The montage of events from the Giants’ postseason can replay endlessly, like a favorite movie in one’s mind.

The Reds have one player on their roster, infielder Todd Frazier, who lives in New Jersey, and he spent Monday night hunkered down as Hurricane Sandy made landfall.

Chase Anderson, who pitched for the Mobile BayBears in 2012, has taken another step toward the Majors with his selection as the AFL’s Pitcher of the Week.

The Tigers exercised their club options for 2013 on shortstop Jhonny Peralta and reliever Octavio Dotel.

Jim Leyland and his coaches will be back in the Tigers dugout next season. The team announced Tuesday an agreement on a one-year contract extension for Leyland for the 2013 season, which will be his eighth in a Detroit uniform.

Brian Butterfield was named Boston’s third-base coach on Tuesday, taking the same role he held with the Blue Jays for most of the last decade.

Astros prospect Jarred Cosart and the Twins’ Kyle Gibson are the starting pitchers for the Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game on Saturday, which will air live on MLB Network and MLB.com at 8 p.m. ET.

Former Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda could emerge as a top free-agent target of the club, even though management is increasingly optimistic that fellow righty Chad Billingsley will avoid Tommy John elbow reconstruction and be ready to pitch in 2013.

For more than two hours on Monday afternoon, several hundred Giants fans waited patiently on both sides of the AT&T Park driveway, cheering at any passing charter bus in hopes that it would hold their beloved 2012 World Series champions.

Dodgers right-hander Kenley Jansen has improved greatly since last week’s heart procedure and plans to be 100 percent in time for Spring Training.

As tough as the end was for the Tigers, with a World Series sweep at the hands of the Giants culminating on their home field, think about what fans would have given just to see the club play in the Fall Classic when they left Chicago in mid-September.

Baseball’s postseason was delicious and compelling, must-see programming. It wasn’t only that the Giants did so little wrong but that they did so many things well.

Right-hander Nick Blackburn had bone chips removed from his right elbow late last week but is expected to be ready in time for Spring Training, the Twins announced Monday.

Outfielder Josh Hamilton was among eight Rangers to become a free agent on Monday, though Colby Lewis has agreed to an offer that is pending approval.

Shortstop Javier Baez, the Cubs’ top prospect, may be done for the Arizona Fall League season after injuring his left thumb on Saturday.

The Dodgers declined the 2013 contract options for pitcher Todd Coffey, outfielder Juan Rivera and catcher Matt Treanor on Monday.

The A’s made a pair of significant decisions on Monday, declining shortstop Stephen Drew’s option while picking up closer Grant Balfour’s, as expected.