Here is some quick news from around the league for today:
- The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jose Contreras to a two year $5.5M deal according to Todd Zolecki.
- Ken Rosenthal reports that Rick Peterson was officially hired as the pitching coach of the Milwaukee Brewers.
- After being demoted to Double-A, Jason Coskrey is reporting that a Japanese team has interest in acquiring Kenshin Kawakami.
- Joe Capozzi reports that the Florida Marlins aren't pushing to trade Dan Uggla hard, but are preparing if they have to do so.
