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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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:

Bagwell deserves Hall of Fame call  —  Jeff Bagwell belongs in the Hall of Fame.  Not on the 10th time on the ballot — he belongs on the podium in Cooperstown this summer making his characteristically modest speech before Henry Aaron, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Tom Seaver, Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan, et al.

Source: Octavio Dotel, Toronto deal near  —  ORLANDO — Reliever Octavio Dotel and the Toronto Blue Jays are close to agreeing on a one-year contract, a source with knowledge of the negotiations said Sunday.  —  The deal would be almost identical to Dotel's $3.2 million base salary in 2010 …