Odds & Ends: Rockies, Tigers, Cardinals

Deadline day links! Aside from their interest in Baltimore's Mark Hendrickson, Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post says the Rockies would like a left-handed bench bat. John Lowe of the Detroit Free Press writes about the Tigers' needs. Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch talked to Cardinals GM John Mozeliak, who suggested a deal for relief help today is unlikely. The Rays claimed 24 year-old catcher Jose Lobaton off waivers from the Padres, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times.