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Travis Snider agrees to minor league deal with RangersARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Free agent outfielder Travis Snider has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will attend big league spring training.As part of Friday's deal, Snider would get a $1 million, one-year contract if added...

DENVER (AP) San Francisco Giants catcher Hector Sanchez will miss the rest of the season after suffering a left hamstring strain and left ankle sprain.Sanchez was hurt Saturday night while trying to beat out a sacrifice bunt in the fourth inning of a 7-3 Giants' win. He was...

NEW YORK (AP) Catch this: Buster Posey is the new Gold Glove backstop in the National League. The San Francisco Giants star unseated Yadier Molina behind the plate Tuesday when Rawlings announced its annual honors for fielding excellence. Posey was picked as the NL catcher, ending Molina's eight-year reign with...

SEATTLE (AP) Dave Henderson, the former major league outfielder who hit one of the most famous home runs in postseason history, died Sunday after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 57.Henderson died early Sunday morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a statement from the...

AP Sports WriterPhillies get Howie Kendrick from DodgersBy ROB MAADDIPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Phillies have acquired Howie Kendrick from the Los Angeles Dodgers for first baseman Darin Ruf and utilityman Darnell Sweeney.A 2011 AL All-Star, Kendrick hit .255 with 26 doubles, eight home runs, 40 RBIs, a team-leading 10...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Sam Dyson is back in the Texas Rangers bullpen for the first time since losing his closer role and going on the disabled list. Dyson was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list before Friday night's series opener against the Los Angeles Angels. The Rangers optioned right-hander Anthony Bass...

DENVER (AP) — Shortstop Brandon Crawford, sidelined the past three games by a calf injury, returned to the San Francisco Giants' starting lineup Friday night against Colorado. Crawford suffered the injury Monday when he was hit by pitch during a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had just returned from...

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Yankees have bolstered an already dominant bullpen, acquiring hard-throwing All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman from the Cincinnati Reds for four minor leaguers.Chapman became available after the Reds' deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers fell through during baseball's winter meetings three weeks ago when...

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Josh Hamilton was back in Texas on Wednesday to have his surgically reconstructed left knee examined after he experienced discomfort during the Rangers' first full-squad spring training workout. The 2010 AL MVP, at spring training with a minor league contract, felt stiffness while doing some running drills...

HAVANA (AP) A lineup of Cuban-born baseball stars, including some of the most famous defectors in recent memory, made a triumphant return to the island Tuesday as part of the first Major League Baseball trip here since 1999.Once the object of official disdain in Cuba for leaving the...

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) A player agreed to accept a qualifying offer for the first time in the four-year history of the compensation system rather than remain a free agent, and Atlanta dealt shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday as the annual general managers'...

PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have added three prospects to their 40-man roster and designated right-hander Allen Webster for assignment.Outfielder Gabby Guerrero and right-handers Jake Barrett and Matt Koch were placed on the roster Friday.Guerrero was acquired in a June trade with Seattle that included outfielder Mark Trumbo...