Aside from players like Robinson Cano, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran, who will be among the highest-paid free agents, who among the remaining hitters will give a team the most professional at-bat for the buck?

A five-game trial of Major League Baseball’s proposed expanded replay system in the Arizona Fall League began on Tuesday night, with four calls being challenged and reviewed, all in a timely fashion, and the umpires proven correct in each instance.

The fate of the Astrodome is once again in limbo after voters in Harris County, Texas, on Tuesday rejected a $217 million referendum that would have renovated the “Eighth Wonder of the World” into a convention center.

There was little movement on Tuesday, the first full day in which free agents were eligible to sign with a new team. Most notably, the Mariners hired Lloyd McClendon as their manager, and Geovany Soto re-signed with the Rangers.

The following statement is from Colorado Rockies Owner, Chairman & CEO Dick Monfort regarding the arrest of his brother, Rockies Partner Charlie Monfort on suspicion of DUI.

Lloyd McClendon finally got a second shot at managing when he was hired by the Mariners on Tuesday, and it’s a nice fit. He feels he has learned from his past opportunity, ready to take a step forward, and Seattle is very much in need of a strong managerial presence that can shake it out of the doldrums of the last decade.

Lloyd McClendon, who spent the past seven years as the Tigers’ hitting coach, was named the next manager of the Mariners on Tuesday night. The club made the hire official not long after a Major League source confirmed a report initially tweeted by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Now that Seattle and Detroit have passed on Tim Wallach for their managerial openings, he’s a candidate to become the Dodgers’ bench coach, according to a baseball source.

In two full seasons, most of which came before the age of 22, Mike Trout established himself as possibly the best player in all of baseball. And once again, he’ll garner heavy consideration for the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award.

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced their finalists for the four top awards in each league and, while they are all worthy candidates, some other top performers should be acknowledged for their strong seasons.

The top contenders for baseball’s four major individual honors in each league, as voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, were revealed Tuesday on MLB Network.

On Tuesday, the USTA and U.S. Davis Cup announced that Petco Park will serve as a host site for a first-round Davis Cup match between the United States and Great Britain, a three-day event that will be held on the outfield grass from Jan. 31-Feb. 2.

A breakout season for Hisashi Iwakuma did not go unnoticed nationally as the Mariners right-hander was named Tuesday as one of three finalists for the 2013 American League Cy Young Award by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Three times in franchise history, the Marlins have boasted the National League Rookie of the Year. Could Jose Fernandez become the fourth? Fernandez on Tuesday night was named as a finalist for the top rookie honor presented by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He’s also a finalist for the NL Cy Young Award.

As expected, the Tigers have finalists in all three player categories for the major end-of-season awards, as revealed Tuesday on MLB Network. Miguel Cabrera is going for his second straight BBWAA American League Most Valuable Player Award, Max Scherzer is contending for the AL Cy Young Award, and shortstop Jose Iglesias is in the running for the AL Rookie of the Year Award.

Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is one of three finalists for the 2013 American League Cy Young Award, along with Max Scherzer of the Tigers and Hisashi Iwakuma of the Mariners.

During a one-hour MLB Network special on Tuesday, the Cardinals’ Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright and Shelby Miller were revealed as finalists for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America end-of-the-season awards.