With just 69 games of big league experience heading into 2012, Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso received an education on the full-season grind, complete with slumps, streaks and adjustments.

Of all the Dodgers storylines this spring, the one that impacts the season the least, but seems to already preoccupy the media, is the likely contract extension of ace Clayton Kershaw.

Caribbean Baseball Confederation president Juan Francisco Puello Herrera would like to see the Caribbean Series return to Miami and is in talks with the Marlins about utilizing their new stadium in Little Havana, Puello confirmed to MLB.com on Thursday.

El jueves en el Estadio Sonora, último día de la Serie del Caribe del 2013, Julio Lugo hablaba como un hombre preparado para el retiro y contento con lo logrado en su carrera. Sin embargo, el dominicano expresó cierta pena al dejar el juego que tanto quiere.

In 2014, the Caribbean Series returns to Margarita, a large island on the northeast coast of Venezuela and home to Estadio Guatamare, the ballpark that first hosted the event in 2010.

One of the most iconic partnerships between a sports team and its community is in a milestone year.

Kansas City Royals pitcher Luis Mendoza, who delivered 13 1/3 scoreless innings for Mexico in the Caribbean Series, was named the Most Valuable Player of the six-game, double-round-robin portion on Thursday.

Fue anunciado el Equipo Todos Estrellas de la Serie del Caribe 2013. El grupo destacado de esta edición del Clásico Caribeño fue elegido por los periodistas que cubren el evento en el Estadio Sonora de Hermosillo

Players surely had to know the risks when they made the decision to do business with Anthony Bosch. Now, those who have been linked to him have again cast a cloud of suspicion over every baseball player.

Marlon Byrd, who’s tuning up with Mexico in the Caribbean Series, hopes to catch on with the Mets while in Spring Training on a Minor League deal. Though New York’s potential acquisition of Michael Bourn would hurt his chances, Byrd would welcome the addition of his friend.

Ha sido poco usual la experiencia de Nelson Figueroa en la Serie del Caribe del 2013. El veterano del evento llegó a Hermosillo listo para ayudar a su equipo de este invierno, los Leones del Escogido, a conquistar otra corona del Clásico Caribeño.

Ya formalmente fue presentada Margarita como la sede de la Serie del Caribe 2014. José Grasso Vecchio, presidente de la Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional, acompañado por directivos de Bravos de Margarita, presentó a la isla venezolana como la sede del próximo clásico de febrero, en la tercera reunión anual de la Confederación del Caribe, en la cual asisten directivos de todos los circuitos de la región.

Chipper Jones seems quite comfortable with the reality that Spring Training will go on without him for the first time in more than two decades.

Joe Saunders, a veteran left-hander who pitched for the Orioles and D-backs last season, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Mariners pending the completion of a physical exam, according to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com.

Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki spent most of last season off the field and on the disabled list, but the statistical analysts at MLB Network haven’t forgotten him.

An MLB spokesman said Thursday that the league was already aware and had concluded an investigation of Curt Schilling’s claim that he was offered performance enhancing drugs while with Red Sox in 2008.

El receptor agente libre Kelly Shoppach firmó de manera oficial un contrato de un año con los Marineros el jueves. Para crearle espacio a Shoppach en el roster de 40 jugadores, Seattle designó para asignación al relevista Shawn Kelly.