Overnight Hot Stove Notes: Yankees, Cardinals, Cubs, Red Sox, Reds, Tigers, more

Here are the latest hot stove notes as we head into this Monday morning. There are stories on the Yankees, Cubs, Cardinals, Athletics, Dodgers, Nationals, Mariners, Rays, Reds, Red Sox, Rockies, Royals, Tigers, and more.

- Buster Olney of ESPN tweets the Oakland A’s were in the Aroldis Chapman hunt till the end.

- The Hardball Times looks ahead at which candidates will be passed on and which should get the call to be in the Hall of Fame.

- Giants Blog. McCoveyChronicles.com has a look at the pros and cons of the Giants newly-signed free agent Aubrey Huff. Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News also breaks down the signing.

- Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post examines the pitching rotation for the Colorado Rockies.

- Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times looks at the questions surrounding the Chicago Cubs pitching staff with Ted Lilly still recovering from recent shoulder surgery.

- Doug Miller of MLB.com breaks down what some of the recent “buzz” stats are as well as what they mean.

- Yankees Blog, RiverAveBlues.com looks at Jerry Hairston Jr. and the possibility he re-signs with the Yankees.

- Frankie Piliere of AOL FanHouse tells us the Tampa Bay Rays have a deep farm system that is ready to knock on the big league door soon.

- Alex Speier of WEEI.com reports the Red Sox had dropped out of the Aroldis Chapman bidding a while back.

- Bill Ladson of MLB.com reports free agent pitcher Doug Davis is expressing a desire to play for the Washington Nationals.

- How the MLB power rankings currently stack up.

- The Tigers may want to go a two-year deal in their efforts to sign closer Jose Valverde.

- A quick forecast at where the Dodgers may be sitting in the NL West come year-end.

- Xavier Nady may not be the best fit for the Mariners at the price he may be asking.

- The Cardinals may be the favorites to land free agent Miguel Tejada.

- Bill Baer of BaseballDailyDigest.com says the Reds fans have some hope with the Aroldis Chapman signing.

- Royals Blog, KingsofKaufmann.com thinks it will take nearly a miracle for the Royals to make an impact in 2010.

- A look at four top prospects and who they may be compared to already playing in the majors.