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For those of you back from the seemingly interminable Thanksgiving holiday ... you missed absolutely nothing, other than an intriguing Jake Peavy rumor. Anything of interest is going to start happening over the next couple weeks, allegedly. Today, December 1, is the last day teams can offer arbitration.

Monday marks the beginning of what could be a very busy two-week stretch for the Chicago Cubs. First up are two important deadlines. Monday is the last day teams can offer salary arbitration to their own free agents in order to be eligible for draft pick compensation.

Before we look at all the potential closers going into the 2009 season, let me say this, “None of these schmohawks may be a closer by the time we get to May.” Sure, barring injury, some are sure things like Nathan, Lidge and Papelbon.

Ken Rosenthal suggests that in this economy some teams may not offer arbitration to Type A free agents to avoid risking a payroll hit. Further, some players may opt to accept the certainty of arbitration over "a volatile free agent period." The Dbacks were always expected to offer arbitration to

Mets To Try To Trade For Bullpen Help 2 0 2 Junior drawing interest on market | whitesox.com: News South Side Sox found this 19 hours ago on mlb.mlb.com A line is forming for the services of free-agent outfielder Ken Griffey Jr., but it's not known if the Mariners are one of nine Major League organizations that have touched base with his agent, Brian Goldberg.

Baseball's off-season has been rather quiet to this point. A deal here and there but clearly more rumors on what could happen than actual activity. The report from Yahoo Sports by Tim Brown indicated the Cubs and Padres might have found the third team they have been looking for to help complete the deal for Jake Peavy.

Happy Thanksgiving from the CCO.... The next twenty-four hours figure to be rather quiet throughout baseball but as the weekend comes to a close teams should start preparing for a busy start of the last month of the year.

Though this offseason seems to be moving as slow as molasses, thing are guaranteed to pick up soon as the Winter Meetings approach. The Mets are taking their first steps toward a free agency signing, as they are planning to meet with the agents of Brian Fuentes and Francisco Rodriguez in the coming days.

It's Wednesday, and I have all the answers ... I usually don't write the cuddly Thanksgiving blog. Then again, sometimes I do. This is one of those times and these are the things I'm thankful for: The Fashion Diva and the Fireballing Righthander coming home this week for our traditional holiday dinner of surf and turf.

Earlier today I spoke with a source familiar with the Cubs' thinking, and dug up enough info for a fresh post. While Mark Teahen is a player of interest for the Cubs, they certainly won't be trading Mike Fontenot and Sean Marshall for him. The Cubs don't really consider Teahen the middle of the order bat they require.