Twenty years have passed since Billy Bean walked away from Major League Baseball, but not even two full decades can erase the regret the former outfielder has for giving up on this sport he loved before it was time. His story will be told on Tuesday night during the final installment of MLB Network Presents.

The San Diego Padres just put a ridiculously good finishing touch on one of the great offseasons any baseball team has had in a long time. That’s what the reported signing of James Shields represents.

Matt Harvey arrived at the Mets’ Spring Training complex on Monday — 10 days ahead of the club’s scheduled reporting date — and he told reporters that he is fully healthy and ready for the upcoming season.

If there was any question about the most improved team of the Hot Stove season, it was answered when James Shields agreed to his deal with the Padres. MLB.com takes a look at the other most improved clubs for 2015.

CC Sabathia said that his surgically repaired right knee is continuing to feel good through his rehab, and the veteran left-hander is ready to arrive at the Yankees’ Spring Training complex next week.

Will the Yankees sign Yoan Moncada? How many innings can the club expect out of its projected starting five this year? Beat reporter Bryan Hoch answers these questions and more in the latest Inbox.

Royals rookie left-hander Brandon Finnegan will never forget 2014. Finnegan became the only player in history to pitch in the College World Series and Major League Baseball’s World Series in the same year.

Pitchers and catchers don’t have to report until Feb. 19, but Jon Lester, the Cubs’ biggest free-agent player signing this offseason, knows how important February and March will be. If the Cubs are going to contend, the players need to mesh as a unit, he said.

George Springer will report to camp in about two weeks as one of the key cogs in new manager A.J. Hinch’s lineup. He still has plenty to prove to himself, the Astros and everybody else. But he won’t be fighting for a job like he was a year ago. Springer has arrived.

Angels slugger Mike Trout is the gold standard of fantasy assets this season. The 23-year-old outfielder has averaged 31 homers, 33 steals, 97 RBIs, 118 runs and a .311 batting average across the past three seasons, and he could become even more dominant as he enters his prime.

It’s been 55 years since Cuba won a Caribbean Series title, and now the wait is over. Cuba’s Pinar del Rio defeated Mexico, 3-2, in Sunday’s title game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium and Vegueros will return to their island as champions. Mexico was seeking its third consecutive Caribbean Series title and fourth championship in five years.

Now the waiting game begins for the Padres, who figure to know by Monday at the latest if free-agent pitcher James Shields will accept their latest contract offer. The terms are unknown, though it won’t exceed four years, a source said.

Have you seen the projections? They’re not kind to your defending American League East champion Orioles. The big question we encounter as we enter 2015 is how much benefit of the doubt Baltimore deserves for past precedent — the ’12 Wild Card berth, a winning (if unfulfilling) record in 2013, a lapped East field in 2014?

The Marlins avoided an arbitration hearing with Mike Dunn on Sunday night by signing the lefty to a two-year contract, according to his agent Tom O’Connell.

Battling a crowded leaderboard and U.S. Open-style conditions at the Torrey Pines South Course, Spencer Levin continued to show he’s up to the task of gaining traction again on the PGA Tour, finishing three shots behind a four-way playoff Sunday while putting together four strong rounds against top competition.

Any anger caused by Oakland’s latest overhaul has likely dissipated in recent weeks, amid more moves — namely the acquisitions of the ultra-valuable Ben Zobrist and All-Star reliever Tyler Clippard — that undoubtedly make the A’s competitors again in a robust American League West.

Three generations of Latin American baseball came together Saturday night at the fifth annual induction ceremony for the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame, but the star-studded event took on a special relevance for the D-backs’ organization, as Luis Gonzalez was inducted in front of family and friends alongside five Latino luminaries.