Baseball Beat: Thursday, December 6th

Here is the rundown for the December 6th edition of Baseball Beat. Charley Steiner hosted the show LIVE from Nashville, Tennessee at the Opryland Hotel, site of the 2007 MLB Winter Meetings. All times Eastern.

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Scott Miller, CBSSports.com
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Bob Nightengale, USA Today Sports Weekly
Tune: Night Moves by Bob Seger
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Harold Reynolds, MLB.com
Tune: Along Cames Jones by The Coasters
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Jayson Stark, ESPN
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Paul White, USA Today Sports Weekly
Tune: Nashville Cats by Lovin' Spoonful
2:45 p.m.
Guest: Ken Rosenthal, XM MLB Insider - FoxSports.com
Tune: Never Goin' Backby Lovin' Spoonful

Guest Summaries:

Miller discussed how quickly and efficiently the Marlins/Tigers trade was and how it basically came out of nowhere. He also discussed how a variety of different factors caused there to be little trade action during the meetings. Nightengale talked about Johan Santana staying a Twin for now, Ben Sheets being discussed going to the Dodgers, and how the signing of Andruw Jones by the Dodgers is an odd move for a Boras client. Reynolds discussed the Dodgers' signing of Andruw Jones and how that paves the way for them to pull off a huge trade. He thinks that Joe Torre had a lot to do with the signing and that the 08 Dodgers are assembled a lot like the 96 Yankees. Stark talked about how he doesn't expect Johan Santana to be traded as it is a franchise-changing event that needs a very good package in return, something a lot of teams cannot offer. He also previewed the impact of the Mitchell Report and thinks that the report may not be as big as expected. White chimed in on the Santana sweepstakes as well and thinks that there is still plenty of time for a number of teams to get the right trade package together to culminate in a trade. Rosenthal analyzed the breaking news reports that the Houston Astros were close to a deal that would send Miguel Tejada to Houston in exchange for a package including Adam Everett and Chris Burke. He also examined the change in the importance of the Winter Meetings over the past decade.