MLB Headlines
- Stark: Rumblings and Grumblings
- Believe it or not, there are actually more closers available than teams chasing them this offseason.
- Yankees pitcher Mussina announces retirement
- New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina announced his retirement Thursday, becoming the first pitcher since Sandy Koufax in 1967 to win 20 games or more in the final season of his career.
- Matsuzaka says he'll play in World Baseball Classic
- Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is ready to help Japan defend its title at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
- Steinbrenner: Yanks' Sabathia offer has time limit
- CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the Yankees' contract proposal.
- Selig: MLB to ban shortened postseason games
- There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.
- White Sox sign Cuban teen to major league deal
- The Chicago White Sox agreed on a major league contract with Dayan Viciedo, regarded as Cuba's best teen talent, his agent Jaime Torres said.
- Utley to have hip surgery, could be out until June
- The Phillies announced Thursday that second baseman Chase Utley will need right hip surgery that potentially could keep him out until the first week of June.
- 'Tough act to follow': Hal officially running Yanks
- Major League Baseball owners have approved the shift of control of the New York Yankees from George Steinbrenner to his son, Hal.
- Report: Mets' Heilman wants starting spot or trade
- Aaron Heilman, who had more than 20 starts for the Mets before moving to the bullpen in 2006, wants to get back into the starting rotation.
- Phillies, Rangers swap former first-round picks
- The Philadelphia Phillies trade outfielder Greg Golson to the Texas Rangers for outfielder John Mayberry.