Rippin' Rondell

Appears to now be a virtual lock to return to the Twins next year. Considering he'll come relatively cheap, had a good second half, and everyone else is way, way overpaying for everything, it's not such a bad thing.
It appears White (doing what I have dubbed 'the gay gallop' with Luis Castillo in the photo) will play LF, while Jason Kubel will be the DH. It's interesting that last year the Twins went into the season all excited about how Rondell would DH so he can stay healthy, and now theyre trying to say how excited they are to have him in LF, where he hit over .300 last year (compared to .194 as a DH).
Rondell isn't a terrible LF, but he does have a terrible arm. He's basically going to be a carbon copy of Shannon Stewart.
*The whole Jason Jennings thing has cooled off, though the Twins are still interested. It could be awhile before Jennings is moved.
The Twins have also expressed interest in Sidney Ponson and Bruce Chen.
*Infielder Jeff Cirillo could sign this week. As a RH bat who's hit over .300 much of his career, Cirillo would be a nice addition. He can play 1b/3b and of course could DH. He'd open the season as a bench player, but it seems pretty obvious that he would also be insurance in case Nick Punto is unable to repeat his 2006 performance next year.
*The Royals gave a 5 year, $55 million deal to Gil Meche. I don't see how that's a good move for a rebuilding team that loses 100 games every year.
*The Indians signed a couple decent relievers (Joe Borowski, Aaron Fultz). Smart moves, but nothing to get too worried about if youre the rest of the division.
*The White Sox traded Freddy Garcia to the Phils for Gavin Floyd, a former No. 1 draft pick yet to pan out. The larger accomplishment of the trade was clearing a rotation spot for Brandon McCarthy. Still, I'm glad to see Garcia go. He was real good, and pitched some gems against the Twins.