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NASHVILLE -- R. Pat McAfee Jersey .A. Dickey wandered through the sprawling Opryland Hotel on Sunday, dropping into baseballs annual winter meetings for a quick visit. The newly minted NL Cy Young Award winner had a purpose -- nope, nothing to do with getting a new contract from the New York Mets. Not a sightseeing trip, either, to marvel at the river boats, waterfall or "A Country Christmas" decorations inside the complex. Rather, Dickey made the 15-minute drive from his home to see a Mets trainer for a routine checkup after abdominal surgery in October. The knuckleballer did find it a tad bit ironic, however, that when baseballs annual swapfest was last held in this hotel, in 2007, he was in limbo, left off Minnesotas list of protected players and plucked by Seattle in the Rule 5 draft. "Kind of funny, isnt it?" he said to New York reporters. The fates of several other players could take shape over the next few days. Josh Hamilton and Zack Greinke top the list of available free agents and Cleveland shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera and Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco have been mentioned in trade speculation. Dickey wound up seeing Mets general manager Sandy Alderson. The knuckleballer is signed for $5.25 million next year and would like to add two more guaranteed seasons. Alderson said they chatted for around 10 minutes about things other than a new contract. "R.A.s situation needs to be resolved, but it doesnt necessarily have to be resolved here in Nashville before Thursday," Alderson said. "I dont think weve gotten to the point where we have two positions that cant be bridged. We may get to that point, but I dont think theres been enough to and fro at this point to know that." "I would suspect, yes, that we will have conversations about R.A.," he said. "He does have a certain notoriety. I dont think that we would rely on his ability to sell tickets as a motivator but this is the entertainment business and his uniqueness I think contributes to that as well as baseball result on the field, so there are positives in that regard." The Los Angeles Dodgers, who spent freely in trading for Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford late last season, could be the big spenders this week. It sure wont be the Marlins, who made a splash by signing free agents Jose Reyes, Heath Bell and Mark Buehrle at last years meetings, then finished last in the NL East and traded the trio after the season. This time, the Marlins might take a more modest approach, perhaps trying to boost their bench. "Wed like to do some more things," Miami president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest said last week. "But are we talking about huge free agents? Im not sure thats the mode were in right now." Executives from all 30 teams will take the opportunity of being under the same roof -- albeit spread out, as the hotel has 2,881 rooms -- to try to shape their clubs for next year. Trying to meet up can be somewhat of a challenge, something a GPS might help. "That would be a good thing. This is brutal," Alderson said. The meetings end Thursday with the Rule 5 draft, where Dickey was once available for anyone willing to take a chance. The first major action at the meetings could come Monday morning. Thats when the Hall of Fames pre-integration era committee will announce whether any new members have been elected to the shrine. The panel, part of what used to be called the Veterans Committee, considered 10 candidates this weekend. Among them were long-ago NL MVPs Marty Marion and Bucky Walters, umpire Hank ODay and former New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, who oversaw the team when it acquired Babe Ruth, won its first six World Series championships and built Yankee Stadium. 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Morrow came out of his start in the first inning Monday after nine pitches in a 6-3 loss to the Washington Nationals at Rogers Centre. He had further tests on Tuesday afternoon. The Blue Jays will make a corresponding move on Wednesday to replace Morrow on the 25-man roster. BALTIMORE -- Down by three runs in the sixth inning, the Boston Red Sox desperately needed a spark to get back into the game against the Baltimore Orioles. With one mighty swing, David Ortiz launched a ball out of Camden Yards and sent the Red Sox on their way to an uplifting 8-6 victory Monday night. Dustin Pedroia had two RBIs and Mike Aviles scored the go-ahead run in the seventh to help Boston secure its ninth win in 11 games. The Red Sox are tied with the New York Yankees in the AL East cellar but are at .500 (21-21) for the first time since April 30. "Its definitely not a goal, but its better than being under .500," manager Bobby Valentine said. Boston trailed 5-2 in the sixth before Ortiz hit a drive that was so obviously gone that right fielder Nick Markakis didnt even turn around to see it become the 62nd homer in the 21-year history of Camden Yards to land on Eutaw Street. It was his 10th homer of the season, second in three games, and the timing could not have been better. "We start the rally afterward," Ortiz said. "Somebody got to start it, right?" Adrian Gonzalez followed with a double and Daniel Nada hit a sacrifice fly before starter Tommy Hunter balked in a run to tie it, and the Red Sox were on their way. "We hit a couple of balls good early, but nothing like that," Pedroia said. "That definitely jump-starts your offence and makes you feel like we can get to them." Hunter lamented the balk, but acknowledged that Ortiz had the most telling hit. "The last inning was very frustrating," he said. "I left the ball up to Ortiz. He pimped the (stuffing) out of the ball." Chris Davis homered for the first-place Orioles, who swept a three-game series in Fenway Park earlier this month. It was the first meeting between the teams in Baltimore since the Orioles ruined Bostons chances of reaching the playoffs with a walkoff win on the final day of the 2011 regular season. "Yeah, its a tough one to lose, but theres always positive things we can take away from the game," Davis said. "We swung the bats really well tonight, made some good plays defensively. Just couldnt hang in there." The Red Sox went up 7-5 in the seventh against Kevin Gregg (2-2). Aviles hit a one-out singgle and took third on a double by Pedroia before Ortiz received an intentional walk to load the bases. Pat McAfee Womens Jersey. Gonzalez followed with a sacrifice fly and Will Middlebrooks added an RBI single, one of his three hits for the night. Pedroia singled in a run in the eighth for a three-run lead. In the bottom half, Matt Wieters snapped an 0-for-20 skid with an RBI single off Rich Hill, whose run of eight straight hitless outings ended. But with runners at second and third and one out, Vicente Padilla retired Wilson Betemit on a short fly and struck out Nick Johnson. Padilla has stranded all 15 inherited runners this year. Alfredo Aceves worked the ninth for his 10th save. After Boston starter Clay Buchholz gave up five runs in 5 1-3 innings, Andrew Miller (1-0) retired all five batters he faced to earn the win on his 27th birthday. Boston used a run-scoring single by Aviles and Pedroias sacrifice fly to go up 2-0 in the third. Baltimore answered with four runs in the bottom half despite hitting only one ball out of the infield. After Betemit singled to right, a walk and Robert Andinos bunt single loaded the bases. Buchholz then walked in a run, gave up an infield single and issued another bases-loaded walk. The final run came in when Adam Jones hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Davis hit his sixth home run, the first in three weeks, to make it 5-2 in the fourth. Two innings later, Ortiz took over. "We got a lead and we gave it up and we werent going to be denied," Valentine said. "I thought Davids home run really uplifted us. It was such a power stroke." Notes: Boston OF Cody Ross has a fractured bone in his left foot and could miss 6-8 weeks, GM Ben Cherington said. Ross is expected to be placed on the DL on Tuesday. ... Orioles 2B Brian Roberts, whos been sidelined since May 2011 with a concussion, said Monday he could begin a minor league rehabilitation assignment within a few weeks. Roberts has been taking batting practice and fielding grounders, but said, "The biggest key is to start getting real at-bats in a real atmosphere." ... The pitching matchups for Tuesday night: Bostons Felix Doubront (4-1) against Brian Matusz (3-4). ... Jones extended his hitting streak to 13 games, tying a career high. ' ' '