Eric Chavez and the Yankees have agreed to a one-year, $900,000 contract that includes bonuses for performance incentives, MLB.com has confirmed.

One day after Mariano Rivera said he wasn't prepared to reveal the decision he has reached about his future, the Yankees weren't ready to ponder life without their legendary closer.

If Hanley Ramirez was previously disgruntled about changing positions, the three-time All-Star didn't show it on the eve of the Marlins opening Spring Training.

If one saw catcher Wilson Ramos at the Nationals' Spring Training complex on Tuesday morning, one would have never thought he went through a major ordeal this past offseason.

Daniel Bard figured he had nothing to lose by telling the Red Sox he'd love to try starting again — a role he hadn't filled since some early struggles in the Minors. But he was pleasantly surprised that the club embraced the idea.

After his workout on Tuesday, Phillies ace Roy Halladay sat alone to discuss his thoughts on the upcoming season and his chase for a World Series championship.

When will Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch for the Red Sox again? He wouldn't reveal the target date trainers have set for him, but he did say that it's probably sooner than you expect.

Johan Santana chose the mound closest to a squat palm tree, drawing him nearer to the three- or four-dozen folks who had stepped outside to see him pitch.

The Red Sox acquired right-hander Chris Carpenter and a player to be named from the Cubs on Tuesday in exchange for a player to be named, a trade that settles the compensation to Boston for Theo Epstein leaving to join Chicago.

It is a big anniversary in 2012 for The Ballpark That Changed Everything, and when Baltimore opens its season at home on April 6 against Minnesota, fans will have a fresh and yet familiar person to greet them as the brand-new voice of Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

In baseball, you don't get to be formally nominated for a Comeback Player of the Year Award. You are saddled with that campaign, by virtue of misfortune. Erik Bedard, a southpaw whose career went south after a splendid 2007 season, is running for a fourth consecutive year. He thinks he finally has his platform in order.

Matt Moore experienced a meteoric run through the Rays' system before bursting onto the Major League scene in September, but with a deep rotation, there's no guarantee the 22-year-old left-hander will open the season with Tampa Bay.

Pitcher Yu Darvish arrived at Rangers Spring Training at 8:30 a.m. MST on Tuesday morning. There were about two dozen members of the Japanese media waiting for him behind a restraining rope, but he barely acknowledged them as he walked to the clubhouse.

Don't try to tell closer Joakim Soria that the Royals' Spring Training just began on Tuesday. He was way, way ahead of schedule. By about three months.

The Braves will show caution with Tommy Hanson as he recovers from a mild concussion that he suffered when he was involved in a one-car accident early Monday morning.

At Spring Training three days early, Carl Crawford isn't sure when he'll be cleared to hit. Recovering from left wrist surgery in January, the Red Sox's left fielder — coming off a rough first year in Boston — refuses to rule out an Opening Day return.

The Dodgers have reached back to their glory days again, adding 1981 World Series hero Steve Yeager as an unofficial member of the Major League staff for 2012.