Randy Wolf News

It's probably too early to tell whether this will be a warmer offseason for veteran free agents than the last one was for some, when a number of players who turned out to be quite serviceable in 2009 went through December and well into the calendar year without deals.

Randy Wolf finalized his $29.75 million, three-year contract with the team, which also agreed to a $2.1 million deal with infielder Craig Counsell and struck a preliminary one-year agreement with reliever Claudio Vargas, pending a physical.

Juan Pierre has been traded, and Dodger fans should be happy. I know not every Dodger fan will feel this way, but it's really this simple.

An ownership dispute between Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his estranged wife will linger through at least a third of the 2010 season after a judge on Tuesday set a hearing for late May.

On Tuesday the Dodgers dealt Juan Pierre to the White Sox for two pitching prospects to be named later.A While the transaction will cost the Dodgers their fourth outfielder , they will save about $8 million.A The deal, yet again, exemplifies this off-season's plan for the Dodgers: the No Improvement Plan.

Baseball's winter meetings came and went, and the Los Angeles Dodgers did next to nothing.

The Milwaukee Brewers have signed left- hander Randy Wolf to a three-year contract with a club option for a fourth season.

The Mets lost out on a free-agent pitcher they were interested in, as Randy Wolf is headed to the Brewers for a three-year deal that nets him $29 million.

Major League Baseball held its annual Winter Meetings this week in Indianapolis.

Reporting from Indianapolis - Randy Wolf said an offer from the Dodgers might have given him pause.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Rizzo's first winter meetings as the Washington Nationals' general manager were particularly busy. The Nationals made three acquisitions -- trading for reliever Brian Bruney, signing veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez to a two-year, $6 million deal and signing outfielder Jerry Owens to a minor league contract -- and remained involved in discussions with almost every free agent starting pitcher left not named John Lackey.

'We came here with a checklist of things to try to accomplish over the course of the offseason,' Rizzo said before departing for Washington after the meetings concluded Thursday. 'We think we've made solid progress to acquire the things we need to be a better ballclub for next year. We're far from finished, but we think this was a good starting point and we feel good about it.'

Reporting from Indianapolis - When the Dodgers departed from baseball's winter meetings Thursday, Roy Halladay still belonged to the Blue Jays.

MLB Winter Meetings - Signing: Randy Wolf signs a 3 year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers for $29.75 million with a $10 million option in the 4th year.

Pitchers were on the move at the winter meetings, with Milwaukee landing Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins, and Baltimore acquiring Kevin Millwood in a trade with Texas.

Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said Tuesday that he has "a narrow focus" on the group of available free-agent starting pitchers.

The Milwaukee Brewers have signed left- hander Randy Wolf to a three-year contract with a club option for a fourth season.

SI.com's John Heyman tweets that the Brewers are the early frontrunners to land free agent starter Randy Wolf , offering an estimated 3-year, $31 million deal.

The Milwaukee Brewers are "on the verge" of signing free-agent left-hander Randy Wolf to a three-year contract, according to the New York Post.

Are the Dodgers in trouble? Or does general manager Ned Colletti have a plan? Dodgers fans found no solace amid the rumors of the ballclub's financial trouble when starting pitcher Randy Wolf, arguably the team's most consistent starter, was not offered arbitration earlier this week.

The Mets did not offer arbitration to their two Type B free agents, Carlos Delgado and Fernando Tatis, and thus will not receive compensatory draft picks if either player signs elsewhere.