There's gotta be a morning after

Ok well...the Jays catcher next season will be....Gregg Zaun! According to Jeff Blair, the Jays have re-signed their catcher to a 2 year, $7.25 million deal that includes an option for a third season for $3.5 million based on games played. So the two sides conceded a bit of their demands to come to an agreement. It seems that Rod Barajas did not show up for the physical because there was pressure from the MLBPA to ask for more money than what he took. The deal would have paid him less annually than he made last year, something not appreciated by the rest of the Players' Association. He fired his agent and will now be looking for a new deal with a new team with a new agent. Buster Olney meanwhile suggests that maybe the Jays are covering for Barajas and that he failed his physical, unlikely but you never know. More as details break...

• Orioles off-season need? Bullpen help apparently. After signing set-up man Danys Baez and LOOGY Jamie Walker, they now have signed Scott Williamson and have an agreement in principle with Chad Bradford. Lots of money to hand out but the bullpen was awful last year with an ERA over 5. It should give more confidence to their young pitching staff and they already traded one of their old bullpen arms for starter Jaret Wright.