Barons Blog

If there's a proven closer left on the market, the Tigers have inquired and talked about him, including Jason Isringhausen, Brandon Lyon, Chad Cordero, Takashi Saito and Trevor Hoffman. At this point, though, nothing is close, and the club is preparing for a process that seems headed into at least next week.

Reliever Logan Kensing avoided arbitration by signing a one-year deal with the Marlins on Wednesday.

After splitting the first 14 years of his career with the A's, for whom he debuted in 1995, and the Yankees, with whom he signed as a free agent after the 2001 season, Jason Giambi has officially returned to Oakland.

Under a tent, and across from acres of undeveloped land, Major League Baseball and the Marlins joined together with the city of Hialeah on Wednesday afternoon to announce that this will be the grounds of an MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy in South Florida.

Two very important things have not changed in the seven seasons since Jason Giambi left the A's for big money in the Big Apple: He remains a dangerous middle-of-the-order threat and a respected clubhouse presence.

Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee and Cito Gaston are the headliners for the ninth annual Legacy Awards of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City on Saturday night.

Jason Marquis has been around a lot of winning, so if there is any magic dust that comes from being a part of all that success, Marquis would be covered in it. In Marquis, the Rockies have a player who speaks their language and knows how to put it into action.

The Reds revealed on Wednesday that 11 players have been invited to Major League Spring Training as non-roster players.

Agent Scott Boras met with Mets brass at Citi Field on Wednesday, and according to a person with knowledge of the talks, the sides discussed "all of" Boras's free-agent clients.