It seems from reports from the baseball winter meetings that Cliff Lee is the one chip that GM Mark Shapiro is looking to play.

There were reports that he would the key piece in a deal to land Jason Bay from the Pirates, but that deal seems to be dead. Pirates GM Neal Huntington doesn't want to trade his most valuable player when he is coming off a down season.

Lee with some prospects should be enough to land a above-average left fielder but not an all-star player.

But don't expect a trade soon. It seems that until Johan Santana and/or Miguel Cabrera are traded that the winter meetings are stalled.

On the C.C. watch, Jeff Passon of Yahoo! Sports weighs in from Nashville.

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