Brandon Webb reportedly joining Texas Rangers  —  Right-hander Brandon Webb's days with the Diamondbacks appeared to come to an end Sunday as multiple reports indicated that he had agreed to a one-year, incentive-laden deal with the Texas Rangers.  —  Webb anchored the Diamondbacks rotation …

Brewers bolster bullpen, add Saito  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  The Brewers, continuing their off-season restructuring, reached agreement Monday …

Mets acquire Chin-lung Hu  —  The Mets have acquired SS Chin-lung Hu from the Dodgers for LHP Michael Antonini.  —  I know what you're thinking it, because I'm thinking it too: Hu?  I mean, who?  —  The 26-year-old Hu hit .317 with four home runs and 25 RBI in 206 at bats in Triple last season.

Cuba's plan to shop talent may not help MLB  —  Pedro Luis Lazo retired from baseball the day after Christmas.  A horse-drawn carriage took him into the stadium in Pinar Del Rio where he and Jose Contreras  —  once formed the most fearsome pitching duo in the history of the Cuban league, Serie Nacional.

Many heroes stepped up in Giants' title run  —  SAN FRANCISCO — This was the year that the Giants, make that the San Francisco Giants, had awaited forever.  —  They collected their previous five World Series triumphs while playing in New York, which they deserted for San Francisco before the 1958 season.

wWAR: Applying Extra Credit for “Peak” to Wins Above Replacement  —  WAR is awesome.  —  For a Hall of Fame guy like me, it's pretty much the best thing ever.  I'm constantly looking for a way to rank players historically.  So, WAR come along and does the park adjustment, era adjustment, and park adjustments for us.

Hall of Fame Week  —  You know how crazy I am when it comes to writing about the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Well, this is Hall of Fame week — the ballots are due by Dec. 31.  And I have been writing ... and writing ... and writing.  I really need to see a doctor or something.

A blizzard of trash talk  —  WRIGHTSTOWN, N.J. — So we drove down to South Jersey to spend Christmas with my in-laws, Yankees fans all, which is normally like being asked to spend the weekend in a dentist's chair.  —  But this was OK because for the first time ever, the Red Sox had spent …

Source: Phils, reliever Romero agree to terms  —  The Phillies have agreed to terms with reliever J.C. Romero, a source has told CSN's Leslie Gudel.  —  Shortly after last season the Phils declined to exercise Romero's $4.5 million contract option for 2011, but they needed a lefty in the bullpen …

FIU baseball star Garrett Wittels charged with raping two teen girls in Bahamas  —  Florida International University baseball star Garrett Wittels and a group of friends were arrested in the Bahamas last week and charged with the rape of two 17-year-old girls.

The Jonah Keri Podcast, Episode 13  —  My guest this week is Derek Zumsteg, author of The Cheater's Guide to Baseball, former contributor to Baseball Prospectus and USS Mariner, up-and-coming science fiction writer, and beer connoisseur.  —  The topics we cover: