INDIANAPOLIS — Things are heating up a bit today. The lobby of the Marriott in Downtown Indy is abuzz with the possibility of a deal that would send Curtis Granderson from Detroit to New York (reportedly, scenarios are being considered that would either be a two-team deal between the Tigers and Yankees and a three-team trade between the Tigers, Yankees and Diamondbacks).

If such a deal goes down, it could represent a domino that will allow others to start falling. If Granderson lands in New York, then it could impact the discussions about Jason Bay, Matt Holliday and other outfielders, since it would offer some evidence that the Yankees — whom many in the industry suspected as a possibility to get involved in the conversations about both players — might not be in on the two biggest free agents of the offseason. That, in turn, could help to hasten negotiations with the teams that are actively involved in the Bay dealings.

A couple of random items picked up in the lobby:

–Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports reported that the Red Sox met with Bay’s agent, Joe Urbon, this morning.

–The Angels’ interest in Bay appears legitimate, according to a major-league source, though one hears conflicting accounts of the interest from Seattle, in part because the Mariners value defense so highly, and because right-handed pull hitters have struggled in Seattle (witness: Adrian Beltre). That said, Seattle’s defense everywhere else should be so good that the team would seem to have an ability to mask the field limitations of one hitter in order to provide a middle-of-the-order menace. As for the Angels’ interest, that’s not such a significant surprise – when both a team owner (Arte Moreno) and GM (Tony Reagins) tell reporters that their club is interested in a player, well, it doesn’t come as a surprise when they bid on that player.

–Outfielder Brian Giles has heard from five or six teams. The Red Sox — to whom Giles vetoed a trade in the 2007 season — are not among them. Of course, it’s not just the repercussions of Giles’ veto that has led to that disinterest; the Sox also view the outfielder whom they’ve already acquired this offseason, Jeremy Hermida, as being a Giles-like player — a left-handed hitter with patience and some pop who can handle a corner outfield spot.

–The details of reliever Scott Atchison‘s non-guaranteed deal with the Red Sox are as follows: he’ll make $420,000 in 2010, and the team has two options, one for $440,000 in 2011, another for $600,000 in 2012. Atchison does have one minor-league option remaining, so he will be brought into spring training with the chance to compete for one of the Sox’ bullpen openings, but with no guarantees.