Here are a few pieces of news to ponder on your Saturday afternoon courtesy of Ken Rosenthal’s Full Count:

The negotiations between Dan Uggla and the Florida Marlins are not off to a great start. The Marlins are offering Uggla three years, but Uggla wants five years (his final year of arbitration plus four more). Uggla is 30-year-olds and is currently making $7.8 million, and in a five-year deal, he’ll want something in the $55-60 million range. That dollar amount is obviously pretty high for the tight budgeted Marlins, but Rosenthal points out that Uggla has 149 career home runs – the most by any second baseman in history in their first five years.

The Chicago Cubs’ number one need is a left-handed slugger at one of two positions: first base or right field. Internally, the Cubs can go to Tyler Colvin. If they go elsewhere, Adam Dunn, Carlos Pena and Lance Berkman are free agents after the season and Prince Fielder could be available by trade. The team’s options to add to right field are slim. Rosenthal adds that Chicago will also want to add a starting pitcher regardless of what they do with Carlos Zambrano. They could reunite with Ted Lilly, who will be a free agent after the season.

Arizona Diamondbacks’ president Derrick Hall is very pleased with interim GM Jerry DiPoto and interim manager Kirk Gibson. However, Hall will start the interview process for general managers at the beginning of September rather than wait for the off-season. DiPoto will be at the top of the list, but Hall figures to interview former Padres’ GM Kevin Towers, Dodgers assistant GM Logan White and Yankees’ vice president Damon Oppenheimer (if New York grants permission). The next GM will then have the say as to who the next manager will be.

Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers is expected to come off the disabled list this weekend or early next week, but the team will not place him on waivers immediately. Other teams will want to see him play and make sure he is healthy and productive. The Chicago White Sox still loom as a team that will likely put in a claim. Chicago doesn’t like Brad Hawpe too much, and they don’t think the Tigers will trade them Johnny Damon.