The Reds and starting pitcher Mike Leake avoided arbitration early Wednesday morning when the right-hander agreed to a one-year, $3.06 million contract.

Mets fans will get a chance to ask their questions Thursday, when general manager Sandy Alderson is scheduled to take part in a live video chat at 1 p.m. ET at Citi Field. The chat will stream live on mets.com, with Jeremy Brisiel as the host.

Jose Molina sat out the first two World Baseball Classics, but two factors made this year’s a priority. The 37-year-old Rays catcher wanted the opportunity to play alongside his brother, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, for the first time, and he also wanted to represent his home country of Puerto Rico,

The John T. Brush Stairway, by which fans made their way to the Polo Grounds from Coogan’s Bluff, will be restored and renovated in this, its 100-year anniversary, thanks to a New York City project to which MLB, the Mets, Yankees and Giants contributed.

Baseball is a team sport built on one-on-one matchups. Logic suggests that the more good players a team has, the better its chances of winning. But that frequently prove to be the case.

One of the few no-brainers in compiling a list of baseball’s top 10 bullpens is putting the Braves at the No. 1 spot.

The Pirates have signed left-hander Jonathan Sanchez, who tossed a no-hitter for the Giants in 2009, to a Minor League deal with an invitation to big league Spring Training.

Major League Baseball’s investigation into the widening Biogenesis scandal became more complicated Tuesday when four more players, including Brewers superstar Ryan Braun, were linked to the now-defunct Florida clinic alleged to have distributed performance-enhancing substances.

Miguel Tejada is back in the Caribbean Series after a four-year absense, proud to once again represent his native Dominican Republic as the veteran shortstop tunes up for a shot at a roster spot with the Royals this spring.

El martes, con su jonrón de dos carreras conectado frente a Marco Carrillo en el segundo inning del juego entre los Leones del Escogido (República Dominicana) y Yaquis de Obregón (México), Miguel Tejada puso una nueva marca de empujadas de por vida en Clásicos Caribeños con 46

Down two to Mexico’s Yaquis de Obregon in Tuesday’s eighth inning, the Dominican Republic’s Leones del Escogido scored seven runs, propelling them to an 11-6 victory to clinch a spot in Thursday’s Caribbean Series championship game at Estadio Sonora.

José Ramírez bateó un cuadrangular de tres carreras para coronar un ataque de siete anotaciones en la octava entrada, y dominicanos Leones del Escogido revirtieron una pizarra adverso para derrotar el martes por 11-6 a los Yaquis de Ciudad Obregón, México, y asegurar un lugar en la final de la Serie del Caribe 2013.

While there’s no crying in baseball, there’s enough passion in baseball to inspire more movies of significance with a baseball theme than any other sport.

Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli has been linked as a possible client of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in Miami that is alleged to have provided performance-enhancing drugs to teammate Alex Rodriguez.

Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun said he had “nothing to hide” Tuesday after being drawn into the controversy surrounding the defunct South Florida clinic that allegedly supplied performance-enhancing drugs to several Major League players.

Baltimore infielder Danny Valencia is one of three new names that surfaced in records of the Biogenesis clinic alleged to have distributed performance-enhancing drugs to numerous of baseball players, according to a report from Yahoo Sports on Tuesday night.

El toletero Ryan Braun afirmó que recurrió a la persona que dirigía la clínica de Florida que es investigada por las Grandes Ligas únicamente para consultarla sobre su apelación a la suspensión que se le dictó el año pasado y nada más.