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Catcher Jason LaRue has agreed to a $950,000, one-year contract to remain with the St.

Average MLB salary nears $3-million The free-agent signing of Mark Teixeira helped the New York Yankees maintain the highest average salary in the majors for the 11th straight year.

According to Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rogers, trade talks involving the Cubs and Detroit involving Tigers right-hander Edwin Jackson and center fielder Curtis Granderson likely will come to a conclusion at the winter meetings in Indianapolis.

CLEVELAND a ' Steamy photos of the Cleveland Indians' Grady Sizemore have popped up online, and the All-Star center fielder complains they were stolen from his girlfriend's e-mail. Sizemore tells The Plain Dealer of Cleveland that the nearly nude pictures were meant only for her.

The Toronto Blue Jays are close to sparking competition between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to aquire starting pitcher Roy Halladay.

While the Tiger Woods affair and subsequent car accident may have sports fans feeling distraught these days, at least Grady Sizemore is around to lighten the mood.

After having his right elbow carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey for the past three years, Scott Mathieson set a modest goal before the 2009 season started.

LHP Jake McGee remembers two years ago when he and his buddy, RHP Wade Davis , were sitting side-by-side in lockers at Progress Energy Park during their first spring training.

By Tuesday night, the Tigers must give free-agent second baseman Placido Polanco a firm indication of how willing they are to re-sign him.

They're the ones who may have been overlooked because of the teams they played on, the markets they represented or the roles they had.

A story in the New York Daily News said the Red Sox were hoping to acquire Halladay before the winter meetings begin a week from Monday.

After spending Thanksgiving in the hospital following complications from offseason surgery, 47-year-old Jamie Moyer should be heading home Monday a spokesman for Moyer said.

When Bruce Springsteen played the Bradley Center in Milwaukee earlier this month, he led into his encore with "No Surrender," sending its haunting refrain of "no retreat, no surrender" echoing around the arena.

W hoever starts at shortstop for the Red Sox [ team stats ] next year, this much now is certain - it won't be Alex Gonzalez .

Veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer had minor surgery to wash out a blood clot that might have been infected, but he is still expected to be ready to participate in spring training, the Phillies announced yesterday.

While some writers might think decent relievers are worthy of MVP votes, I tend to disagree.

During his 19-year career with the Reds, Barry Larkin helped revolutionize the persona of the shortstop position by being both a superb fielder and hitter.

St. Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits a fly ball during the Grapefruit League season-opener against the Baltimore Orioles at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., in this March 2, 2001 file photo.

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit by a group of businessmen hoping to block the redevelopment of an industrial area near the New York Mets' new stadium.

Tim Lincecum is having an unprecedented career, and now he's in line for an unprecedented contract.

An e-mail requesting an internship arrived at the Agriculture Department this summer with an impressive resume: Princeton University degree in operations research and financial engineering, 3.8 college GPA, 1520 SATs.

The Red Sox continue to cast their net far and wide in the free agent market, with news arriving yesterday from a major league source that the ballclub has expressed preliminary interest in shortstop Marco Scutaro , and has sought medical records for starting pitcher Kelvim Escobar and reliever Rafael Soriano .

Misdemeanor charges against five people, including a former Houston Astros pitcher, remain in limbo more than 13 months after 30 police officers stormed an upscale bar.

Bob Sheppard tells MLB.com that he's officially calling it a career after over 50 years as the public address voice of the Yankees.

Give this to the Royals: they know how to pick a winner. Chris Getz, acquired by the Royals in a Nov.

There is usually at least one big-ticket free agent who signs before Thanksgiving.

The Royals have traded infielder Tug Hulett to the Boston Red Sox for cash or a player to be named.

On Thanksgiving eve, we have received word, via text message,A from the Phillies that Jamie Moyer has been readmitted to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with what theA team is terming "recurring symptoms from his groin surgery" in October.