Thanksgiving Eve Rumors And Things

Well, it's Thanksgiving Eve, half of the country (or more) is on the road, and I'm joining the ranks of the traveling this afternoon, so here's some stuff that's floating around out there:

● The Rangers have entered preliminary negotiations with Matt Harrison's agents on a possible contract extension that could keep Harrison in Texas beyond his current club-controlled window; Harrison will be free agent-eligible after the 2014 season, and, per Matt Swartz's salary arbitration forecasts, is projected to make $6.1 million next season (Jeff Wilson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

● One Diamondbacks person claims that there is a 90 percent chance that Justin Upton will still be in Arizona when spring training begins; Jim Bowden states that Jon Daniels refused to budge on moving either Jurickson Profar or Elvis Andrus for Upton, and the Diamondbacks similarly refused to budge when the Rangers attempted to move Mike Olt and Martin Perez for Upton; Ken Rosenthal's sources hear similar things as far the Rangers and Diamondbacks having reached a stalemate on a possible Upton-to-Texas deal (FOXSports.com)

● Industry people believe that the Blue Jays could pull the trigger on a deal sending catcher J.P. Arencibia to a catcher-needy team such as the Rangers, but Rosenthal surmises that they may choose to hold onto their catching surplus while they monitor Travis D'Arnaud's rehab from a season-ending knee injury; several days ago, MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm noted that both Arencibia and John Buck were on the Rangers' list of targets (Twitter)

● Texas added shortstop Leury Garcia and left-hander Joe Ortiz to its 40-man roster last night, and also reworked the mid-season Geovany Soto for Jake Brigham trade by reacquiring Brigham -- who went on the disabled list shortly after the deal with elbow problems -- in exchange for Barret Loux and a player to be named later (Dallas Morning News)