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Happening in what will be relatively balmy Nashville (Opryland Hotel—a Country Christmas in full effect) this year. Other than the well-chronicled Johan Santana pursuit by the Yankees/Red Sox/countries-with-equivalent resources, what else might be popping next week?

Scott Miller at sportsline.com says:

—Forget Santana…what about the potential movement of Miguel Cabrera, Dan Haren, Erik Bedard. What even, of Miguel Tejada? All potentially available for the right price. The Santana deal, should it occur in the next 48 hours, will go a long way toward setting the market for Bedard and Haren.

—Free agent movement? The top names that might see some deals include Andruw Jones (trying to make everyone forget his borderline disastrous 2007), Aaron Roward (will run into a display case in the lobby just to remind GMs he doesn’t mind walls), and then a devil’s brew of free agent pitchers: Livan Hernandez, Kyle Lohse, and Carlos Silva. Blech. No wonder the A’s, Orioles, and Twins are enjoying the trade market for their aces. Not a lot of options otherwise.

Another outstanding read/preview of what might be in the offing among over-priced country themed Christmas trinkets comes from foxsports.com’s Dayn Perry with thoughts on all of the above along with additional musings on the Mets, whether the Twins will be on a modified fire-sale even after moving Santana, whether the Dodgers will snap out of a coma and come up with a plan (and it better not involve trying to foist Juan Pierre on the Reds, Dusty or no Dusty), and a final guess as to Alex Rodriguez’s new deal (still has a shot at being near Beelzebub’s $300 million mark).

The meetings have a real shot to be entertaining and active this time around. Always a good thing.