Granderson has $25.75 million owed to him over the next three years so Hendry would have to clear up some salary space and he wouldn't likely be able to do that by trading Bradley to Detroit. Tigers manager Jim Leyland flipped his lid last summer when it was so much as suggested that Bradley might be coming to the Motor City via trade.

The Cubs' 2010 payroll is expected to go up to $145 million, more than anybody else in the National League Central.

Source: Chicago Tribune

It's not looking like tons of teams want to take disgruntled outfielder Milton Bradley(notes) off of the hands of the Chicago Cubs right now, but the Texas Rangers apparently remain interested, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The two sides are still talking about a potential deal and Cubs GM Jim Hendry apparently would like to get an agreement before the winter meetings that start Dec. 7.

Bradley, of course, left the Rangers at the start of last year when he took the Cubs' three-year, $30 million deal over the offer of $6 million for one year from the Rangers.

Two other possible destinations for Bradley are apparently the New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays. Hendry would reportedly love to get his hands on Mets second baseman Luis Castillo(notes) who has two years and $12 million left on his contract. Mets ownership, though, apparently isn't hugely interested in bringing in Bradley.

The Rays also tried to get Bradley last off-season so Hendry is hoping they've still got some interest.

Source: Chicago Tribune