Dallas ? Baseball executives finished the winter meetings with a flurry of deals before heading home, with the Boston Red Sox giving up on shortstop Edgar Renteria and the New York Yankees getting rid of second baseman Tony Womack.

On the fourth and final day of the busiest winter meetings in years, Boston sent Renteria to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte.

Perhaps the Orioles’ Miguel Tejada could wind up as his replacement in Boston. The All-Star shortstop said Thursday he wants out of Baltimore, which signed him to a $72 million, six-year contract before the 2004 season.

“I’ve been with the Orioles for two years and things have not gone in the direction that we expected, so I think a change of scenery would be the best,” Tejada said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from his home in Bani, Dominican Republic.

Renteria won Gold Gloves in 2002 and 2003, then helped St. Louis win the NL pennant in 2004. He signed a $40 million, four-year deal with the Red Sox but led the major leagues with 30 errors last season.

Boston agreed to pay $8 million of the $26 million he is owed in the next three seasons – plus the $3 million buyout if his 2009 option is declined.

Boston also is exploring trading 2004 World Series MVP Manny Ramirez, and teams want the Red Sox to pay some of the $57 million owed to the left fielder over the next three years.

Baltimore shortstop Miguel Tejada.

Womack had signed with the Yankees after hitting .307 as Renteria’s St. Louis teammate in 2004, but he lost his starting job a month into last season. New York received infielder Kevin Howard and outfielder Ben Himes in the trade, and will send $900,000 to the Reds to offset part of Womack’s $2 million salary next season.

New York also reached a preliminary agreement on a $2.4 million, two-year contract with lefty reliever Mike Myers, who was 3-1 with a 3.13 ERA in 65 games last season as Boston’s left-handed specialist.

There were more than a dozen trades and 20 free-agent signings at the meetings.

Detroit was busy, agreeing to a $16 million, two-year contract with left-hander Kenny Rogers and an $11 million, two-year deal with closer Todd Jones.

Also, the Orioles and catcher Ramon Hernandez reached a preliminary agreement on a $27.5 million, four-year contract, a deal subject to a physical. There also was talk that third baseman Bill Mueller and the Los Angeles Dodgers were negotiating a deal.

In other free-agent news, Colorado agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Jose Mesa, and infielder Jose Valentin agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Mets worth $912,500.

First-baseman outfielder Mark Sweeney got a $1.8 million, two-year contract with San Francisco, and outfielder Orlando Palmeiro stayed with Houston for $1.9 million over two years.

Pittsburgh also sent utilityman Rob Mackowiak to the World Series champion Chicago White Sox for left-handed reliever Damaso Marte, a deal also pending physicals, according to a baseball official who spoke on condition of anonymity.