Odds and Ends: Pudge, Reds, Boras, Gordon

Links from around the league on Tuesday evening... Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle writes that the Astros got good value in return for Pudge Rodriguez. John Fay of the Cincinnati Inquirer talks to Reds GM Walt Jocketty about the plan for his team's future. Kevin Kaduk at Yahoo.com argues that Scott Boras neither won nor lost the Strasburg contract negotiations.  Matthew Pouliot at NBCSports.com writes that the Royals "hit a new low" by demoting Alex Gordon. And Baseball America breaks down each team's total spending on the first ten rounds of the draft.