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The team is more optmistic about <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">John Patterson&#8217;s<\/span> elbow, but will still have to wait-n-see when spring training rolls around.<\/p>\n<p>Also, free agent pitcher <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tomo Ohka<\/span> is still available and the Nats are still talking to his agent.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade>The Red Sox still want <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chad Cordero<\/span>, but are so far unwilling to trade a top pitching prospect for him. <a href=\"http:\/\/banksoftheanacostia.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/sox-showing-interest-in-chief.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Banks of Anacostia<\/span><\/a> is all over the story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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