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Blake Snell, Rays agree to $50 million, 5-year contractPORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and the Tampa Bay...

Blake Snell, Rays agree to $50 million, 5-year contractPORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell will go into his...

Associated PressDakota Hudson named Cardinals' No. 5 starterBy CHUCK KINGJUPITER, Fla. (AP) Cardinals manager Mike Shildt says Dakota Hudson will break camp as...

Associated PressOhtani: Mike Trout 'surely deserves' his big contractBy CARRIE MUSKATTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Mike Trout was back on the baseball field Wednesday, getting...

Yankees guest instructor Lee Mazzilli struck by BP ballTAMPA, Fla. (AP) New York Yankees guest instructor Lee Mazzilli was struck in the head...

Associated PressBraves may have 3 open spots in pitching rotationBy DICK SCANLONKISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) When they started spring training, the Atlanta Braves had...

AP Baseball WriterRangers have new manager and full surgery-repaired rotationBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The Texas Rangers have an optimistic new manager, a...

AP Baseball WriterStill rebuilding, Tigers hoping for growth in 2019By NOAH TRISTERDETROIT (AP) Al Avila is known for his candor, and the Detroit...

Boston's Mookie Betts says he expects to become free agentFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Don't expect AL MVP Mookie Betts to agree to a...

AP Sports WriterTwins start fresh with rookie manager Baldelli in dugoutBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Twins hired the youngest manager in the...

Cincinnati Reds' first African-American player dead at 94CINCINNATI (AP) The Cincinnati Reds' first African-American player has died at the age of 94.The team...

$800K Wells Fargo penalty OK'd in Schilling video game dealPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A federal judge has approved an agreement for Wells Fargo Securities...