This is new. The Cincinnati Enquirer summarizes a recent on-line chat as a news item for the paper. Makes sense to me. There, O'Brien says the price for an outfielder is very high.
For the Chicago Tribune, Dave Van Dyck reported the Reds were not inclined to trade Kearns within the division. This bit of news was prompted it looks by rumors the Cubs were interested in him. Journalists have also written about the Braves as a team that might be interested in Kearns.
It's hard to find any evidence in the media that Kearns was ever really "on the block." Rather it looks like the Randa signing prompted a lot of people to speculate that the Reds might want to deal him. While they were giving up on him as a third baseman, I haven't seen anything that suggests there's anything more to it.
The news that the Tigers are completing a deal with Magglio suggests to at least one Mets writer that Mike Cameron won't be going anywhere. Seeing that the Mets just signed a pretty good centerfielder, I'm not sure I follow that line of reasoning. But if it's true, it would affect the bidding for Eric Byrnes, I suppose.
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