On the Dodgers Community Caravan Wednesday, James Loney worked with blind children at the Frances Blend School, posed for photos with the Compton College baseball and softball teams at the MLB Urban Youth Academy, helped rebuild a home with Habitat for Humanity in Lynwood and took part in the dedication of the newest Dodgers Dream Field at Normandie Park in South Central L.A.

Subway may have Jared as its everyday pitchman, but on Wednesday the sandwich restaurant chain had D-backs pitchers Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson and Joe Saunders as guest Subway Sandwich Artists at its downtown Phoenix location.

Five days after he had them cut off, Jose Reyes' dreadlocks sold for $10,200 on eBay.

The Rangers have avoided arbitration with shortstop Elvis Andrus, agreeing to a three-year deal worth approximately $14.5 million, a source confirmed to MLB.com on Tuesday night.

For several hours on Wednesday, Marlins officials met with Yoenis Cespedes. They showed him around Miami, and gave the Cuban native a tour of their new ballpark. Still, the Marlins are in a wait-and-see situation as to if they will actually sign the 26-year-old outfielder.

Mark Buehrle has moved on to Miami, leaving a "Help Wanted" sign hung up for a staff ace both in consistency and the leadership Buehrle brought on a daily basis. Luckily for the White Sox, they have two potential candidates in Jake Peavy and John Danks.

With just two weeks until the start of Spring Training, the Rangers appear to be done shopping for offseason additions. The real work in defending two straight American League pennants is about to commence.

After their emergence from worst to first in the NL West last season, the D-backs are poised to challenge for the best record in the league this year.

This craze involving alternate uniforms is mostly about marketing, and it has been highly successful, especially when it comes to increasing the game's appeal to younger generations. But there is a conflict for those of us more into the Flintstones than the Jetsons regarding uniforms.

The Giants likely completed their pre-Spring Training procedural moves Wednesday by adding right-hander Guillermo Mota and infielder Ryan Theriot to the 40-man roster while designating outfielder Justin Christian for assignment.

The Reds formally announced on Wednesday that they signed outfielder Ryan Ludwick to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2013 and left-hander Jeff Francis to a Minor League contract.

Twins infielder Luke Hughes is headed to Minnesota on Thursday to have his right shoulder examined by club physician Dr. Dan Buss after injuring it in a home-plate collision in his native Australia.

Fifty contestants were revealed by Major League Baseball after thousands of men and women applied for the 2012 MLB Fan Cave experience. You can see all 50 video submissions in one place, then vote for your favorites between now and Feb. 22.

The news that some teams are contemplating the signing of Manny Ramirez is more dismaying than anything else. Outrage would probably be misplaced. It's too late in the day for that. Then again, there has been too much evidence of wrongdoing for this particular resurrection to be anything like amusing.

The closer the Tigers get to Spring Training, the more likely it appears they'll look to their farm system for their fifth starter. The way it's shaping up, with the first formal workout a week and a half away, they'll have no shortage of candidates to watch.

Coming off a career year, Emilio Bonifacio is getting rewarded. A three-person arbitration panel on Wednesday ruled in favor of Bonifacio, who will make $2.2 million this year, instead of the Marlins' counteroffer of $1.95 million.

In less than a year, Curt Schilling's baseball legacy is going to get its first major test. The 2013 Hall of Fame ballot is the first one that will include Schilling's name. It will be his first chance to see how his 216 career wins, .596 winning percentage, 3,116 strikeouts and glittering postseason resume (11-2, 2.23 ERA in 19 starts) stack up against the other all-time greats.