Mar

PRO Rumors: Adrian Gonzalez taking deferred money, Astros catcher, Clay Hensley, Brandon Webb

By Allan

Here are your Thursday evening PRO Rumors:

San Diego Padres slugger Adrian Gonzalez is willing to take deferred money if the Padres were to offer a fair market offer. (Dan Heyes, North County Times)
The Cardinals returned Rule 5 pickup left-handed pitcher Ben Jukich to the Cincinnati Reds. (Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle says the Astros starting catching job will come down to the last week of Spring Training between J.R. Towles and Jason Castro.
Clay Hensley may get a spot in the Marlins’ rotation after having a string of 10 1/3 scoreless innings this spring. The final two spots in the Marlins’ rotation are undecided. (Joe Capozzi, The Palm Beach Post)
ESPN says that Diamondbacks’ pitcher Brandon Webb is targeting a late April return. Webb is recovering from shoulder surgery last year and is rehabbing the shoulder will a regular three-day plan of long-toss, short-toss and a day off.