Last week, Cub Town noted a Baltimore Sun report on the Cubs' interest in swapping Todd Walker for outfielder Luis Matos (if only the Cubs would pick up part of Walker's salary). Today, Cub Town picked up a Washington Post report that the Cubs are more eager for a Walker-Matos trade that than Orioles are, but the Orioles are still open to the trade.

So far, these rumors about what the Cubs want to do are coming from the Orioles' newspapers. Whoever the source they're referring to is (the Sun referred to "industry sources" and the WaPo referred to a "baseball source"), he's unlikely to have a close connection to the Cubs. As a result, we're likely getting what the Cubs are thinking from an east coast reporter, who's getting it from a source on the east coast, who's getting it from the Orioles GM or an assistant to the GM, who's getting it from someone in the Cubs organization. It wouldn't be surprisingly at all if the Cubs' actual intent is getting muddled along the way.