Around the Bigs

• John Russell will return next year to manage the Bucs, who is under contract for 2010. Bucs GM has traded away most of the team's veteran talent, so Russell has worked with tons of young talent who may or may not be ready.
• Jays signed sixth rounder K.C. Hobson (OF) for 500 thousand dollars.
• Yankees signed first rounder Slade Heathcott for 2.2 million dollars, while second rounder J.R. Murphy signed for 1.25 million dollars.
• The Nationals DFA'd reliever Logan Kensing, who can top the guns at 96 MPH.
  
• Things not looking good on the Strasburg front...
  

Stay tuned today, as today is the deadline to sign draft picks.