Jayson Stark of ESPN.com reported a failed mass salary dump/trade that was being worked on during the Winter Meetings.

• In this mass salary dump, Milton Bradley was headed to Tampa Bay for Pat Burrell.
• Burrell would have landed temporarily in Chicago until the Cubs could send him elsewhere.
• The Mets would have sent Luis Castillo to the Cubs.  The Mets would have signed free agent Orlando Hudson to take the place of Castillo at second base.
• Gary Matthews Jr. would have been sent to the Mets.
• It is unclear who would have gone to the Angels.
• The deal fell through when the participants could not agree on the financial terms.
• Stark questions if Tampa Bay still has interest in Bradley, would they be willing to work on a trade with Seattle now?

Team	Acquires
Cubs	Pat Burrell (from Tampa Bay) Luis Castillo (from New York Mets)
Rays	Milton Bradley (from Chicago)
Mets	Gary Matthews Jr. (from Los Angeles Angels) Orlando Hudson (free agent)
Angels	Undetermined